נִבְשָׁן
niv.shan
Nibshan
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
Supported# Nibshan (H5044): A Geographically Limited Biblical Term Nibshan appears only once in the Hebrew Bible, making it one of the rarest proper nouns in biblical nomenclature. Based solely on the lexical data provided, it functions as a place name with no additional semantic content beyond its designation as a location. The single occurrence severely limits any ability to establish patterns of usage or contextual variation. Without access to the specific biblical reference in which Nibshan appears, the lexicon data alone cannot clarify whether it denotes a city, town, settlement, or geographical feature, nor can it establish the region or historical period with which it was associated. The term remains lexically opaque—a name preserved in the biblical text but stripped of interpretive context by its unique occurrence. For general readers, Nibshan represents one of numerous place names that populate biblical geography but resist deeper linguistic analysis due to their limited textual attestation.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
1 total occurrence across the text