Hebrew noun · H5183
נַחַת
Nachathnakh'-ath
quietness; descent
7 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5183is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 39Old Testament books
- 7spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H5183
a descent, i.e. imposition, unfavorable (punishment) or favorable (food); restfulness
The King James renders it: lighting down, quiet(-ness), to rest, be set on.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
Nachath is rendered "quietness; descent". It stands 7 times in the Hebrew text, across four books.
- Three of the uses stand in Ecclesiastes, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "quietness".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Job 36:16Indeed, He drew you from the jaws of distress to a spacious and broad place, to a table full of richness.
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
Indeed, He drew you from the jaws of distress to a spacious and broad place, to a table full of richness.
Job 36:16וְנַ֥חַת
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's seven uses are in Ecclesiastes.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: quietness, and descent.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| quietnessStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereJob 36:16Indeed, He drew you from the jaws of distress to a spacious and broad place… |
| descentStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- rest2
- and lowering of1
- and quietness of1
- and rest1
- in quietness1
- quietness1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| נַחַל | nachal | torrent: river | Uses141 |
| נַחַר | nachar | snorting | Uses2 |
| נַחַשׁ | nachash | divination | Uses2 |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 7, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
7 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- בְּנַ֖חַת1
- וְנַ֥חַת1
- וְנַ֤חַת1
- וָנַ֙חַת֙1
- נַ֥חַת1
- נָ֑חַת1
- נָֽחַת׃1
The grammar of each form
- noun · feminine singular3HNcfsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular1HC/Ncfsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HC/Ncfsc
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HC/Ncmsc
- preposition + noun · feminine singular1HR/Ncfsa
Job
one use
Indeed, He drew you from the jaws of distress to a spacious and broad place, to a table full of richness.
- וְנַ֥חַתvenachatconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and quietness of
Proverbs
one use
If a wise man goes to court with a fool, there will be raving and laughing with no resolution.
- נָֽחַת׃nachatnoun · feminine singulartagged: rest
Ecclesiastes
three uses
Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and pursuit of the wind.
- נָ֑חַתnachatnoun · feminine singulartagged: quietness
The child, though neither seeing the sun nor knowing anything, has more rest than that man,
- נַ֥חַתnachatnoun · feminine singulartagged: rest
The calm words of the wise are heeded over the shouts of a ruler among fools.
- בְּנַ֖חַתbenachatpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: in quietness
Isaiah
two uses
For the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, has said: “By repentance and rest you would be saved; your strength would lie in quiet confidence—but you were not willing.”
- וָנַ֙חַת֙vanachatconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and rest
And the LORD will cause His majestic voice to be heard and His mighty arm to be revealed, striking in angry wrath with a flame of consuming fire, and with cloudburst, storm, and hailstones.
- וְנַ֤חַתvenachatconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and lowering of
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.