Biblica Analytica
H5044 Hebrew

נִבְשָׁן

niv.shan

Nibshan

Lexicon Entry

Definition
Nibshan
Transliteration
niv.shan
Strong's Number
H5044
Occurrences
1
Semantic Domain
Proper Name: Person

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
Strong's
H5044
Lemma
נִבְשָׁן
Transliteration
niv.shan
Definition
Nibshan
Occurrences
1
Model
claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
Prompt version
1

AI synthesis uses only the lexicon data above as context — never training knowledge.

Occurrences in Scripture

1 total occurrence across the text