nu.ach H5117

נוּחַ (nu.ach) means “to rest” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

נוּחַ Hebrew · H5117 142 tagged occurrences in 140 verses

Pronunciation guide: noo'-akh Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H5117

נוּחַ · nu.ach · to rest

1) to rest 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to rest, settle down and remain 1a2) to repose, have rest, be quiet 1b) (Hiph) 1b1) to cause to rest, give rest to, make quiet 1b2) to cause to rest, cause to alight, set down 1b3) to lay or set down, deposit, let lie, place 1b4) to let remain, leave 1b5) to leave, depart from 1b6) to abandon 1b7) to permit 1c) (Hoph) 1c1) to obtain rest, be granted rest 1c2) to be left, be placed 1c3) open space (subst) Also means: ya.nach (יָנַח "to rest" H3240)

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

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.)

KJV glosses: cease, be confederate, lay, let down, (be) quiet, remain, (cause to, be at, give, have, make to) rest, set down. Compare H3241 (יָנִים).

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How translators render H5117

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
rest	8
gave them rest	3
had given him rest	3
leave	3
may rest	3
will rest	3
gives you rest	2
he let	2
leave him alone	2
rested	2
rests	2
they placed	2
to rest	2
which he stationed	2
abandon	1
alone	1
and at rest	1
and cast	1
and has he not granted you rest	1
and he gives you rest	1
and he has given us rest	1
and he will give you rest	1
and i have vented	1
and i will give you rest	1
and i will satisfy	1
and i will settle	1
and laid it up	1
and lay it up	1
and leave them	1
and leave you	1
and place it	1
and placed him	1
and placed them	1
and set it	1
and set me	1
and set me down	1
and set them down	1
and settle	1
and settle them	1
and settled	1
and settled them	1
and store them	1
and they set them up	1
and when it came to rest	1
at rest	1
because i must leave it	1
brings down	1
but as soon as they had rest	1
came to rest	1
find rest	1
forsake us	1
gained rest	1
gives rest	1
gives them rest	1
had allowed to remain	1
had placed	1
has given me rest	1
has given rest	1
has subsided	1
have given rest	1
he had left	1
he has left	1
he left	1
he lowered	1
he rested	1
he will smash that crown	1
i will give him rest	1
i will give you rest	1
i will leave	1
in place	1
laid	1
lay	1
lay them	1
lead	1
leave me	1
leave you there	1
left	1
let him rest	1
let the other slip	1
may be left	1
opened into this area	1
permits	1
place the staffs	1
placed	1
placed it	1
safely	1
settles	1
so i will lay to rest	1
so potiphars wife kept	1
so they leave	1
so they rested	1
so they set it aside	1
the basket will be set	1
the open area	1
then he laid	1
then place	1
then set aside	1
then they waited	1
then you are to place the basket	1
they find rest	1
they placed him	1
they rested	1
they set	1
they will place	1
to tolerate them	1
touch down	1
until they have left behind	1
unweighed	1
was in league with	1
were placed	1
where they set them down	1
will give you rest	1
yet i must wait patiently	1
you will leave behind	1
you will rest	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
to rest	6
rested	4
and rested	2
gave them rest	2
had given him rest	2
hath given rest	2
may rest	2
rest	2
resteth	2
shall rest	2
and ceased	1
and have caused thee to rest	1
and he hath given us rest	1
and he shall give thee rest	1
and i will give him rest	1
and i will give thee rest	1
and set	1
and set me down	1
and shall rest	1
and when he let down	1
and when it rested	1
be at rest	1
but after they had rest	1
caused him to rest	1
doth rest	1
for thou shalt rest	1
gave him rest	1
given you rest	1
had given rest	1
hath given me rest	1
hath given thee rest	1
hath given you rest	1
have given	1
have given rest	1
have no rest	1
have quieted	1
he giveth you rest	1
in myself that i might rest	1
is at rest	1
is confederate	1
neither was i quiet	1
shall give thee rest	1
shall lay	1
shall not rest	1
shall remain	1
then had i been at rest	1
there also shalt thou have no rest	1
they shall rest	1
toward thee to rest	1

Verses containing H5117

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Genesis 2:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.
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Genesis 8:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.
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Genesis 19:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But when Lot hesitated, the men grabbed his hand and the hands of his wife and his two daughters. And they led them safely out of the city, because of the LORD’s compassion for them.
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Genesis 39:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Potiphar’s wife kept Joseph’s cloak beside her until his master came home.
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Genesis 42:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the man who is lord of the land said to us, ‘This is how I will know whether you are honest: Leave one brother with me, take food to relieve the hunger of your households, and go.
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Exodus 10:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The locusts swarmed across the land and settled over the entire territory of Egypt. Never before had there been so many locusts, and never again will there be.
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Exodus 16:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He told them, “This is what the LORD has said: ‘Tomorrow is to be a day of complete rest, a holy Sabbath to the LORD. So bake what you want to bake, and boil what you want to boil. Then set aside whatever remains and keep it until morning.’”
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Exodus 16:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So they set it aside until morning as Moses had commanded, and it did not smell or contain any maggots.
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Exodus 16:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Moses told Aaron, “Take a jar and fill it with an omer of manna. Then place it before the LORD to be preserved for the generations to come.”
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Exodus 16:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Aaron placed it in front of the Testimony, to be preserved just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
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Exodus 17:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As long as Moses held up his hands, Israel prevailed; but when he lowered them, Amalek prevailed.
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Exodus 20:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.
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Exodus 23:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest and the son of your maidservant may be refreshed, as well as the foreign resident.
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Exodus 32:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now leave Me alone, so that My anger may burn against them and consume them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”
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Exodus 33:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the LORD answered, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
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Leviticus 7:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The meat of the sacrifice of his peace offering of thanksgiving must be eaten on the day he offers it; none of it may be left until morning.
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Leviticus 16:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Aaron is to enter the Tent of Meeting, take off the linen garments he put on before entering the Most Holy Place, and leave them there.
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Leviticus 24:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They placed him in custody until the will of the LORD should be made clear to them.
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Numbers 10:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And when it came to rest, he would say: “Return, O LORD, to the countless thousands of Israel.”
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Numbers 11:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and He took some of the Spirit that was on Moses and placed that Spirit on the seventy elders. As the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied—but they never did so again.
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Numbers 11:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Two men, however, had remained in the camp—one named Eldad and the other Medad—and the Spirit rested on them. They were among those listed, but they had not gone out to the tent, and they prophesied in the camp.
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Numbers 15:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and because it had not been declared what should be done to him, they placed him in custody.
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Numbers 17:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Place the staffs in the Tent of Meeting in front of the Testimony, where I meet with you.
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Source alternate reference: 17.19
Numbers 17:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Moses placed the staffs before the LORD in the Tent of the Testimony.
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Source alternate reference: 17.22
Numbers 19:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then a man who is ceremonially clean is to gather up the ashes of the heifer and store them in a ceremonially clean place outside the camp. They must be kept by the congregation of Israel for preparing the water of purification; this is for purification from sin.
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Numbers 32:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For if you turn away from following Him, He will once again leave this people in the wilderness, and you will be the cause of their destruction.”
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Deuteronomy 3:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
until the LORD gives rest to your brothers as He has to you, and they too have taken possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving them across the Jordan. Then each of you may return to the possession I have given you.”
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Deuteronomy 5:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your ox or donkey or any of your livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates, so that your manservant and maidservant may rest as you do.
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Deuteronomy 12:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When you cross the Jordan and live in the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, and He gives you rest from all the enemies around you and you dwell securely,
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Deuteronomy 14:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At the end of every three years, bring a tenth of all your produce for that year and lay it up within your gates.
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Deuteronomy 25:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the LORD your God gives you rest from the enemies around you in the land that He is giving you to possess as an inheritance, you are to blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven. Do not forget!
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Deuteronomy 26:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the priest shall take the basket from your hands and place it before the altar of the LORD your God,
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Deuteronomy 26:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land that You, O LORD, have given me.” Then you are to place the basket before the LORD your God and bow down before Him.
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Joshua 1:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Remember what Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you when he said, ‘The LORD your God will give you rest, and He will give you this land.’
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Joshua 1:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
until the LORD gives them rest as He has done for you, and your brothers also possess the land that the LORD your God is giving them. Then you may return to the land of your inheritance and take possession of that which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the east side of the Jordan.”
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Joshua 3:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the feet of the priests who carry the ark of the LORD—the Lord of all the earth—touch down in the waters of the Jordan, its flowing waters will be cut off and will stand up in a heap.”
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Joshua 4:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and command them: ‘Take up for yourselves twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan where the priests were standing, carry them with you, and set them down in the place where you spend the night.’”
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Joshua 4:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Thus the Israelites did as Joshua had commanded them. They took up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, one for each tribe of Israel, just as the LORD had told Joshua; and they carried them to the camp, where they set them down.
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Joshua 6:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the young spies went in and brought out Rahab, her father and mother and brothers, and all who belonged to her. They brought out her whole family and settled them outside the camp of Israel.
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Joshua 21:44 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the LORD gave them rest on every side, just as He had sworn to their fathers. None of their enemies could stand against them, for the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.
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Joshua 22:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And now that the LORD your God has given your brothers rest as He promised them, you may return to your homes in the land that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you across the Jordan.
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Joshua 23:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A long time after the LORD had given Israel rest from all the enemies around them, when Joshua was old and well along in years,
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Judges 2:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
That is why the LORD had left those nations in place and had not driven them out immediately by delivering them into the hand of Joshua.
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Judges 3:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
These are the nations that the LORD left to test all the Israelites who had not known any of the wars in Canaan,
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Judges 6:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Please do not depart from this place until I return to You. Let me bring my offering and set it before You.” And the LORD said, “I will stay until you return.”
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Judges 6:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the angel of God said to him, “Take the meat and the unleavened bread, lay them on this rock, and pour out the broth.” And Gideon did so.
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Judges 16:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Samson said to the servant who held his hand, “Lead me where I can feel the pillars supporting the temple, so I can lean against them.”
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1 Samuel 6:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The number of gold rats also corresponded to the number of Philistine cities belonging to the five rulers—the fortified cities and their outlying villages. And the large rock on which they placed the ark of the LORD stands to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh.
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1 Samuel 10:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Samuel explained to the people the rights of kingship. He wrote them on a scroll and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, each to his own home.
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1 Samuel 25:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When David’s young men arrived, they relayed all these words to Nabal on behalf of David. Then they waited.
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