נָחָה
nâchâh · naw-khaw'
to guide; by implication, to transport (into exile, or as colonists)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to guide; by implication, to transport (into exile, or as colonists)
- to guide
- by implication, to transport (into exile, or as colonists)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bestow, bring, govern, guide, lead (forth), put, straiten.
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › to separate and protect › to reveal, behold
The seed, life continuing that works to separate and protect that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נָחָה 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
39 occurrences · 39 OT · 0 NT · 35 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- lead5 · 16%
- to lead2 · 6%
- who will lead2 · 6%
- shall guide2 · 6%
- led me1 · 3%
- which had led me1 · 3%
- led1 · 3%
- hast led forth1 · 3%
- hath brought1 · 3%
- did lead1 · 3%
- and he brought1 · 3%
- whom he bestowed1 · 3%
- and put1 · 3%
- moreover thou leddest1 · 3%
- and straiteneth1 · 3%
- and i have guided1 · 3%
- or canst thou guide1 · 3%
- he leadeth1 · 3%
- and lead1 · 3%
- sake lead1 · 3%
- let them lead1 · 3%
- and govern1 · 3%
- thou shalt guide1 · 3%
- thou leddest1 · 3%
- also he led1 · 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.