Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H5208: נִיחוֹחַ

nîychôwach · pronounced nee-kho'-akh · “soothing”

Definition

pleasure

KJV translates it as: sweet odour (savour).

Word origin: (Aramaic) or נִיחֹחַ; (shorter) (Aramaic), corresponding to H5207 (נִיחוֹחַ);

Extended definition

soothing, tranquillising
Aramaic of ni.cho.ach (נִיחֹחַ "soothing" H5207)

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

How H5208 is translated

  • soothing offerings ×2

Bible verses with H5208 (nîychôwach)

Nîychôwach appears in 2 verses.

  • Ezra 6:10

    That they may offer sacrifices of sweet savours unto the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons.

  • Daniel 2:46

    Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweet odours unto him.