Nâchath — H5181

Definition

verb

to sink, i.e. descend; causatively, to press or lead down

1. to go down, descend
1. (Qal)
1. to go down, descend
2. to descend, descend into (chastisement) (fig.)
2. (Niphal) to come down into, penetrate
3. (Piel) to cause to descend, press down, stretch (a bow)
4. (Hiphil) to bring down

Usually translated as

be broken, press sore, stick fast, come down, enter, go down, settle

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• epistērízō (G1991)
• katabaínō (G2597)
• katágnymi (G2608)
• koimáō (G2837)
• títhēmi (G5087)

Occurrences

Nâchath occurs 9 times in 8 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Samuel (1), Job (1), Psalms (3), Proverbs (1), Jeremiah (1), Joel (1)

• 2 Samuel 22:35 — He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken (וְנִחַ֥ת) by mine arms.
• Job 21:13 — They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down (יֵחָֽתּוּ) to the grave.
• Psalms 18:34 — He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken (וְֽנִחֲתָ֥ה) by mine arms.
• Psalms 38:2 — For thine arrows stick fast (נִ֣חֲתוּ) in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
• Psalms 38:2 — For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore (וַתִּנְחַ֖ת).
• Psalms 65:10 — Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest (נַחֵ֣ת) the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof.
• Proverbs 17:10 — A reproof entereth more (תֵּ֣חַת) into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
• Jeremiah 21:13 — Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, and rock of the plain, saith the LORD; which say, Who shall come down (יֵחַ֣ת) against us? or who shall enter into our habitations?
• Joel 3:11 — Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down (הַֽנְחַ֥ת), O LORD.