Mᵉnûwchâh — H4496

Definition

feminine noun

repose or (adverbially) peacefully; figuratively, consolation (specifically, matrimony); hence (concretely) an abode

1. resting place, rest
1. resting place
2. rest, quietness

Usually translated as

rest, comfortable, ease, quiet, resting place, still

Origin

or mᵉnuchâh; feminine of H4495

• Mânôwach (H4495)

Greek equivalents

• katápausis (G2663)

Occurrences

Mᵉnûwchâh occurs 21 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Numbers (1), Deuteronomy (1), Judges (1), Ruth (1), 2 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (1), 1 Chronicles (2), Psalms (4), Isaiah (4), Jeremiah (2), Micah (1), Zechariah (1)

• Genesis 49:15 — And he saw that rest (מְנֻחָה֙) was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.
• 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 (מְנוּחָֽה) for them.
• Deuteronomy 12:9 — For ye are not as yet come to the rest (הַמְּנוּחָה֙) and to the inheritance, which the LORD your God giveth you.
• Judges 20:43 — Thus they inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and trode them down with ease (מְנוּחָ֖ה) over against Gibeah toward the sunrising.
• Ruth 1:9 — The LORD grant you that ye may find rest (מְנוּחָ֔ה), each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept.
• 2 Samuel 14:17 — Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable (לִמְנוּחָ֑ה): 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.
• 1 Kings 8:56 — Blessed be the LORD, that hath given rest (מְנוּחָה֙) 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.
• 1 Chronicles 22:9 — Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest (מְנוּחָ֔ה); 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.
• 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 (מְנוּחָ֜ה) for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building:
• Psalms 23:2 — He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still (מְנֻח֣וֹת) waters.
• Psalms 95:11 — Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest (מְנוּחָתִֽי).
• Psalms 132:8 — Arise, O LORD, into thy rest (לִמְנוּחָתֶ֑ךָ); thou, and the ark of thy strength.
• Psalms 132:14 — This is my rest (מְנוּחָתִ֥י) for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
• 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 (מְנֻחָת֖וֹ) shall be glorious.
• Isaiah 28:12 — To whom he said, This is the rest (הַמְּנוּחָה֙) wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
• Isaiah 32:18 — And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places (וּבִמְנוּחֹ֖ת);
• 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 (מְנוּחָתִֽי)?
• 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 (וּמְנוּחָ֖ה).
• 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 (מְנוּחָֽה) prince.
• Micah 2:10 — Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest (הַמְּנוּחָ֑ה): because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction.
• Zechariah 9:1 — The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach, and Damascus shall be the rest (מְנֻחָת֑וֹ) thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, shall be toward the LORD.