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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

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  • 2 Chronicles 15:15
    And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and the LORD gave them rest round about.
  • 2 Chronicles 20:30
    So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest round about.
  • Nehemiah 9:28
    But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee: therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies;
  • Esther 9:22
    As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.
  • Job 3:13
    For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,
  • Job 3:17
    There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.
  • Job 3:26
    I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.
  • Psalms 125:3
    For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.
  • Proverbs 14:33
    Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.
  • Proverbs 21:16
    The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.