Bible Names

Noah: meaning of the name

Noah means “repose; consolation.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Noah in Hebrew and Greek

נֹחַ H5146

Nôach (no'-akh) — Noach, the patriarch of the flood

the same as H5118 (נוּחַ); rest;

נֹעָה H5270

Nôʻâh (no-aw') — Noah, an Israelitess

from H5128 (נוּעַ); movement;

People named Noah in the Bible

Noah in Scripture

“Noah” appears in 46 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • Genesis 5:29

    And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed.

  • Genesis 5:30

    And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:

  • Genesis 5:32

    And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

  • Genesis 6:8

    But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.

  • Genesis 6:9

    These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.

  • Genesis 6:10

    And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

  • Genesis 6:13

    And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

  • Genesis 6:22

    Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.