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נוּחַ (H5117)

nûwach

noo'-akh

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

Brown–Driver–Briggs

נוּחַ vb. rest
Qal
1 rest, settle down and remain
2 repose, be quiet, have rest
Hiph.
A
1 cause to rest = give rest to
2 cause to rest (i.e. light) upon
B
1 lay or set down, deposit, let lie
2 let remain, leave (in present condition)
3 leave = depart from
4 abandon
5 let alone (refrain from interfering with)
6 permit
Hoph.
A no rest is granted to us
B as subst. = space left, open space

From Brown, Driver, and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), in the public domain.

64 occurrences

Shown in the King James Version (KJV), whichever translation you read in — it is the text these numbers are tagged against.

  • 2 Samuel 7:1
    And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the LORD had given him rest round about from all his enemies;
  • 2 Samuel 7:11
    And as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the LORD telleth thee that he will make thee an house.
  • 2 Samuel 21:10
    And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
  • 1 Kings 5:4
    But now the LORD my God hath given me rest on every side, so that there is neither adversary nor evil occurrent.
  • 2 Kings 2:15
    And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.
  • 1 Chronicles 22:9
    Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days.
  • 1 Chronicles 22:18
    Is not the LORD your God with you? and hath he not given you rest on every side? for he hath given the inhabitants of the land into mine hand; and the land is subdued before the LORD, and before his people.
  • 1 Chronicles 23:25
    For David said, The LORD God of Israel hath given rest unto his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever:
  • 2 Chronicles 14:6
    And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because the LORD had given him rest.
  • 2 Chronicles 14:7
    Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet before us; because we have sought the LORD our God, we have sought him, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.