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Lexicon :: Strong's H5162 - nāḥam

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נָחַם
Transliteration
nāḥam
Pronunciation
naw-kham'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1344

Strong’s Definitions

נָחַם nâcham, naw-kham'; a primitive root; properly, to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavorably) to avenge (oneself):—comfort (self), ease (one's self), repent(-er,-ing, self).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 108x

The KJV translates Strong's H5162 in the following manner: comfort (57x), repent (41x), comforter (9x), ease (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 108x
The KJV translates Strong's H5162 in the following manner: comfort (57x), repent (41x), comforter (9x), ease (1x).
  1. to be sorry, console oneself, repent, regret, comfort, be comforted

    1. (Niphal)

      1. to be sorry, be moved to pity, have compassion

      2. to be sorry, rue, suffer grief, repent

      3. to comfort oneself, be comforted

      4. to comfort oneself, ease oneself

    2. (Piel) to comfort, console

    3. (Pual) to be comforted, be consoled

    4. (Hithpael)

      1. to be sorry, have compassion

      2. to rue, repent of

      3. to comfort oneself, be comforted

      4. to ease oneself

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נָחַם nâcham, naw-kham'; a primitive root; properly, to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavorably) to avenge (oneself):—comfort (self), ease (one's self), repent(-er,-ing, self).
STRONGS H5162: Abbreviations
† [נחם] verb Niph. be sorry, console, oneself, etc. (only in derived species) (Late Hebrew Pi. comfort; Phoenician in proper name Lzb322; Targum Pa. = Late Hebrew, and derivatives; Christian-Palestinian Aramaic, Pa. id., SchwIdioticon 54; Arabic bdb063604 breathe pantingly (of horse)); —
Niph.
Perfect נִחַם Amos 7:3 + 4 times; נִח֑ם Jeremiah 20:16 + 2 times; 1st person singular נִחַמְתִּי Genesis 6:7 + 8 times; נִחָ֑מְתִּי Zechariah 8:14; 2nd person masculine plural נִחַמְתֶּם Ezekiel 14:22; Imperfect יִנָּחֵם Exodus 13:17 + 6 times; וַיִּנָּ֫תֶם Genesis 6:6 + 6 times; + 5 times Imperfect; Imperative הִנָּחֵם Exodus 32:12; Psalm 90:13; Infinitive הִנָּחֵם Jeremiah 31:15; 1 Samuel 15:29; Participle נִחָם Judges 21:15 + 3 times; —
1. be sorry, moved to pity, have compassion, for others, absolute Jeremiah 15:6; with על Psalm 90:13; אֶל Judges 21:6; לְ Judges 21:15; מִן Judges 2:18.
2. be sorry, rue, suffer grief, repent, of one's own doings, absolute Exodus 13:17 (E), Psalm 106:45; Jeremiah 20:16; Joel 2:14; Zechariah 8:14; || שׁקּר 1 Samuel 15:29 (twice in verse); מאס Job 42:6; שׁוב Jeremiah 4:28; Jeremiah 31:19; Jonah 3:9; חוּס Ezekiel 24:14; לא נ׳, || נשׂבע Psalm 110:4; with עַל Amos 7:3, 6; Jeremiah 8:6; Jeremiah 18:10; עלהֿרעה for ill done to others Exodus 32:12, 14 (J), Jeremiah 18:8; Joel 2:13; Jonah 3:10; Jonah 4:2; אלהֿרעה 2 Samuel 24:16 = 1 Chronicles 21:15 (על), Jeremiah 26:8, 13, 19; Jeremiah 42:10; כְּי Genesis 6:6, 7 (J), 1 Samuel 15:11, 35.
3. comfort oneself, be comforted: absolute Genesis 38:12 (J) Psalm 77:3; Ezekiel 31:16; with עַל 2 Samuel 13:39; Jeremiah 31:15; על הרעה, concerning the evil Ezekiel 14:22; Ezekiel 32:31; אחרי Genesis 24:67 (J).
4. comfort oneself, ease oneself, by taking vengeance with מן Isaiah 1:24; על Isaiah 57:6.
Piel Perfect נִחַם Isaiah 49:13; + 8 times Perfect; Imperfect יְנַחֵם Job 29:25; 3rd person masculine plural יְנַחֲמוּ Job 42:11; יְנַחֵמ֑וּן Zechariah 10:2 + 13 times Imperfect; Imperative נַחֲמוּ Isaiah 40:1 (twice in verse); Infinitive נַחֵם Isaiah 61:2; suffix נַחֲמוֺ Genesis 37:35 + 9 times Infinitive; Participle מְנַחֵם Lamentations 1:2, plural מְנַחֲמִים Psalm 69:21. + 11 times Participle — comfort, console, absolute Genesis 37:35 (J), 1 Chronicles 19:3 = 2 Samuel 10:3; Psalm 69:21; Ecclesiastes 4:1 (twice in verse); Zechariah 10:2; Nahum 3:7; Lamentations 1:16; with accusative of person Genesis 50:21 (E) 2 Samuel 12:24; 1 Chronicles 7:21; 1 Chronicles 19:2; Job 2:11; Job 7:13; Job 21:34; Job 29:25; Ruth 2:13; Psalm 23:4; Psalm 71:21; Psalm 119:76; Psalm 119:82; Isaiah 12:1; Isaiah 22:4; Isaiah 40:1 (twice in verse); Isaiah 51:3 (twice in verse); Isaiah 51:12, 19; Isaiah 61:2; Isaiah 66:13 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 14:23; Ezekiel 16:54; Zechariah 1:17; Lamentations 2:13; || עזר Psalm 86:17; רַחֵם Isaiah 49:13; גאל Isaiah 52:9; שׂמּח Jeremiah 31:13; מן of thing Genesis 5:29 (J); על Jeremiah 16:7; Jeremiah 42:11; אל 2 Samuel 10:2 = על 1 Chronicles 19:2; מְנִחֲמֵי עמל Job 16:2; אֵין מְנַחֵם לְ Lamentations 1:2, 9, 17, 21.
Pual Perfect נֻחָ֑מָה Isaiah 54:11; Imperfect תְּנֻחָ֑מוּ Isaiah 66:13; be comforted, consoled.
Hithpa. Perfect 1st person singular וְהִנֶּחָ֑מְתּי (for הִתְנ׳; but strike out Co) Ezekiel 5:13; Imperfect יִתְנֶחָ֑ם Deuteronomy 32:36 + 2 times; 1st person singular אֶתְנֶח֑ם Psalm 119:52; Infinitive הִתְנַחֵם Genesis 37:35; Participle מִתְנַחֵם Genesis 27:42
1. be sorry, have compassion עַלעֲֿבָדָיו upon his servants Deuteronomy 32:36 = Psalm 135:14.
2. rue, repent of, || כזּב, Numbers 23:19 (poem).
3. comfort oneself, be comforted, absolute Genesis 37:35 (J), Psalm 119:52.
4. ease oneself, by taking vengeance Ezekiel 5:13 (?); with לִ person Genesis 27:42 (JE): compareQal 4.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

5:29; 6:6; 6:6; 6:7; 6:7; 24:67; 27:42; 27:42; 37:35; 37:35; 37:35; 37:35; 38:12; 50:21

Exodus

13:17; 13:17; 32:12; 32:12; 32:14

Numbers

23:19

Deuteronomy

32:36; 32:36

Judges

2:18; 21:6; 21:15; 21:15

Ruth

2:13

1 Samuel

15:11; 15:29; 15:29; 15:35

2 Samuel

10:2; 10:3; 12:24; 13:39; 24:16

1 Chronicles

7:21; 19:2; 19:2; 19:3; 21:15

Job

2:11; 7:13; 16:2; 21:34; 29:25; 29:25; 42:6; 42:11

Psalms

23:4; 69:21; 69:21; 71:21; 77:3; 86:17; 90:13; 90:13; 106:45; 110:4; 119:52; 119:52; 119:76; 119:82; 135:14

Ecclesiastes

4:1

Isaiah

1:24; 12:1; 22:4; 40:1; 40:1; 49:13; 49:13; 51:3; 51:12; 51:19; 52:9; 54:11; 57:6; 61:2; 61:2; 66:13; 66:13

Jeremiah

4:28; 8:6; 15:6; 16:7; 18:8; 18:10; 20:16; 20:16; 26:8; 26:13; 26:19; 31:13; 31:15; 31:15; 31:19; 42:10; 42:11

Lamentations

1:2; 1:2; 1:9; 1:16; 1:17; 1:21; 2:13

Ezekiel

5:13; 5:13; 14:22; 14:22; 14:23; 16:54; 24:14; 31:16; 32:31

Joel

2:13; 2:14

Amos

7:3; 7:3; 7:6

Jonah

3:9; 3:10; 4:2

Nahum

3:7

Zechariah

1:17; 8:14; 8:14; 10:2; 10:2

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5162 matches the Hebrew נָחַם (nāḥam),
which occurs 108 times in 100 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 2 (Isa 12:1–Zec 10:2)

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 12:1 -

Then you will say in that day,

“I will give thanks to You, O Yahweh;

For although You were angry with me,

Your anger is turned away,

And You comfort H5162 me.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:4 -

Therefore I say, “Turn your gaze away from me,

Let me weep bitterly,

Do not insist on comforting H5162 me concerning the destruction of the daughter of my people.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:1 -

“Comfort H5162, O comfort H5162 My people,” says your God.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:13 -

Shout for joy, O heavens! And rejoice, O earth!

Break forth into joyful shouting, O mountains!

For Yahweh has comforted H5162 His people

And will have compassion on His afflicted.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:3 -

Indeed, Yahweh will comfort H5162 Zion;

He will comfort H5162 all her waste places.

And her wilderness He will make like Eden,

And her desert like the garden of Yahweh;

Joy and gladness will be found in her,

Thanksgiving and sound of a melody.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:12 -

“I, even I, am He who comforts H5162 you.

Who are you that you are afraid of man who dies

And of the son of man who is made like grass,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:19 -

These two things have befallen you;

Who will console you?

The devastation and destruction, famine and sword;

How shall I comfort H5162 you?

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:9 -

Break forth, shout joyfully together,

You waste places of Jerusalem;

For Yahweh has comforted H5162 His people;

He has redeemed Jerusalem.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:11 -

“O afflicted one, storm-tossed, and not comforted H5162,

Behold, I will lay your stones in antimony,

And your foundations I will set in [fn]sapphires.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:6 -

“Among the [fn]smooth stones of the [fn]ravine

Is your portion, [fn]they are your lot;

Even to them you have poured out a drink offering;

You have made a grain offering.

Shall I [fn]relent H5162 concerning these things?

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:2 -

To proclaim the favorable year of Yahweh

And the day of vengeance of our God,

To comfort H5162 all who mourn,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:13 -

“As one whom his mother comforts H5162, so I will comfort H5162 you;

And you will be comforted H5162 in Jerusalem.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:28 -

“For this the earth shall mourn

And the heavens above be dark

Because I have spoken; I have purposed,

And I will not [fn]relent H5162, nor will I turn from it.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:6 -

“I have given heed and heard,

They have spoken what is not right;

No man regretted H5162 his evil,

Saying, ‘What have I done?’

Everyone turned to his course,

Like a horse charging into the battle.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:6 -

“You who have abandoned Me,” declares Yahweh,

“You keep going backward.

So I will stretch out My hand against you and bring you to ruin;

I am tired of [fn]relenting H5162!

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:7 - “Men will not break bread in mourning for them, to comfort H5162 anyone for the dead, nor give them a cup of comforting to drink for anyone’s father or mother.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:8 - but if that nation against which I have spoken turns from its evil, I will [fn]relent H5162 concerning the calamity I planned to do against it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:10 - but if it does evil in My sight by not listening to My voice, then I will [fn]relent H5162 concerning the good which I promised, to do good to it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:16 -

But let that man be like the cities

Which Yahweh overthrew without [fn]relenting H5162,

And let him hear an outcry in the morning

And a [fn]shout of war at noon,

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:3 - ‘Perhaps they will listen and everyone will turn from his evil way, that I may [fn]relent H5162 of the evil which I am devising to [fn]bring against them because of the evil of their deeds.’
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:13 - “So now, make good your ways and your deeds and listen to the voice of Yahweh your God; and Yahweh will [fn]relent H5162 of the evil demise which He has spoken against you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:19 -

“Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him to death? Did he not fear Yahweh and entreat the favor of Yahweh, and Yahweh [fn]relented H5162 of the evil demise which He had spoken against them? But we are committing a great evil against ourselves.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:13 -

“Then the virgin will be glad in the dance,

And the young men and the old, together,

For I will turn their mourning into joy

And will comfort H5162 them and give them gladness for their sorrow.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:15 -

Thus says Yahweh,

“A voice is heard in Ramah,

Wailing and bitter weeping.

Rachel is weeping for her children;

She refuses to be comforted H5162 for her children

Because they are no more.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:19 -

‘For after I turned away, I repented H5162;

And after I was instructed, I slapped my thigh;

I was ashamed and also dishonored

Because I bore the reproach of my youth.’

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:10 - ‘If you will indeed stay in this land, then I will build you up and not pull you down, and I will plant you and not uproot you; for I have [fn]relented H5162 of the calamity that I have done against you.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:2 -

Beth

She weeps bitterly in the night,

And her tears are on her cheeks;

She has none to comfort H5162 her

Among all her lovers.

All her friends have dealt treacherously with her;

They have become her enemies.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:9 -

Teth

Her uncleanness was in her skirts;

She did not remember her future.

Therefore she has gone down astonishingly;

She has no comforter H5162.

“See, O Yahweh, my affliction,

For the enemy has magnified himself!”

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:16 -

Ayin

“For these things I am weeping;

[fn]My eyes run down with water;

Because far from me is a comforter H5162,

One who restores my soul.

My children are desolate

Because the enemy has prevailed.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:17 -

Pe

Zion stretches out her hands;

There is no one to comfort H5162 her;

Yahweh has commanded concerning Jacob

That the ones round about him should be his adversaries;

Jerusalem has become an impure thing among them.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:21 -

Shin

“They have heard that I am sighing;

There is no one to comfort H5162 me;

All my enemies have heard of the [fn]evil done to me;

They rejoice that You have done it.

You have brought the day which You have proclaimed,

So that they will become like me.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:13 -

Mem

What shall I testify about you?

To what shall I equate you,

O daughter of Jerusalem?

To what shall I liken you as I comfort H5162 you,

O virgin daughter of Zion?

For your [fn]destruction is as vast as the sea;

Who can heal you?

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:13 -

‘Thus My anger will be spent, and I will cause My wrath against them to be at rest, and I will be [fn]appeased H5162; then they will know that I, Yahweh, have spoken in My zeal when I have spent My wrath upon them.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:22 - “Yet, behold, [fn]survivors will be left in it who will be brought out, both sons and daughters. Behold, they are going to come forth to you, and you will see their way and actions; then you will be comforted H5162 for the calamity which I have brought against Jerusalem for everything which I have brought upon it.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:23 - “Then they will comfort H5162 you when you see their way and actions, so you will know that I have not done in vain all that I did [fn]to it,” declares Lord Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:54 - in order that you may bear your dishonor and feel dishonor for all that you have done when you become H5162 a H5162 comfort H5162 to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:14 -

“I, Yahweh, have spoken; it is coming, and I will act. I will not regret, and I will not pity, and I will not [fn]relent H5162; according to your ways and according to your deeds [fn]I will judge you,” declares Lord Yahweh.’”

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:16 - “I made the nations quake at the sound of its downfall when I made it go down to Sheol with those who go down to the pit; and all the trees of Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, all the [fn]well-watered ones, were comforted H5162 in the earth beneath.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:31 -

“These Pharaoh will see, and he will be comforted H5162 for all his multitude slain by the sword, even Pharaoh and all his military force,” declares Lord Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:13 -

And tear your heart and not your garments.”

Now return to Yahweh your God,

For He is gracious and compassionate,

Slow to anger, abounding in lovingkindness,

And relenting H5162 concerning evil.

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:14 -

Who knows whether He will not turn and relent H5162

And leave a blessing behind Him,

Even a grain offering and a drink offering

For Yahweh your God?

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:3 -

Yahweh [fn]relented H5162 concerning this.

“It shall not be,” said Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:6 -

Yahweh [fn]relented H5162 concerning this.

“This too shall not be,” said Lord Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:9 -

“Who knows, God may turn and relent H5162 and turn away from His burning anger so that we will not perish.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:10 -

Then God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way, so God [fn]relented H5162 concerning the evil which He had spoken He would [fn]bring upon them. And He did not [fn]bring it upon them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:2 - And he prayed to Yahweh and said, “Ah! O Yahweh, was not this my word to myself while I was still in my own land? Therefore I went ahead to flee to Tarshish, for I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, and one who relents H5162 concerning evil.
Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:7 -

“And it will be that all who see you

Will flee from you and say,

‘Nineveh is devastated!

Who will console her?’

Where will I seek comforters H5162 for you?”

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:17 - “Again, call out, saying, ‘Thus says Yahweh of hosts, “My cities will again overflow with good, and Yahweh will again comfort H5162 Zion and again choose Jerusalem.”’”
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:14 -

“For thus says Yahweh of hosts, ‘Just as I purposed to bring about evil to you when your fathers provoked Me to wrath,’ says Yahweh of hosts, ‘and I have not relented H5162,

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:2 -

For the teraphim speak wickedness,

And the diviners behold [fn]false visions

And speak worthless dreams;

They comfort H5162 in vain.

Therefore the people journey like sheep;

They are afflicted because there is no shepherd.


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