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Lexicon

נָחַם

na.chamto be sorry: comfortHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb108 occurrences21 books100 verses

Definition

a primitive root; properly, to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavorably) to avenge (oneself)
Traditional renderings: comfort (self), ease (one's self), repent(-er,-ing, self).

In the Greek Old Testament

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

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

108 total
  1. Amos 7:6נִחַ֥ם · relented
    So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen either,” said the Lord GOD.
  2. Jonah 3:9וְנִחַ֖ם · and relent
    Who knows? God may turn and relent; He may turn from His fierce anger, so that we will not perish.”
  3. Jonah 3:10וַיִּנָּ֣חֶם · relented
    When God saw their actions—that they had turned from their evil ways—He relented from the disaster He had threatened to bring upon them.
  4. Jonah 4:2וְנִחָ֖ם · One who relents
    So he prayed to the LORD, saying, “O LORD, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I was so quick to flee toward Tarshish. I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion—One who relents from sending disaster.
  5. Nahum 3:7מְנַחֲמִ֖ים · comforters
    Then all who see you will recoil from you and say, ‘Nineveh is devastated; who will grieve for her?’ Where can I find comforters for you?”
  6. Zechariah 1:17וְנִחַ֨ם · comfort
    Proclaim further that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘My cities will again overflow with prosperity; the LORD will again comfort Zion and choose Jerusalem.’”
  7. Zechariah 8:14נִחָֽמְתִּי׃ · relent
    For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Just as I resolved to bring disaster upon you when your fathers provoked Me to anger, and I did not relent,” says the LORD of Hosts,
  8. Zechariah 10:2יְנַֽחֵמ֑וּן · comfort
    For idols speak deceit and diviners see illusions; they tell false dreams and offer empty comfort. Therefore the people wander like sheep, oppressed for lack of a shepherd.