HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5121
נָוִית
na.vit — Naioth
§ Naioth = "habitations" a dwelling place of prophets in the time of Samuel
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Naioth
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
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.”
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.