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נוּחַ

nu.achto restHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb141 occurrences28 books139 verses

Definition

a primitive root; to rest, i.e. settle down; used in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, intransitive, transitive and causative (to dwell, stay, let fall, place, let alone, withdraw, give comfort, etc.)
Traditional renderings: cease, be confederate, lay, let down, (be) quiet, remain, (cause to, be at, give, have, make to) rest, set down. Compare H3241.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders נוּחַ:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

141 total
  1. 2 Samuel 7:1הֵנִֽיחַ־ · had given him rest
    After the king had settled into his palace and the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies around him,
  2. 2 Samuel 7:11וַהֲנִיחֹ֥תִי · I will give you rest
    …and have done since the day I appointed judges over My people Israel. I will give you rest from all your enemies. The LORD declares to you that He Himself will establish a house for you.
  3. 2 Samuel 16:11הַנִּ֤חוּ · Leave him alone
    Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, my own son, my own flesh and blood, seeks my life. How much more, then, this Benjamite! Leave him alone and let him curse me, for the LORD has told him so.
  4. 2 Samuel 16:21הִנִּ֖יחַ · he has left
    Ahithophel replied, “Sleep with your father’s concubines, whom he has left to take care of the palace. When all Israel hears that you have become a stench to your father, then the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.”
  5. 2 Samuel 20:3הִנִּיחַ֩ · he had left
    When David returned to his palace in Jerusalem, he took the ten concubines he had left to take care of the palace, and he placed them in a house under guard. He provided for them, but he no longer slept with them. They were confined until the day of their death, living as widows.
  6. 2 Samuel 21:10לָנ֤וּחַ · to rest
    And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on a rock. From the beginning of the harvest until the rain from heaven poured down on the bodies, she did not allow the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
  7. 1 Kings 5:4הֵנִ֨יחַ · has given me rest
    But now the LORD my God has given me rest on every side, and there is no adversary or crisis.
  8. 1 Kings 7:47וַיַּנַּ֤ח · unweighed
    Solomon left all these articles unweighed, because there were so many. The weight of the bronze could not be determined.
  9. 1 Kings 8:9הִנִּ֥חַ · had placed
    There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites after they had come out of the land of Egypt.
  10. 1 Kings 13:29וַיַּנִּחֵ֥הוּ · laid
    So the old prophet lifted up the body of the man of God, laid it on the donkey, and brought it back to his own city to mourn for him and bury him.
  11. 1 Kings 13:30וַיַּנַּ֥ח · Then he laid
    Then he laid the body in his own tomb, and they lamented over him, “Oh, my brother!”
  12. 1 Kings 13:31הַנִּ֖יחוּ · Lay
    After he had buried him, the prophet said to his sons, “When I die, you must bury me in the tomb where the man of God is buried. Lay my bones beside his bones,
  13. 1 Kings 19:3וַיַּנַּ֥ח · he left
    And Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there,
  14. 2 Kings 2:15נָ֛חָה · rests
    When the sons of the prophets who were watching him from Jericho saw what had happened, they said, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.” And they went to meet him and bowed down to the ground before him.
  15. 2 Kings 17:29וַיַּנִּ֣יחוּ׀ · and they set them up
    Nevertheless, the people of each nation continued to make their own gods in the cities where they had settled, and they set them up in the shrines that the people of Samaria had made on the high places.
  16. 2 Kings 23:18הַנִּ֣יחוּ · Let him rest
    “Let him rest,” said Josiah. “Do not let anyone disturb his bones.” So they left his bones undisturbed, along with those of the prophet who had come from Samaria.
  17. 1 Chronicles 16:21הִנִּ֤יחַ · He let
    He let no man oppress them; He rebuked kings on their behalf:
  18. 1 Chronicles 22:9וַהֲנִח֥וֹתִי · I will give him rest
    But a son will be born to you who will be a man of rest. I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side; for his name will be Solomon, and I will grant to Israel peace and quiet during his reign.
  19. 1 Chronicles 22:18וְהֵנִ֥יחַ · and has He [not] granted you rest
    “Is not the LORD your God with you, and has He not granted you rest on every side? For He has given the inhabitants of the land into my hand, and the land has been subdued before the LORD and His people.
  20. 1 Chronicles 23:25הֵנִ֛יחַ · has given rest
    For David had said, “The LORD, the God of Israel, has given rest to His people and has come to dwell in Jerusalem forever.
  21. 2 Chronicles 1:14וַיַּנִּיחֵם֙ · which he stationed
    Solomon accumulated 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.
  22. 2 Chronicles 4:8וַיַּנַּח֙ · and placed [them]
    Additionally, he made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. He also made a hundred gold bowls.
  23. 2 Chronicles 9:25וַיַּנִּיחֵם֙ · which he stationed
    Solomon had 4,000 stalls for horses and chariots, and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.
  24. 2 Chronicles 14:6הֵנִ֥יחַ · had given him rest
    Because the land was at peace, Asa built fortified cities in Judah. In those days no one made war with him, because the LORD had given him rest.
  25. 2 Chronicles 14:7וַיָּ֥נַֽח · and He has given us rest
    So he said to the people of Judah, “Let us build these cities and surround them with walls and towers, with doors and bars. The land is still ours because we have sought the LORD our God. We have sought Him, and He has given us rest on every side.” So they built and prospered.
  26. 2 Chronicles 15:15וַיָּ֧נַח · gave them rest
    And all Judah rejoiced over the oath, for they had sworn it with all their heart. They had sought Him earnestly, and He was found by them. So the LORD gave them rest on every side.
  27. 2 Chronicles 20:30וַיָּ֧נַֽח · had given him rest
    Then Jehoshaphat’s kingdom was at peace, for his God had given him rest on every side.
  28. Nehemiah 9:28וּכְנ֣וֹחַ · But as soon as they had rest
    But as soon as they had rest, they again did evil in Your sight. So You abandoned them to the hands of their enemies, who had dominion over them. When they cried out to You again, You heard from heaven, and You delivered them many times in Your compassion.
  29. Esther 3:8לְהַנִּיחָֽם׃ · to tolerate them
    Then Haman informed King Xerxes, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples of every province of your kingdom. Their laws are different from everyone else’s, and they do not obey the king’s laws. So it is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them.
  30. Esther 9:17וְנ֗וֹחַ · they rested
    This was done on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, and on the fourteenth day they rested, making it a day of feasting and joy.
  31. Esther 9:18וְנ֗וֹחַ · So they rested
    The Jews in Susa, however, had assembled on the thirteenth and the fourteenth days of the month. So they rested on the fifteenth day, making it a day of feasting and joy.
  32. Esther 9:22נָ֨חוּ · gained rest
    …as the days on which the Jews gained rest from their enemies and the month in which their sorrow turned to joy and their mourning into a holiday. He wrote that these were to be days of feasting and joy, of sending gifts to one another and to the poor.
  33. Job 3:13יָנ֬וּחַֽ · at rest
    For now I would be lying down in peace; I would be asleep and at rest
  34. Job 3:17יָ֝נ֗וּחוּ · find rest
    There the wicked cease from raging, and there the weary find rest.
  35. Job 3:26נָ֗חְתִּי · rest
    I am not at ease or quiet; I have no rest, for trouble has come.”
  36. Psalm 17:14וְהִנִּ֥יחוּ · so they leave
    …from such men, O LORD, by Your hand—from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children.
  37. Psalm 105:14הִנִּ֣יחַ · He let
    He let no man oppress them; He rebuked kings on their behalf:
  38. Psalm 119:121תַּ֝נִּיחֵ֗נִי · leave me
    I have done what is just and right; do not leave me to my oppressors.
  39. Psalm 125:3יָנ֡וּחַ · rest
    For the scepter of the wicked will not rest upon the land allotted to the righteous, so that the righteous will not put forth their hands to injustice.
  40. Proverbs 14:33תָּנ֣וּחַ · rests
    Wisdom rests in the heart of the discerning; even among fools she is known.
  41. Proverbs 21:16יָנֽוּחַ׃ · will rest
    The man who strays from the path of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead.
  42. Proverbs 29:17וִֽינִיחֶ֑ךָ · and he will give you rest
    Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will bring delight to your soul.
  43. Ecclesiastes 2:18שֶׁ֣אַנִּיחֶ֔נּוּ · because I must leave it
    I hated all for which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.
  44. Ecclesiastes 5:12מַנִּ֥יחַֽ · permits
    The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich man permits him no sleep.
  45. Ecclesiastes 7:9יָנֽוּחַ׃ · settles
    Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.
  46. Ecclesiastes 7:18תַּנַּ֣ח · let the other slip
    It is good to grasp the one and not let the other slip from your hand. For he who fears God will follow both warnings.
  47. Ecclesiastes 10:4תַּנַּ֑ח · abandon; יַנִּ֖יחַ · to rest
    If the ruler’s temper flares against you, do not abandon your post, for calmness lays great offenses to rest.
  48. Ecclesiastes 11:6תַּנַּ֣ח · rest
    Sow your seed in the morning, and do not rest your hands in the evening, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or if both will equally prosper.
  49. Isaiah 7:2נָ֥חָֽה · was in league with
    When it was reported to the house of David that Aram was in league with Ephraim, the hearts of Ahaz and his people trembled like trees in the forest shaken by the wind.