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HebrewH5183Noun

נַ֫חַת

na.chat

7Occurrences
H5183Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a descent, i.e. imposition, unfavorable (punishment) or favorable (food); restfulness

from H5182 (נְחַת); also (intransitively; perhaps from H5117 (נוּחַ))

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. rest, quietness 1a) quietness, quiet attitude 1b) rest (of death)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

H:N

Full Description

Hebrew Noun

Occurrences

נַ֫חַת appears 7 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Ecclesiastes
3
Isaiah
2
Job
1
Proverbs
1

Key Passages

Ecclesiastes 4:6BSB

Better one handful with tranquilitythan two handfuls with toil and pursuit of the wind.

Ecclesiastes 6:5BSB

The child, though neither seeing the sun nor knowing anything, has more rest than that man,

Ecclesiastes 9:17BSB

The calm words of the wise are heededover the shouts of a ruler among fools.

Isaiah 30:15BSB

For the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, has said:“By repentance and restyou would be saved;your strength would lie in quiet confidence—but you were not willing.”

Isaiah 30:30BSB

And the LORD will cause His majestic voice to be heardand His mighty arm to be revealed,striking in angry wrath with a flame of consuming fire,and with cloudburst, storm, and hailstones.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.