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Strong's numbers

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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  • Ezekiel 44:30
    And the first of all the firstfruits of all things, and every oblation of all, of every sort of your oblations, shall be the priest's: ye shall also give unto the priest the first of your dough, that he may cause the blessing to rest in thine house.
  • Daniel 12:13
    But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.
  • Habakkuk 3:16
    When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.
  • Zechariah 6:8
    Then cried he upon me, and spake unto me, saying, Behold, these that go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country.