H5117 נוּחַ
nûwach — to rest, i.e. settle down; used in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, intransitive, transitive and causative (to dwell, stay, let…
KJV: cease, be confederate, lay, let down, (be) quiet, remain, (cause to, be at, give…
Occurs 67 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- נוּחַ vb. rest
- Qal
- 1 rest, settle down and remain
- 2 repose, be quiet, have rest
- Hiph.
- 1 cause to rest = give rest to
- 2 cause to rest (i.e. light) upon
- 1 lay or set down, deposit, let lie
- 2 let remain, leave (in present condition)
- 3 leave = depart from
- 4 abandon
- 5 let alone (refrain from interfering with)
- 6 permit
- Hoph.
- A no rest is granted to us
- B as subst. = space left, open space
Where it occurs
- Genesis 8:4 — The ship rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on Ararat’s mountains.
- Exodus 10:14 — The locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the borders of Egypt. They were very grievous. Before…
- Exodus 17:11 — When Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed. 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 is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore…
- Exodus 23:12 — “Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest, that your ox and your donkey may have rest…
- Exodus 33:14 — He said, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
- Numbers 10:36 — When it rested, he said, “Return, LORD, to the ten thousands of the thousands of Israel.”
- Numbers 11:25 — The LORD came down in the cloud, and spoke to him, and took of the Spirit that was on him, and put it on the seventy…
- Numbers 11:26 — But two men remained in the camp. The name of one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad; and the Spirit rested on…
- Deuteronomy 3:20 — until the LORD gives rest to your brothers, as to you, and they also possess the land which the LORD your God gives…