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Word Study · Strong's H5117 · Hebrew

נוּחַ

nuach

noo'-akh

Strong's 1890 spelling: nûwach

to rest, i.e. settle down

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

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.)

Rendered in the KJV as

cease, be confederate, lay, let down, (be) quiet, remain, (cause to, be at, give, have, make to) rest, set down. Compare H3241 (יָנִים).

  • 142
    occurrencesin the Old Testament
  • 28 of 39
    Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
  • 126
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 142 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 126

  • הֵנִ֨יחַ3
  • וַיַּנַּ֥ח3
  • הִנִּ֣יחַ2
  • הַנִּ֣יחָה2
  • הַנִּ֣יחוּ2
  • וְהִנַּחְתִּ֥י2
  • וְהִנִּ֥יחוּ2
  • וְהִנִּיחָ֖ם2
  • וַיַּנַּ֤ח2
  • וַיַּנִּיחֵם֙2
  • וְנ֗וֹחַ2
  • יָנֽוּחַ׃2

and 114 more spellings in the ledger below.

How it is rendered · 112

  • and he left3
  • and I will give rest3
  • and I will give rest to3
  • and they rested3
  • he had given rest3
  • he has given rest3
  • leave alone3
  • and he gave rest2
  • and he placed them2
  • and he set down me2
  • and I will set down2
  • and it rested2

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 66

  • verb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular14
  • Hc/Vhw3ms11
  • Hc/Vhq1cs9
  • verb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular6
  • verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine plural6
  • verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular5
  • Hc/Vhq3ms3
  • Hc/Vhw3mp3
  • Hc/Vhw3ms/Sp3ms3
  • preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)3
  • verb · causative (hiphil), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singular3
  • verb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person common plural3
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • HVhp3ms · 14
  • Hc/Vhw3ms · 11
  • Hc/Vhq1cs · 9
  • HVhi3ms · 6
  • HVhv2mp · 6
  • HVqi3ms · 5
  • Hc/Vhq3ms · 3
  • Hc/Vhw3mp · 3
  • Hc/Vhw3ms/Sp3ms · 3
  • HR/Vqcc · 3
  • HVhj2ms · 3
  • HVhp3cp · 3

All 142, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

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Genesis5 occurrences
Exodus10 occurrences
Leviticus3 occurrences
Numbers8 occurrences
Deuteronomy7 occurrences
Joshua9 occurrences
Judges5 occurrences
1 Samuel3 occurrences
2 Samuel7 occurrences
1 Kings7 occurrences
2 Kings3 occurrences
1 Chronicles4 occurrences
2 Chronicles7 occurrences
Nehemiah1 occurrence
Esther4 occurrences
Job3 occurrences
Psalms4 occurrences
Proverbs3 occurrences
Ecclesiastes7 occurrences
Isaiah15 occurrences
Jeremiah3 occurrences
Lamentations1 occurrence
Ezekiel17 occurrences
Daniel1 occurrence
Hosea1 occurrence
Amos1 occurrence
Habakkuk1 occurrence
Zechariah2 occurrences

Same headword in Strong's

Hebrew words spelled נוּחַ

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0 — their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).