נוּחַ
nûwach · noo'-akh
to rest, i.e. settle down; used in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, intransitive, transitive and causative (to dwell, stay, let fall, place, let alone, withdraw, give comfort, etc.)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to rest, i.e. settle down; used in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, intransitive, transitive and causative (to dwell, stay, let fall, place, let alone, withdraw, give comfort, etc.)
- to rest, i.e. settle down
- used in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, intransitive, transitive and causative (to dwell, stay, let fall, place, let alone, withdraw, give comfort, etc.)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: cease, be confederate, lay, let down, (be) quiet, remain, (cause to, be at, give, have, make to) rest, set down. Compare H3241 (יָנִים).
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › to fasten and establish › to separate and protect
The seed, life continuing that works to fasten and establish that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נוּחַ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
142 occurrences · 142 OT · 0 NT · 126 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- to rest6 · 15%
- rested4 · 10%
- may rest2 · 5%
- rest2 · 5%
- shall rest2 · 5%
- gave them rest2 · 5%
- hath given rest2 · 5%
- had given him rest2 · 5%
- resteth2 · 5%
- and rested1 · 3%
- and when he let down1 · 3%
- and all that in them is, and rested1 · 3%
- with thee, and i will give thee rest1 · 3%
- and when it rested1 · 3%
- have given rest1 · 3%
- and when he giveth you rest1 · 3%
- hath given thee rest1 · 3%
- hath given you rest1 · 3%
- have given1 · 3%
- had given rest1 · 3%
- and ceased1 · 3%
- and have caused thee to rest1 · 3%
- hath given me rest1 · 3%
- doth rest1 · 3%
- and i will give him rest1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.