# H5183 נַחַת

נַחַת (Nachath), Strong’s H5183: a descent, i.e. imposition, unfavorable (punishment) or favorable (food); restfulness KJV: lighting down, quiet(-ness), to rest, be set on.. Occurs 8 times.

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*Nachath* — a descent, i.e. imposition, unfavorable (punishment) or favorable (food); restfulness

KJV: lighting down, quiet(-ness), to rest, be set on.

Derived from [נְחַת nᵉchath](https://besorah.bible/word/H5182) (to descend)

Occurs 8 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- נַ֫חַת n.[m.] descent;—only cstr., of י׳’s arm of judgment Is 30:30
- נַ֫חַת n.[f.]
- נַ֫חַת n.[f.] quietness, rest

## Where it occurs
- [Isaiah 30:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/30?v=15) — For thus said the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, “You will be saved in returning and rest. Your strength will be in…
- [Isaiah 30:30](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/30?v=30) — The LORD will cause his glorious voice to be heard, and will show the descent of his arm, with the indignation of his…
- [Proverbs 29:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/29?v=9) — If a wise man goes to court with a foolish man, the fool rages or scoffs, and there is no peace.
- [Job 17:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/job/17?v=16) — Shall it go down with me to the gates of Sheol, or descend together into the dust?”
- [Job 36:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/job/36?v=16) — Yes, he would have allured you out of distress, into a wide place, where there is no restriction. That which is set on…
- [Ecclesiastes 4:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ecclesiastes/4?v=6) — Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind.
- [Ecclesiastes 6:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ecclesiastes/6?v=5) — Moreover it has not seen the sun nor known it. This has rest rather than the other.
- [Ecclesiastes 9:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ecclesiastes/9?v=17) — The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him who rules among fools.