Nachat נַ֫חַת
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| נַ֫חַת | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | nachat |
| Strong's number | H5183 (H5183A, H5183B) |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Gloss | quietness |
| Occurrences | 7 in 7 verses |
| Most frequent in | Ecclesiastes (3) |
Nachat (Hebrew נַ֫חַת, Strong's H5183) is a Hebrew noun meaning “quietness”. It occurs 7 times in 7 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
H5183A: quietness
1) rest, quietness
1a) quietness, quiet attitude
1b) rest (of death)
1a) quietness, quiet attitude
1b) rest (of death)
H5183B: descent
descent (of judgment)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | rest (4), set (1), quietness (1), quiet (1), down (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | resolution (1), tranquility (1), has more rest (1), calm (1), rest (1), striking (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Nachat, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Job
- Job 36:16Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.Indeed, He drew you from the jaws of distress to a spacious and broad place, to a table full of richness.
Proverbs
- Proverbs 29:9If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.If a wise man goes to court with a fool, there will be raving and laughing with no resolution.
Ecclesiastes
- Ecclesiastes 4:6Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and pursuit of the wind.
- Ecclesiastes 6:5Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath more rest than the other.The child, though neither seeing the sun nor knowing anything, has more rest than that man,
- Ecclesiastes 9:17The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.The calm words of the wise are heeded over the shouts of a ruler among fools.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 30:15For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.For the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, has said: “By repentance and rest you would be saved; your strength would lie in quiet confidence— but you were not willing.”
- Isaiah 30:30And the Lord shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones.And the LORD will cause His majestic voice to be heard and His mighty arm to be revealed, striking in angry wrath with a flame of consuming fire, and with cloudburst, storm, and hailstones.
Notes
- 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.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).