H5117: נוּחַ
nûwach · pronounced noo'-akh · “to rest”
Definition
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 translates it as: cease, be confederate, lay, let down, (be) quiet, remain, (cause to, be at, give, have, make to) rest, set down. Compare H3241 (יָנִים).
Word origin: a primitive root;
Extended definition
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)
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H5117 is translated
- it ×9
- them ×8
- he left ×5
- him ×4
- he has given rest ×4
- he had given rest ×4
- he gave rest ×3
- i will give rest ×3
- he will give rest ×3
- they rested ×3
- leave alone ×3
- me ×3
Bible verses with H5117 (nûwach)
Nûwach appears in 140 verses; the first 25 are shown below.
- Genesis 2:15
And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
- Genesis 8:4
And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
- Genesis 19:16
And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the Lord being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.
- Genesis 39:16
And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home.
- Genesis 42:33
And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone:
- Exodus 10:14
And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such.
- Exodus 16:23
And he said unto them, This is that which the Lord hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the Lord: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.
- Exodus 16:24
And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein.
- Exodus 16:33
And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before the Lord, to be kept for your generations.
- Exodus 16:34
As the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.
- Exodus 17:11
And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.
- Exodus 20:11
For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
- Exodus 23:12
Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.
- Exodus 32:10
Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.
- Exodus 33:14
And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.
- Leviticus 7:15
And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten the same day that it is offered; he shall not leave any of it until the morning.
- Leviticus 16:23
And Aaron shall come into the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall put off the linen garments, which he put on when he went into the holy place, and shall leave them there:
- Leviticus 24:12
And they put him in ward, that the mind of the Lord might be shewed them.
- Numbers 10:36
And when it rested, he said, Return, O Lord, unto the many thousands of Israel.
- Numbers 11:25
And the Lord came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders: and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease.
- Numbers 11:26
But there remained two of the men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: and the spirit rested upon them; and they were of them that were written, but went not out unto the tabernacle: and they prophesied in the camp.
- Numbers 15:34
And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him.
- Numbers 17:4
And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you.
- Numbers 17:7
And Moses laid up the rods before the Lord in the tabernacle of witness.
- Numbers 19:9
And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of separation: it is a purification for sin.
All 140 references
- Numbers 32:15
- Deuteronomy 3:20
- Deuteronomy 5:14
- Deuteronomy 12:10
- Deuteronomy 14:28
- Deuteronomy 25:19
- Deuteronomy 26:4
- Deuteronomy 26:10
- Joshua 1:13
- Joshua 1:15
- Joshua 3:13
- Joshua 4:3
- Joshua 4:8
- Joshua 6:23
- Joshua 21:44
- Joshua 22:4
- Joshua 23:1
- Judges 2:23
- Judges 3:1
- Judges 6:18
- Judges 6:20
- Judges 16:26
- 1 Samuel 6:18
- 1 Samuel 10:25
- 1 Samuel 25:9
- 2 Samuel 7:1
- 2 Samuel 7:11
- 2 Samuel 16:11
- 2 Samuel 16:21
- 2 Samuel 17:12
- 2 Samuel 20:3
- 2 Samuel 21:10
- 1 Kings 5:4
- 1 Kings 7:47
- 1 Kings 8:9
- 1 Kings 13:29
- 1 Kings 13:30
- 1 Kings 13:31
- 1 Kings 19:3
- 2 Kings 2:15
- 2 Kings 17:29
- 2 Kings 23:18
- 1 Chronicles 16:21
- 1 Chronicles 22:9
- 1 Chronicles 22:18
- 1 Chronicles 23:25
- 2 Chronicles 1:14
- 2 Chronicles 4:8
- 2 Chronicles 9:25
- 2 Chronicles 14:6
- 2 Chronicles 14:7
- 2 Chronicles 15:15
- 2 Chronicles 20:30
- Nehemiah 9:28
- Esther 3:8
- Esther 9:17
- Esther 9:18
- Esther 9:22
- Job 3:13
- Job 3:17
- Job 3:26
- Psalms 17:14
- Psalms 105:14
- Psalms 119:121
- Psalms 125:3
- Proverbs 14:33
- Proverbs 21:16
- Proverbs 29:17
- Ecclesiastes 2:18
- Ecclesiastes 5:12
- Ecclesiastes 7:9
- Ecclesiastes 7:18
- Ecclesiastes 10:4
- Ecclesiastes 11:6
- Isaiah 7:2
- Isaiah 7:19
- Isaiah 11:2
- Isaiah 14:1
- Isaiah 14:3
- Isaiah 14:7
- Isaiah 23:12
- Isaiah 25:10
- Isaiah 28:2
- Isaiah 28:12
- Isaiah 30:32
- Isaiah 46:7
- Isaiah 57:2
- Isaiah 63:14
- Isaiah 65:15
- Jeremiah 14:9
- Jeremiah 27:11
- Jeremiah 43:6
- Lamentations 5:5
- Ezekiel 5:13
- Ezekiel 16:39
- Ezekiel 16:42
- Ezekiel 21:17
- Ezekiel 22:20
- Ezekiel 24:13
- Ezekiel 37:1
- Ezekiel 37:14
- Ezekiel 40:2
- Ezekiel 40:42
- Ezekiel 41:9
- Ezekiel 41:11
- Ezekiel 42:13
- Ezekiel 42:14
- Ezekiel 44:19
- Ezekiel 44:30
- Daniel 12:13
- Hosea 4:17
- Amos 5:7
- Habakkuk 3:16
- Zechariah 5:11
- Zechariah 6:8