Menuchah מְנוּחָה

Menuchah (Hebrew מְנוּחָה, Strong's H4496) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “resting”. It occurs 22 times in 22 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H4496H: resting

H4496G: Nohah

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Topics

• Rest

Verses

Every verse with Menuchah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 49:15
  And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.He saw that his resting place was good and that his land was pleasant, so he bent his shoulder to the burden and submitted to labor as a servant.

Numbers

• Numbers 10:33
  And they departed from the mount of the Lord three days’ journey: and the ark of the covenant of the Lord went before them in the three days’ journey, to search out a resting place for them.So they set out on a three-day journey from the mountain of the LORD, with the ark of the covenant of the LORD traveling ahead of them for those three days to seek a resting place for them.

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 12:9
  For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the Lord your God giveth you.For you have not yet come to the resting place and the inheritance that the LORD your God is giving you.

Judges

• Judges 20:43
  Thus they inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and trode them down with ease over against Gibeah toward the sunrising.They surrounded the Benjamites, pursued them, and easily overtook them in the vicinity of Gibeah on the east.

Ruth

• Ruth 1:9
  The Lord grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept.May the LORD enable each of you to find rest in the home of your new husband.” And she kissed them as they wept aloud

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 14:17
  Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the Lord thy God will be with thee.And now your servant says, ‘May the word of my lord the king bring me rest, for my lord the king is able to discern good and evil, just like the angel of God. May the LORD your God be with you.’”

1 Kings

• 1 Kings 8:56
  Blessed be the Lord, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant.“Blessed be the LORD, who has given rest to His people Israel according to all that He promised. Not one word has failed of all the good promises He made through His servant Moses.

1 Chronicles

• 1 Chronicles 22:9
  Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days.But a son will be born to you who will be a man of rest. I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side; for his name will be Solomon, and I will grant to Israel peace and quiet during his reign.
• 1 Chronicles 28:2
  Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: As for me, I had in mine heart to build an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building:Then King David rose to his feet and said, “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. It was in my heart to build a house as a resting place for the ark of the covenant of the LORD and as a footstool for our God. I had made preparations to build it,

Psalms

• Psalm 23:2
  He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters.
• Psalm 95:11
  Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.So I swore on oath in My anger, “They shall never enter My rest.”
• Psalm 116:7
  Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee.Return to your rest, O my soul, for the LORD has been good to you.
• Psalm 132:8
  Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength.Arise, O LORD, to Your resting place, You and the ark of Your strength.
• Psalm 132:14
  This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.“This is My resting place forever and ever; here I will dwell, for I have desired this home.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 11:10
  And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.On that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples. The nations will seek Him, and His place of rest will be glorious.
• Isaiah 28:12
  To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.to whom He has said: “This is the place of rest, let the weary rest; this is the place of repose.” But they would not listen.
• Isaiah 32:18
  And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;Then my people will dwell in a peaceful place, in safe and secure places of rest.
• Isaiah 66:1
  Thus saith the Lord, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?This is what the LORD says: “Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me? Or where will My place of repose be?

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 45:3
  Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for the Lord hath added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.You have said, ‘Woe is me because the LORD has added sorrow to my pain! I am worn out with groaning and have found no rest.’”
• Jeremiah 51:59
  The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And this Seraiah was a quiet prince.This is the message that Jeremiah the prophet gave to the quartermaster Seraiah son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went to Babylon with King Zedekiah of Judah in the fourth year of Zedekiah’s reign.

Micah

• Micah 2:10
  Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction.Arise and depart, for this is not your place of rest, because its defilement brings destruction— a grievous destruction!

Zechariah

• Zechariah 9:1
  The burden of the word of the Lord in the land of Hadrach, and Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, shall be toward the Lord.This is the burden of the word of the LORD against the land of Hadrach and Damascus its resting place— for the eyes of men and of all the tribes of Israel are upon the LORD—

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).