Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H3240: יָנַח

yânach · pronounced yaw-nakh' · “to rest”

Definition

to deposit; by implication, to allow to stay

KJV translates it as: bestow, cast down, lay (down, up), leave (off), let alone (remain), pacify, place, put, set (down), suffer, withdraw, withhold. (The Hiphil forms with the dagesh are here referred to, in accordance with the older grammarians; but if any distinction of the kind is to be made, these should rather be referred to H5117 (נוּחַ), and the others here.)

Word origin: a primitive root;

Extended definition

1) to rest
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to rest, settle down and remain
1a2) to repose, have rest, be quiet
1b) (Hiphil)
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) (Hophal)
1c1) to obtain rest, be granted rest
1c2) to be left, be placed
1c3) open space (subst)

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

Words derived from H3240