Naioth

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Naioth: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV

a town of prophets near Ramah, about 10 km north of Jerusalem

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beauties; habitations

Google Maps: Naioth (31° 49´, 35° 10´)

Hebrew

Strongs #05121: tywn Naviyth

Naioth = "habitations"

1) a dwelling place of prophets in the time of Samuel

5121 Naviyth naw-veeth'

from 5115; residence; Navith, a place in Palestine:-Naioth
(from the margin).
see HEBREW for 05115

Naioth [EBD]

dwellings, the name given to the prophetical college established by Samuel near Ramah. It consisted of a cluster of separate dwellings, and hence its name. David took refuge here when he fled from Saul (1 Sam. 19:18, 19, 22, 23), and here he passed a few weeks in peace (comp. Ps. 11). It was probably the common residence of the "sons of the prophets."

Naioth [NAVE]

NAIOTH, a place in Ramah, 1 Sam. 19:18, 19, 22; 20:1.

NAIOTH [SMITH]

(habitations), or more fully, "Naioth in Ramah," a place of Mount Ephraim, the birthplace of Samuel and Saul, and in which Samuel and David took refuge together after the latter had made his escape from the jealous fury of Saul. (1 Samuel 19:18,19,22,23; 20:1) It is evident from ver. (1 Samuel 20:18) that Naioth was not actually in Ramah, Samuel?s habitual residence. In its corrected from the name signifies "habitations," and probably means the huts or dwellings of a school or college of prophets over which Samuel presided as Elisha did over those at Gilgal and Jericho.

NAIOTH [ISBE]

NAIOTH - na'-yoth, ni'-oth (nayoth; Codex Vaticanus Auath; Codex Alexandrinus Nauioth): This is the name given to a place in Ramah to which David went with Samuel when he fled and escaped from Saul (1 Sam 19:18, etc.). The term has often been taken as meaning "houses" or "habitations"; but this cannot be justified. There is no certainty as to exactly what the word signified. Clearly, however, it attached to a particular locality in Ramah; and whatever its etymological significance, it denoted a place where the prophets dwelt together. On approaching it in pursuit of David, Saul was overcome by the Spirit of God, and conducted himself like one "possessed," giving rise to the proverb, "Is Saul also among the prophets?"

W. Ewing