# H5181 נָחַת

נָחַת (nâchath), Strong’s H5181: to sink, i.e. descend; causatively, to press or lead down KJV: be broken, (cause to) come down, enter, go down, press sore, settle, stick fast.. Occurs 10 times.

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*nâchath* — to sink, i.e. descend; causatively, to press or lead down

KJV: be broken, (cause to) come down, enter, go down, press sore, settle, stick fast.

Occurs 10 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [נָחֵת] vb. (Aram. and poet.) go down, descend
- Qal
- 1 go down, descend
- 2 fig. descend in chastisement
- Niph. = penetrate
- Pi. cause to descend = press down
- Hiph. thither bring down thy heroes

## Where it occurs
- [1 Samuel 2:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/2?v=10) — Those who strive with the LORD shall be broken to pieces. He will thunder against them in the sky. “The LORD will judge…
- [2 Samuel 22:35](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/22?v=35) — He teaches my hands to war, so that my arms bend a bow of bronze.
- [Jeremiah 21:13](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/21?v=13) — Behold, I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley, and of the rock of the plain,’ says the LORD. ‘You that say, “Who…
- [Joel 4:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joel/4?v=11) — Hurry and come, all you surrounding nations, and gather yourselves together.” Cause your mighty ones to come down…
- [Psalms 18:35](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/18?v=35) — He teaches my hands to war, so that my arms bend a bow of bronze.
- [Psalms 38:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/38?v=3) — For your arrows have pierced me, your hand presses hard on me.
- [Psalms 65:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/65?v=11) — You drench its furrows. You level its ridges. You soften it with showers. You bless it with a crop.
- [Proverbs 17:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/17?v=10) — A rebuke enters deeper into one who has understanding than a hundred lashes into a fool.
- [Job 21:13](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/job/21?v=13) — They spend their days in prosperity. In an instant they go down to Sheol.