Bible Dictionaries
Nave
Holman Bible Dictionary
1. Term used by some modern translations (NAS, NRSV) for the main room of the Temple between the vestibule and the holy of holies (1Kings 6:3,1Kings 6:5,1 Kings 6:17; 1 Kings 7:50; 2Chronicles 3:4-5,2 Chronicles 3:13; 2 Chronicles 4:22 ). KJV referred to this room as the temple or house. See Temple. 2. KJV used nave for the center of a wheel through which an axle passes (1 Kings 7:33 ). Modern translations render the underlying Hebrew as rim.
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Bibliography Information
Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Nave'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hbd/n/nave.html. 1991.