นาบ

Thai

Etymology

Uncertain. Compare Lao ນາບ (nāp, “to press down”); Shan ၼိပ်ႈ (nīp, “to press downwards”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		นาบ n ā ɓ
Romanization	Paiboon	nâap
	Royal Institute	nap
(standard) IPA(key)		/naːp̚˥˩/(R)

Verb

นาบ • (nâap) (abstract noun การนาบ)

1. to press (with a hot iron or the like).
   • 1 Timothy 4:2, KJV:

     เอาเหล็กแดงนาบลงไปบนจิตสำนึกผิดชอบของเขา

     ao lèk dɛɛng nâap long bpai bon jìt-sǎm-nʉ́k pìt-chɔ̂ɔp kɔ̌ɔng kǎo

     having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
     Compare
     DBY: cauterised as to their own conscience,
     GW: Their consciences have been scarred as if branded by a red-hot iron.
     ISV: whose consciences have been burned by a hot iron.
     NASB: seared in their own conscience as with a branding iron,
     NHEB: branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron;