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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2 Samuel 7:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After the king had settled into his palace and the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies around him,
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2 Samuel 7:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and have done since the day I appointed judges over My people Israel. I will give you rest from all your enemies. The LORD declares to you that He Himself will establish a house for you.
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2 Samuel 16:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, my own son, my own flesh and blood, seeks my life. How much more, then, this Benjamite! Leave him alone and let him curse me, for the LORD has told him so.
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2 Samuel 16:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Ahithophel replied, “Sleep with your father’s concubines, whom he has left to take care of the palace. When all Israel hears that you have become a stench to your father, then the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.”
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2 Samuel 17:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then we will attack David wherever we find him, and we will descend on him like dew on the ground. And of all the men with him, not even one will remain.
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2 Samuel 20:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When David returned to his palace in Jerusalem, he took the ten concubines he had left to take care of the palace, and he placed them in a house under guard. He provided for them, but he no longer slept with them. They were confined until the day of their death, living as widows.
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2 Samuel 21:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on a rock. From the beginning of the harvest until the rain from heaven poured down on the bodies, she did not allow the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
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1 Kings 5:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But now the LORD my God has given me rest on every side, and there is no adversary or crisis.
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Source alternate reference: 5.18
1 Kings 7:47 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Solomon left all these articles unweighed, because there were so many. The weight of the bronze could not be determined.
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1 Kings 8:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites after they had come out of the land of Egypt.
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1 Kings 13:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the old prophet lifted up the body of the man of God, laid it on the donkey, and brought it back to his own city to mourn for him and bury him.
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1 Kings 13:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then he laid the body in his own tomb, and they lamented over him, “Oh, my brother!”
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1 Kings 13:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After he had buried him, the prophet said to his sons, “When I die, you must bury me in the tomb where the man of God is buried. Lay my bones beside his bones,
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1 Kings 19:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there,
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2 Kings 2:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the sons of the prophets who were watching him from Jericho saw what had happened, they said, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.” And they went to meet him and bowed down to the ground before him.
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2 Kings 17:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Nevertheless, the people of each nation continued to make their own gods in the cities where they had settled, and they set them up in the shrines that the people of Samaria had made on the high places.
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2 Kings 23:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Let him rest,” said Josiah. “Do not let anyone disturb his bones.” So they left his bones undisturbed, along with those of the prophet who had come from Samaria.
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1 Chronicles 16:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He let no man oppress them; He rebuked kings on their behalf:
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1 Chronicles 22:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But a son will be born to you who will be a man of rest. I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side; for his name will be Solomon, and I will grant to Israel peace and quiet during his reign.
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1 Chronicles 22:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Is not the LORD your God with you, and has He not granted you rest on every side? For He has given the inhabitants of the land into my hand, and the land has been subdued before the LORD and His people.
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1 Chronicles 23:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For David had said, “The LORD, the God of Israel, has given rest to His people and has come to dwell in Jerusalem forever.
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2 Chronicles 1:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Solomon accumulated 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.
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2 Chronicles 4:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Additionally, he made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. He also made a hundred gold bowls.
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2 Chronicles 9:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Solomon had 4,000 stalls for horses and chariots, and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.
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2 Chronicles 14:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Because the land was at peace, Asa built fortified cities in Judah. In those days no one made war with him, because the LORD had given him rest.
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Source alternate reference: 14.5
2 Chronicles 14:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So he said to the people of Judah, “Let us build these cities and surround them with walls and towers, with doors and bars. The land is still ours because we have sought the LORD our God. We have sought Him, and He has given us rest on every side.” So they built and prospered.
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Source alternate reference: 14.6
2 Chronicles 15:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And all Judah rejoiced over the oath, for they had sworn it with all their heart. They had sought Him earnestly, and He was found by them. So the LORD gave them rest on every side.
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2 Chronicles 20:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Jehoshaphat’s kingdom was at peace, for his God had given him rest on every side.
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Nehemiah 9:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But as soon as they had rest, they again did evil in Your sight. So You abandoned them to the hands of their enemies, who had dominion over them. When they cried out to You again, You heard from heaven, and You delivered them many times in Your compassion.
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Esther 3:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Haman informed King Xerxes, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples of every province of your kingdom. Their laws are different from everyone else’s, and they do not obey the king’s laws. So it is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them.
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Esther 9:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This was done on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, and on the fourteenth day they rested, making it a day of feasting and joy.
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Esther 9:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The Jews in Susa, however, had assembled on the thirteenth and the fourteenth days of the month. So they rested on the fifteenth day, making it a day of feasting and joy.
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Esther 9:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
as the days on which the Jews gained rest from their enemies and the month in which their sorrow turned to joy and their mourning into a holiday. He wrote that these were to be days of feasting and joy, of sending gifts to one another and to the poor.
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Job 3:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For now I would be lying down in peace; I would be asleep and at rest
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Job 3:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
There the wicked cease from raging, and there the weary find rest.
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Job 3:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I am not at ease or quiet; I have no rest, for trouble has come.”
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Psalms 17:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
from such men, O LORD, by Your hand—from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children.
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Psalms 105:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He let no man oppress them; He rebuked kings on their behalf:
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Psalms 119:121 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I have done what is just and right; do not leave me to my oppressors.
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Psalms 125:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the scepter of the wicked will not rest upon the land allotted to the righteous, so that the righteous will not put forth their hands to injustice.
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Proverbs 14:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Wisdom rests in the heart of the discerning; even among fools she is known.
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Proverbs 21:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The man who strays from the path of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead.
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Proverbs 29:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will bring delight to your soul.
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Ecclesiastes 2:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I hated all for which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.
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Ecclesiastes 5:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich man permits him no sleep.
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Source alternate reference: 5.11
Ecclesiastes 7:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.
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Ecclesiastes 7:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
It is good to grasp the one and not let the other slip from your hand. For he who fears God will follow both warnings.
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Ecclesiastes 10:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences
If the ruler’s temper flares against you, do not abandon your post, for calmness lays great offenses to rest.
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Ecclesiastes 11:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Sow your seed in the morning, and do not rest your hands in the evening, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or if both will equally prosper.
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Isaiah 7:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When it was reported to the house of David that Aram was in league with Ephraim, the hearts of Ahaz and his people trembled like trees in the forest shaken by the wind.
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