נִיחוֹחַ
nîychôwach · nee-kho'-akh
properly, restful, i.e. pleasant; abstractly, delight
Lexicon
Derivation: or נִיחֹחַ; from H5117 (נוּחַ);
properly, restful, i.e. pleasant; abstractly, delight
- properly, restful, i.e. pleasant
- abstractly, delight
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: sweet (odour).
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- 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 › the hand that works › to separate and protect › to fasten and establish › to separate and protect
The seed, life continuing of the hand that works that works to separate and protect that works to fasten and establish that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נִיחוֹחַ 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
43 occurrences · 43 OT · 0 NT · 14 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- for a sweet19 · 44%
- of a sweet14 · 33%
- a sweet2 · 5%
- it is a sweet1 · 2%
- thereof, for a sweet1 · 2%
- of sweet1 · 2%
- of your sweet odours1 · 2%
- sweet1 · 2%
- them for a sweet1 · 2%
- their sweet1 · 2%
- you with your sweet1 · 2%
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.