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נוּחַ

nuach · rest, settle

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5117 · appears 67 times in the Bible

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What it means

nuach (נוּחַ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “rest, settle”.

Come to rest, stay still; also set down, leave. Noah's name is from the same root.

How to say it

nu·ach

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. To stay still and settle in a place.
  2. To give rest, as YHWH to his people.
  3. To place someone in a spot and leave him there.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Word study

To rest, settle, come to rest; to stay still in a place. In the causative, to give rest: to deliver from enemies and give quiet. A causative form of the same root that means to put, to leave has another Strong number (יָנַח, H3240). Of the same family is מָנוֹחַ (rest, resting place).

How we translate it

“Rest” 46 times, “rested” 8, “rests” 3, “settle” 3; “gave rest” in the causative (Joshua 21:44); “came to rest” for the ark (Genesis 8:4). This edition keeps “rest” for נוּחַ and “cease” for שָׁבַת (H7673): so in Exodus 20:11 YHWH “rested on the seventh day”, while Genesis 2:2 says that “he ceased”.

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • rest ×46
  • rested ×8
  • rests ×3
  • settle ×3
  • set me down ×2
  • settled ×2
  • he lowered ×1
  • lays ×1
  • they waited ×1

Related words

Words that come from it

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Genesis 8:4

    And in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.

  • Exodus 10:14

    The locusts came up over all the land of Egypt and settled in all the territory of Egypt, very heavy; before them there had never been such locusts as these, nor will there be such after them.

  • Exodus 17:11

    Whenever Moses raised his hand, Israel prevailed; and whenever he lowered his hand, Amalek prevailed.

  • Exodus 20:11

    For in six days YHWH made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day; that is why YHWH blessed the day of the Sabbath and made it holy.

  • Exodus 23:12

    Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest, and the son of your female slave and the resident alien may be refreshed.

  • Exodus 33:14

    And he said, “My presence will go with you, and I will give rest to you.”

  • Numbers 10:36

    And when it rested, he would say, “Return, YHWH, to the myriads of the thousands of Israel.”

  • Numbers 11:25

    And YHWH came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and took some of the spirit that was on him and put it on the seventy men, the elders; and when the spirit rested on them, they prophesied, but they did not continue.

  • Numbers 11:26

    But two men had remained in the camp; the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the second Medad; and the spirit rested on them —and they were among those registered, but they had not gone out to the tent— and they prophesied in the camp.

  • Deuteronomy 3:20

    until YHWH gives rest to your brothers as to you, and they also take possession of the land that YHWH your Elohim is giving them beyond the Jordan. Then you shall return, each to his possession that I have given you.”

  • Deuteronomy 5:14

    but the seventh day is a Sabbath to YHWH your Elohim. You shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, or your male slave, or your female slave, or your ox, or your donkey, or any of your livestock, or your resident alien who is within your gates, so that your male slave and your female slave may rest like you.

  • Deuteronomy 12:10

    But you will cross the Jordan and live in the land that YHWH your Elohim is causing you to inherit, and he will give rest to you from all your enemies around, and you will live in security.

  • Deuteronomy 25:19

    Therefore it shall be, when YHWH your Elohim has given rest to you from all your enemies around, in the land that YHWH your Elohim is giving you as an inheritance to possess it, that you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under the heavens. You shall not forget.

  • Joshua 1:13

    “Remember the word that Moses the servant of YHWH commanded you, saying, ‘YHWH your Elohim is giving you rest and will give you this land.’

  • Joshua 1:15

    until YHWH gives rest to your brothers as to you, and they also take possession of the land that YHWH your Elohim is giving them. Then you shall return to the land of your possession and possess it, which Moses the servant of YHWH gave you beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise.”

  • Joshua 3:13

    And it shall be, when the soles of the feet of the priests who carry the ark of YHWH, the Lord of all the earth, rest in the waters of the Jordan, that the waters of the Jordan will be cut off, the waters that come down from above, and they will stand in one heap.”

  • Joshua 21:44

    And YHWH gave rest to them all around, according to all that he had sworn to their fathers; and not a man of all their enemies stood before them; all their enemies YHWH gave into their hand.

  • Joshua 22:4

    And now YHWH your Elohim has given rest to your brothers, just as he spoke to them. So now turn and go to your tents, to the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of YHWH gave you beyond the Jordan.

  • Joshua 23:1

    And it came about after many days, after YHWH had given rest to Israel from all their enemies all around, and Joshua was old, advanced in days,

  • 1 Samuel 25:9

    David’s young men came and spoke to Nabal according to all these words in the name of David, and they waited.

  • 2 Samuel 7:1

    And it happened, when the king lived in his house and YHWH had given him rest from all his enemies all around,

  • 2 Samuel 7:11

    even from the day that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel; and I will give you rest from all your enemies. And YHWH declares to you that YHWH will make a house for you.

  • 2 Samuel 17:12

    So we will come upon him in one of the places where he is found there, and we will settle on him as the dew falls on the ground; and not even one will be left of him and of all the men who are with him.

  • 2 Samuel 21:10

    Rizpah daughter of Aiah took the sackcloth and spread it for herself on the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water poured on them from the heavens; and she did not allow the birds of the heavens to settle on them by day, or the animals of the field by night.

  • 1 Kings 5:4

    But now YHWH my Elohim has given me rest all around; there is no opponent and no evil occurrence.

  • 2 Kings 2:15

    The sons of the prophets who were in Jericho saw him from across and said, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.” They came to meet him and bowed down to him to the ground.

  • 1 Chronicles 22:9

    Look, a son will be born to you; he will be a man of rest, and I will give him rest from all his enemies around; for Solomon will be his name, and peace and quiet I will give to Israel in his days.

  • 1 Chronicles 22:18

    “Is not YHWH your Elohim with you? He has given you rest on every side; for he has given into my hand the inhabitants of the land, and the land has been subdued before YHWH and before his people.

  • 1 Chronicles 23:25

    For David said, “YHWH, the Elohim of Israel, has given rest to his people, and he dwells in Jerusalem forever.

  • 2 Chronicles 14:6

    He built fortified cities in Judah, for the land was quiet, and there was no war against him in those years, because YHWH had given him rest.

  • 2 Chronicles 14:7

    He said to Judah, “Let us build these cities and surround them with wall and towers, doors and bars; the land is still before us, because we have sought YHWH our Elohim; we have sought him, and he has given us rest all around.” So they built and prospered.

  • 2 Chronicles 15:15

    All Judah rejoiced over the oath, for with all their heart they had sworn, and with all their will they had sought him, and he let himself be found by them; and YHWH gave them rest all around.

  • 2 Chronicles 20:30

    The kingdom of Jehoshaphat was quiet, and his Elohim gave him rest all around.

  • Nehemiah 9:28

    But when they had rest they would again do evil before you; and you would abandon them into the hand of their enemies, who dominated them; and they would turn again and cry out to you, and you from the heavens would hear and deliver them according to your mercies many times.

  • Esther 9:17

    This was on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar; and they rested on the fourteenth of it, and made it a day of banqueting and gladness.

  • Esther 9:18

    But the Jews who were in Susa assembled on the thirteenth of it and on the fourteenth of it, and rested on the fifteenth of it, and made it a day of banqueting and gladness.

  • Esther 9:22

    as the days in which the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month that was turned for them from sorrow into gladness and from mourning into a good day; that they should make them days of banqueting and gladness, and of sending portions each to his companion, and gifts to the needy.

  • Job 3:13

    For now I would have lain down and been calm; I would have slept; then I would have rest

  • Job 3:17

    There the wicked cease from turmoil, and there the weary in strength rest.

  • Job 3:26

    I have not been at ease, nor been calm, nor rested, and turmoil has come.”

And 27 more times.