נִיחוֹחַnîychôwach

properly, restful, i.e. pleasant; abstractly, delight

Pronunciation: nee-kho'-akh · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5207

Meanings

a quieting, soothing, tranquillizing, a soothing, tranquillizing, only in phrase ׳ רֵיח נ = soothing, tranquillizing odour of sacrifices acceptable to ׳ י (Leviticus 1:9; Job 36:16; Genesis 8:21; Numbers 28:2; Leviticus 26:31)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 43 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 8:21 And the Lord was pleased with the aroma of the sacrifice and said to himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of the human race, even though everything they think or imagine is bent toward evil from childhood. I will never again destroy all living things.
  • Exodus 29:18 then burn the entire animal on the altar. This is a burnt offering to the Lord; it is a pleasing aroma, a special gift presented to the Lord.
  • Exodus 29:25 Afterward take the various breads from their hands, and burn them on the altar along with the burnt offering. It is a pleasing aroma to the Lord, a special gift for him.
  • Exodus 29:41 Offer the other lamb in the evening, along with the same offerings of flour and wine as in the morning. It will be a pleasing aroma, a special gift presented to the Lord.
  • Leviticus 1:9 But the internal organs and the legs must first be washed with water. Then the priest will burn the entire sacrifice on the altar as a burnt offering. It is a special gift, a pleasing aroma to the Lord.
  • Leviticus 1:13 But the internal organs and the legs must first be washed with water. Then the priest will burn the entire sacrifice on the altar as a burnt offering. It is a special gift, a pleasing aroma to the Lord.
See every passage

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).