Nachath — H5183

Definition

masculine noun

a descent, i.e. imposition, unfavorable (punishment) or favorable (food); restfulness

1. rest, quietness
1. quietness, quiet attitude
2. rest (of death)
2. descent (of judgment)

Usually translated as

to rest, quiet, quietness, lighting down, be set on

Origin

from H5182; also (intransitively; perhaps from H5117)

• Derived from Nᵉchath (H5182)
• Derived from Nûwach (H5117)

Greek equivalents

• thymós (G2372)

Occurrences

Nachath occurs 8 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Job (2), Proverbs (1), Ecclesiastes (3), Isaiah (2)

• Job 17:16 — They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.
• Job 36:16 — Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set (וְנַ֥חַת) on thy table should be full of fatness.
• Proverbs 29:9 — If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest (נָֽחַת).
• Ecclesiastes 4:6 — Better is an handful with quietness (נָ֑חַת), than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.
• Ecclesiastes 6:5 — Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath more rest (נַ֥חַת) than the other.
• Ecclesiastes 9:17 — The words of wise men are heard in quiet (בְּנַ֖חַת) more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
• Isaiah 30:15 — For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest (וָנַ֙חַת֙) shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.
• Isaiah 30:30 — And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down (וְנַ֤חַת) of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones.