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na.cham H5162

נָחַם (na.cham) means “to be sorry: comfort” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

נָחַם Hebrew · H5162 108 tagged occurrences in 100 verses

Pronunciation guide: naw-kham' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H5162G

נָחַם · na.cham · to be sorry: comfort

: comfort 1) to be sorry, console oneself, repent, regret, comfort, be comforted 1a) (Niphal) 1a1) to be sorry, be moved to pity, have compassion 1a2) to be sorry, rue, suffer grief, repent 1a3) to comfort oneself, be comforted 1a4) to comfort oneself, ease oneself 1b) (Piel) to comfort, console 1c) (Pual) to be comforted, be consoled 1d) (Hithpael) 1d1) to be sorry, have compassion 1d2) to rue, repent of 1d3) to comfort oneself, be comforted 1d4) to ease oneself Also means: na.cham (נָחַם ": relent" H5162H)

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TBESH · H5162H

נָחַם · na.cham · to be sorry: relent

: relent 1) to be sorry, console oneself, repent, regret, comfort, be comforted 1a) (Niphal) 1a1) to be sorry, be moved to pity, have compassion 1a2) to be sorry, rue, suffer grief, repent 1a3) to comfort oneself, be comforted 1a4) to comfort oneself, ease oneself 1b) (Piel) to comfort, console 1c) (Pual) to be comforted, be consoled 1d) (Hithpael) 1d1) to be sorry, have compassion 1d2) to rue, repent of 1d3) to comfort oneself, be comforted 1d4) to ease oneself

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

a primitive root; properly, to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavorably) to avenge (oneself)

KJV glosses: comfort (self), ease (one's self), repent(-er,-ing, self).

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How translators render H5162

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
relented 5
comfort 4
comforters 4
and relent 3
relent 3
to be comforted 3
to comfort 3
and relented 2
comfort me 2
comforter 2
grieved 2
has comforted 2
one to comfort 2
regretted 2
that he should change his mind 2
then i will relent 2
to console hanun 2
and be comforted 1
and comfort him 1
and comfort me 1
and comforted 1
and comforted me 1
and give them comfort 1
and have compassion 1
and he relents 1
and i repent 1
and in them i find comfort 1
and was comforted 1
and will have compassion 1
and will look with compassion 1
and you have comforted me 1
and you will be consoled 1
can comfort you 1
can you comfort me 1
change his mind 1
comfort us 1
comforted 1
comforts her son 1
compassion 1
for comforters 1
had finished mourning 1
have compassion 1
he had been consoled 1
i am grieved 1
i regret 1
i repented 1
i will be appeased 1
i will be relieved 1
i will relent 1
is consoling himself 1
might change their minds 1
might relent 1
of showing compassion 1
one who relents 1
or change his mind 1
repents 1
should i relent 1
so joseph reassured 1
so that i may relent 1
solace 1
that i may console you 1
they will bring you consolation 1
to comfort her 1
to comfort him 1
to comfort me 1
to comfort them 1
to console him 1
to console me 1
tried to comfort him 1
was moved to pity 1
were consoled 1
who comforts you 1
will comfort 1
will comfort me 1
will i comfort you 1
will i relent 1
will you comfort me 1
you have comforted 1
you will be comforted 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
repented 10
to comfort 7
and repent 5
comforters 4
shall comfort 3
to be comforted 3
and repented 2
and will not repent 2
comforteth 2
hath comforted 2
none to comfort 2
that he should repent 2
they comfort 2
was comforted 2
and comfort 1
and have comforted 1
and he comforted 1
and he repented 1
and he will repent 1
and i repented 1
and it repented 1
and repentest 1
and repenteth 1
and they had no comforter 1
and they shall comfort 1
and thou comfortedst 1
and will comfort 1
and ye shall be comforted 1
as touching thee doth comfort 1
be for my comfort 1
because the comforter 1
but they had no comforter 1
by whom shall i comfort 1
comfort 1
comforted 1
for he was comforted 1
for i repent 1
for it repented 1
for it repenteth 1
for that thou hast comforted 1
he that comforteth 1
he will comfort 1
him and comforted 1
how long and let it repent 1
how then comfort 1
i repented 1
i will ease 1
i will repent 1
in that thou art a comfort 1
it repenteth 1
me and comforted 1
neither will i repent 1
none and for comforters 1
nor repent 1
not comforted 1
not to comfort 1
repent 1
shall be comforted 1
shall yet comfort 1
she had no comforter 1
she hath none to comfort 1
should i receive comfort 1
so will i comfort 1
that i may repent 1
them and shall be comforted 1
then i will repent 1
to thee that i may comfort 1
upon them and i will be comforted 1
when wilt thou comfort 1
will repent 1
with him and to comfort 1
with repenting 1
ye comfort 1
you and ye shall be comforted 1

Verses containing H5162

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  1. Isaiah 12:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In that day you will say: “O LORD, I will praise You. Although You were angry with me, Your anger has turned away, and You have comforted me.

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  2. Isaiah 22:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore I said, “Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly! Do not try to console me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.”

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  3. Isaiah 40:1 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    “Comfort, comfort My people,” says your God.

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  4. Isaiah 49:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Shout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth; break forth in song, O mountains! For the LORD has comforted His people, and He will have compassion on His afflicted ones.

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  5. Isaiah 51:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    For the LORD will comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; He will make her wilderness like Eden and her desert like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and melodious song.

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  6. Isaiah 51:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “I, even I, am He who comforts you. Why should you be afraid of mortal man, of a son of man who withers like grass?

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  7. Isaiah 51:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    These pairs have befallen you: devastation and destruction, famine and sword. Who will grieve for you? Who can comfort you?

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  8. Isaiah 52:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Break forth in joy, sing together, O ruins of Jerusalem, for the LORD has comforted His people; He has redeemed Jerusalem.

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  9. Isaiah 54:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “O afflicted city, lashed by storms, without solace, surely I will set your stones in antimony and lay your foundations with sapphires.

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  10. Isaiah 57:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Your portion is among the smooth stones of the valley; indeed, they are your lot. Even to them you have poured out a drink offering and offered a grain offering. Should I relent because of these?

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  11. Isaiah 61:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of our God’s vengeance, to comfort all who mourn,

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  12. Isaiah 66:13 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    As a mother comforts her son, so will I comfort you, and you will be consoled over Jerusalem.”

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  13. Jeremiah 4:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore the earth will mourn and the heavens above will grow dark. I have spoken, I have planned, and I will not relent or turn back.”

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  14. Jeremiah 8:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I have listened and heard; they do not speak what is right. No one repents of his wickedness, asking, ‘What have I done?’ Everyone has pursued his own course like a horse charging into battle.

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  15. Jeremiah 15:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You have forsaken Me, declares the LORD. You have turned your back. So I will stretch out My hand against you and I will destroy you; I am weary of showing compassion.

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  16. Jeremiah 16:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    No food will be offered to comfort those who mourn the dead; not even a cup of consolation will be given for the loss of a father or mother.

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  17. Jeremiah 18:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But if that nation I warned turns from its evil, then I will relent of the disaster I had planned to bring.

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  18. Jeremiah 18:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and if it does evil in My sight and does not listen to My voice, then I will relent of the good I had intended for it.

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  19. Jeremiah 20:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    May that man be like the cities that the LORD overthrew without compassion. May he hear an outcry in the morning and a battle cry at noon,

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  20. Jeremiah 26:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Perhaps they will listen and turn—each from his evil way of life—so that I may relent of the disaster I am planning to bring upon them because of the evil of their deeds.

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  21. Jeremiah 26:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So now, correct your ways and deeds, and obey the voice of the LORD your God, so that He might relent of the disaster He has pronounced against you.

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  22. Jeremiah 26:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Did Hezekiah king of Judah or anyone else in Judah put him to death? Did Hezekiah not fear the LORD and seek His favor, and did not the LORD relent of the disaster He had pronounced against them? But we are about to bring great harm on ourselves!”

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  23. Jeremiah 31:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the maidens will rejoice with dancing, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into joy, and give them comfort and joy for their sorrow.

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  24. Jeremiah 31:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This is what the LORD says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”

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  25. Jeremiah 31:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After I returned, I repented; and after I was instructed, I struck my thigh in grief. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’

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  26. Jeremiah 42:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    ‘If you will indeed stay in this land, then I will build you up and not tear you down; I will plant you and not uproot you, for I will relent of the disaster I have brought upon you.

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  27. Lamentations 1:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    She weeps aloud in the night, with tears upon her cheeks. Among all her lovers there is no one to comfort her. All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies.

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  28. Lamentations 1:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Her uncleanness stains her skirts; she did not consider her end. Her downfall was astounding; there was no one to comfort her. Look, O LORD, on my affliction, for the enemy has triumphed!

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  29. Lamentations 1:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For these things I weep; my eyes flow with tears. For there is no one nearby to comfort me, no one to revive my soul. My children are destitute because the enemy has prevailed.

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  30. Lamentations 1:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Zion stretches out her hands, but there is no one to comfort her. The LORD has decreed against Jacob that his neighbors become his foes. Jerusalem has become an unclean thing among them.

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  31. Lamentations 1:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    People have heard my groaning, but there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that You have caused it. May You bring the day You have announced, so that they may become like me.

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  32. Lamentations 2:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    What can I say for you? To what can I compare you, O Daughter of Jerusalem? To what can I liken you, that I may console you, O Virgin Daughter of Zion? For your wound is as deep as the sea. Who can ever heal you?

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  33. Ezekiel 5:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And when My anger is spent and I have vented My wrath against them, I will be appeased. And when I have spent My wrath on them, they will know that I, the LORD, in My zeal have spoken.

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  34. Ezekiel 14:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Yet, behold, some survivors will be left in it—sons and daughters who will be brought out. They will come out to you, and when you see their conduct and actions, you will be comforted regarding the disaster I have brought upon Jerusalem—all that I have brought upon it.

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  35. Ezekiel 14:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They will bring you consolation when you see their conduct and actions, and you will know that it was not without cause that I have done all these things within it,’ declares the Lord GOD.”

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  36. Ezekiel 16:54 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So you will bear your disgrace and be ashamed of all you did to comfort them.

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  37. Ezekiel 24:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I, the LORD, have spoken; the time is coming, and I will act. I will not refrain or show pity, nor will I relent. I will judge you according to your ways and deeds,’ declares the Lord GOD.”

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  38. Ezekiel 31:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I made the nations quake at the sound of its downfall, when I cast it down to Sheol with those who descend to the Pit. Then all the trees of Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, all the well-watered trees, were consoled in the earth below.

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  39. Ezekiel 32:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Pharaoh will see them and be comforted over all his multitude—Pharaoh and all his army, slain by the sword, declares the Lord GOD.

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  40. Joel 2:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster.

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  41. Joel 2:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Who knows? He may turn and relent and leave a blessing behind Him—grain and drink offerings for the LORD your God.

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  42. Amos 7:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen,” He said.

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  43. Amos 7:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen either,” said the Lord GOD.

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  44. Jonah 3:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Who knows? God may turn and relent; He may turn from His fierce anger, so that we will not perish.”

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  45. Jonah 3:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When God saw their actions—that they had turned from their evil ways—He relented from the disaster He had threatened to bring upon them.

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  46. Jonah 4:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So he prayed to the LORD, saying, “O LORD, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I was so quick to flee toward Tarshish. I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion—One who relents from sending disaster.

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  47. Nahum 3:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then all who see you will recoil from you and say, ‘Nineveh is devastated; who will grieve for her?’ Where can I find comforters for you?”

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  48. Zechariah 1:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Proclaim further that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘My cities will again overflow with prosperity; the LORD will again comfort Zion and choose Jerusalem.’”

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  49. Zechariah 8:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Just as I resolved to bring disaster upon you when your fathers provoked Me to anger, and I did not relent,” says the LORD of Hosts,

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  50. Zechariah 10:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For idols speak deceit and diviners see illusions; they tell false dreams and offer empty comfort. Therefore the people wander like sheep, oppressed for lack of a shepherd.

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