נוּחַnûwach
rest
Pronunciation: noo'-akh · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5117
Meanings
Qal: construct (Isaiah 7:2; Isaiah 11:2; Job 3:26)
1. rest, settle down and remain (2 Samuel 21:10; Genesis 8:4; Isaiah 7:2)
2. repose, be quiet, have rest (Exodus 20:11; Exodus 23:12; Deuteronomy 5:14)
Hiph`il
A.
1. cause to rest = give rest
a. quiet, my fury by (Exodus 17:11; Zechariah 6:8; Ezekiel 5:13)
b. give rest to (Exodus 33:14; Deuteronomy 3:20; Joshua 1:13)
c. make quiet, set at rest (Proverbs 29:17)
2. cause to rest, (i.e. light) upon (Isaiah 30:32; Ezekiel 44:30; Ezekiel 37:1)
B.
1. lay or set down, deposit, let lie (Joshua 4:3; Joshua 4:8; 1 Samuel 6:18)
2. let remain, leave (in present condition) (Judges 2:23; Judges 3:1; Jeremiah 27:11)
3. leave, = depart from (Ecclesiastes 10:4)
4. abandon (Jeremiah 14:9; Psalms 119:121)
5. let alone, (refrain from interfering with) (Exodus 32:10; Hosea 4:17; 2 Samuel 16:11)
6. permit (Judges 16:26; Psalms 105:14; 1 Chronicles 16:21)
Hoph`al
A. rest is granted (Lamentations 5:5; Zechariah 5:11)
B. space left, open space, as substantive = (Ezekiel 41:9; Ezekiel 41:11)
Same root
- הֲנָחָהhănâchâh · H2010permission of rest, i.e. quiet
- מָנוֹחַmânôwach · H4494quiet, i.e. (concretely) a settled spot, or (figuratively) a home
- מָנַחַתMânachath · H4506Manachath, the name of an Edomite and of a place in Moab
- נוּחַnûwach · H5118quiet
- נַחַתNachath · H5183a descent, i.e. imposition, unfavorable (punishment) or favorable (food); restfulness
- נִיחוֹחַnîychôwach · H5207properly, restful, i.e. pleasant; abstractly, delight
Where it appears
Appears 142 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 2:15 The Lord God placed the man in the Garden of Eden to tend and watch over it.
- Genesis 8:4 exactly five months from the time the flood began, the boat came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.
- Genesis 19:16 When Lot still hesitated, the angels seized his hand and the hands of his wife and two daughters and rushed them to safety outside the city, for the Lord was merciful.
- Genesis 39:16 She kept the cloak with her until her husband came home.
- Genesis 42:33 “Then the man who is governor of the land told us, ‘This is how I will find out if you are honest men. Leave one of your brothers here with me, and take grain for your starving families and go on home.
- Exodus 10:14 And the locusts swarmed over the whole land of Egypt, settling in dense swarms from one end of the country to the other. It was the worst locust plague in Egyptian history, and there has never been another one like it.
See every passage
- Genesis 2:15, 8:4, 19:16, 39:16, 42:33
- Exodus 10:14, 16:23, 16:24, 16:33, 16:34, 17:11, 20:11, 23:12, 32:10, 33:14
- Leviticus 7:15, 16:23, 24:12
- Numbers 10:36, 11:25, 11:26, 15:34, 17:4, 17:7, 19:9, 32:15
- Deuteronomy 3:20, 5:14, 12:10, 14:28, 25:19, 26:4, 26:10
- Joshua 1:13, 1:15, 3:13, 4:3, 4:8, 6:23, 21:44, 22:4, 23:1
- Judges 2:23, 3:1, 6:18, 6:20, 16:26
- 1 Samuel 6:18, 10:25, 25:9
- 2 Samuel 7:1, 7:11, 16:11, 16:21, 17:12, 20:3, 21:10
- 1 Kings 5:4, 7:47, 8:9, 13:29, 13:30, 13:31, 19:3
- 2 Kings 2:15, 17:29, 23:18
- 1 Chronicles 16:21, 22:9, 22:18, 23:25
- 2 Chronicles 1:14, 4:8, 9:25, 14:6, 14:7, 15:15, 20:30
- Nehemiah 9:28
- Esther 3:8, 9:17, 9:18, 9:22
- Job 3:13, 3:17, 3:26
- Psalms 17:14, 105:14, 119:121, 125:3
- Proverbs 14:33, 21:16, 29:17
- Ecclesiastes 2:18, 5:12, 7:9, 7:18, 10:4, 11:6
- Isaiah 7:2, 7:19, 11:2, 14:1, 14:3, 14:7, 23:12, 25:10, 28:2, 28:12, 30:32, 46:7, 57:2, 63:14, 65:15
- Jeremiah 14:9, 27:11, 43:6
- Lamentations 5:5
- Ezekiel 5:13, 16:39, 16:42, 21:17, 22:20, 24:13, 37:1, 37:14, 40:2, 40:42, 41:9, 41:11, 42:13, 42:14, 44:19, 44:30
- Daniel 12:13
- Hosea 4:17
- Amos 5:7
- Habakkuk 3:16
- Zechariah 5:11, 6:8
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