HebrewH3239Noun

יָנוֹחַ

ya.no.ach

3Occurrences
H3239Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Janoach or Janochah, a place in Palestine

from H3240 (יָנַח); quiet;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
§ Janoah or Janohah = "He rests" a place apparently in the north of Galilee in Naphtali, taken by Tiglath-pileser in his first incursion into Palestine

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--L

Full Description

N:N--L

Occurrences

יָנוֹחַ appears 3 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Joshua
2
2 Kings
1

Key Passages

2 Kings 15:29BSB

In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and he took the people as captives to Assyria.

Joshua 16:6BSB

and out toward the Sea. From Michmethath on the north it turned eastward toward Taanath-shiloh and passed by it to Janoah on the east.

Joshua 16:7BSB

From Janoah it went down to Ataroth and Naarah, and then reached Jericho and came out at the Jordan.

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