Hebrew word study

נוּחַnûwach to rest, i.e. settle down

Pronounced “noo'-akh

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.)

Translated in the King James as: cease, be confederate, lay, let down, (be) quiet, remain, (cause to, be at, give, have, make to) rest, set down. Compare H3241 (יָנִים).

Appears 141 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive root;

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Where it appears

Genesis 5×
Genesis 2:15Genesis 8:4Genesis 19:16Genesis 39:16Genesis 42:33
Exodus 10×
Exodus 10:14Exodus 16:23Exodus 16:24Exodus 16:33Exodus 16:34Exodus 17:11Exodus 20:11Exodus 23:12Exodus 32:10Exodus 33:14
Leviticus 3×
Leviticus 7:15Leviticus 16:23Leviticus 24:12
Numbers 8×
Numbers 10:36Numbers 11:25Numbers 11:26Numbers 15:34Numbers 17:4Numbers 17:7Numbers 19:9Numbers 32:15
Deuteronomy 7×
Deuteronomy 3:20Deuteronomy 5:14Deuteronomy 12:10Deuteronomy 14:28Deuteronomy 25:19Deuteronomy 26:4Deuteronomy 26:10
Joshua 9×
Joshua 1:13Joshua 1:15Joshua 3:13Joshua 4:3Joshua 4:8Joshua 6:23Joshua 21:44Joshua 22:4Joshua 23:1
Judges 5×
Judges 2:23Judges 3:1Judges 6:18Judges 6:20Judges 16:26
1 Samuel 3×
1 Sam 6:181 Sam 10:251 Sam 25:9
2 Samuel 6×
2 Sam 7:12 Sam 7:112 Sam 16:112 Sam 16:212 Sam 20:32 Sam 21:10
1 Kings 7×
1 Ki 5:41 Ki 7:471 Ki 8:91 Ki 13:291 Ki 13:301 Ki 13:311 Ki 19:3
2 Kings 3×
2 Ki 2:152 Ki 17:292 Ki 23:18
1 Chronicles 4×
1 Chr 16:211 Chr 22:91 Chr 22:181 Chr 23:25
2 Chronicles 7×
2 Chr 1:142 Chr 4:82 Chr 9:252 Chr 14:62 Chr 14:72 Chr 15:152 Chr 20:30
Nehemiah 1×
Nehemiah 9:28
Esther 4×
Esther 3:8Esther 9:17Esther 9:18Esther 9:22
Job 3×
Job 3:13Job 3:17Job 3:26
Psalms 4×
Psalms 17:14Psalms 105:14Psalms 119:121Psalms 125:3
Proverbs 3×
Proverbs 14:33Proverbs 21:16Proverbs 29:17
Ecclesiastes 7×
Eccles 2:18Eccles 5:12Eccles 7:9Eccles 7:18Eccles 10:4Eccles 11:6+ 1 more in Ecclesiastes
Isaiah 15×
Isaiah 7:2Isaiah 7:19Isaiah 11:2Isaiah 14:1Isaiah 14:3Isaiah 14:7Isaiah 23:12Isaiah 25:10Isaiah 28:2Isaiah 28:12Isaiah 30:32Isaiah 46:7Isaiah 57:2Isaiah 63:14Isaiah 65:15
Jeremiah 3×
Jeremiah 14:9Jeremiah 27:11Jeremiah 43:6
Lamentations 1×
Lam 5:5
Ezekiel 17×
Ezekiel 5:13Ezekiel 16:39Ezekiel 16:42Ezekiel 21:17Ezekiel 22:20Ezekiel 24:13Ezekiel 37:1Ezekiel 37:14Ezekiel 40:2Ezekiel 40:42Ezekiel 41:9Ezekiel 41:11Ezekiel 42:13Ezekiel 42:14Ezekiel 44:19Ezekiel 44:30+ 1 more in Ezekiel
Daniel 1×
Daniel 12:13
Hosea 1×
Hosea 4:17
Amos 1×
Amos 5:7
Habakkuk 1×
Habakkuk 3:16
Zechariah 2×
Zech 5:11Zech 6:8

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