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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
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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 on that day,

“I will give thanks to You, LORD;

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, “Look away from me,

Let me weep bitterly,

Do not [fn]try to comfort H5162 me concerning the destruction of the daughter of my people.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:1 -

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

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:13 -

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

Break forth into joyful shouting, mountains!

For the LORD has comforted H5162 His people

And will have compassion on His afflicted.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:3 -

Indeed, the LORD will comfort H5162 Zion;

He will comfort H5162 all her ruins.

And He will make her wilderness like Eden,

And her desert like the garden of the LORD.

Joy and gladness will be found in her,

Thanksgiving and the sound of a melody.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:12 -

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

Who are you that you are afraid of [fn]mortal man,

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

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:19 -

These two things have happened to you;

Who will mourn for you?

The devastation and destruction, famine and sword;

How shall I comfort H5162 you?

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:9 -

Be cheerful, shout joyfully together,

You ruins of Jerusalem;

For the LORD has comforted H5162 His people,

He has redeemed Jerusalem.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:11 -

“Afflicted one, storm-tossed, and not comforted H5162,

Behold, I will set your stones in antimony,

And I will lay your foundations with [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.

Should I [fn]relent H5162 of these things?

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:2 -

To proclaim the favorable year of the LORD

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 will mourn,

And the heavens above will become dark,

Because I have spoken, I have purposed,

And I have not [fn]changed H5162 My mind H5162, nor will I turn from it.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:6 -

“I have listened and heard,

They have spoken what is not right;

No one repented H5162 of his wickedness,

Saying, ‘What have I done?’

Everyone turned to his own course,

Like a horse charging into the battle.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:6 -

“You who have forsaken Me,” declares the LORD,

“You keep going backward.

So I will stretch out My hand against you and destroy you;

I am tired of relenting H5162!

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:7 - People will not break bread in mourning for them, to comfort H5162 anyone for the dead, nor give them a cup of consolation to drink for anyone’s father or mother.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:8 - if that nation against which I have spoken turns from its evil, I will relent H5162 of the disaster that I planned to bring on it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:10 - if it does evil in My sight by not obeying My voice, then I will relent H5162 of the good with which I said [fn]that I would bless it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:16 -

But may that man be like the cities

Which the LORD overthrew without [fn]relenting H5162,

And may he hear an outcry in the morning

And [fn]an alarm for war at noon;

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:3 - ‘Perhaps they will listen and everyone will turn from his evil way, and I will relent H5162 of the disaster which I am planning to inflict on them because of the evil of their deeds.’
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:13 - “Now then, reform your ways and your deeds and obey the voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will relent H5162 of the disaster which He has pronounced against you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:19 -

“Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah actually put him to death? Did he not fear the LORD and plead for the favor of the LORD, and the LORD relented H5162 of the disaster which He had pronounced against them? But we are committing a great evil against our own lives!”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:13 -

“Then the virgin will rejoice in the dance,

And the young men and the old together;

For I will turn their mourning into joy

And comfort H5162 them, and give them joy for their sorrow.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:15 -

This is what the LORD says:

“A voice is heard in Ramah,

Lamenting 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 back, I repented H5162;

And after I was instructed, I [fn]slapped my thigh;

I was ashamed and also humiliated

Because I bore the shame of my youth.’

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

She weeps bitterly in the night,

And her tears are on her cheeks;

She has no one 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 -

Her uncleanness was in her garment’s seams;

She [fn]did not think of her future.

So she has [fn]fallen in an astonishing way;

She has no comforter H5162.

“See, LORD, my affliction,

For the enemy has [fn]honored himself!”

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:16 -

“For these things I weep;

[fn]My eyes run down with water;

Because far from me is a comforter H5162,

One to restore my soul.

My children are desolate

Because the enemy has prevailed.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:17 -

Zion stretches out with her hands;

There is no one to comfort H5162 her;

The LORD has commanded regarding Jacob

That those around him become his adversaries;

Jerusalem has become a filthy thing among them.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:21 -

“They have heard that I groan;

There is no one to comfort H5162 me,

All my enemies have heard of my disaster;

They are joyful that You have done it.

Oh, that You would bring the day which You have proclaimed,

So that they will become like me.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:13 -

How shall I admonish you?

What shall I compare to you,

Daughter of Jerusalem?

What shall I liken to you as I comfort H5162 you,

Virgin daughter of Zion?

For your collapse is as vast as the sea;

Who can heal you?

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:13 -

‘Then My anger will be spent and I will satisfy My wrath on them, and I will be appeased H5162; then they will know that I, the LORD, 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 out to you, and you will see their conduct and actions; then you will be comforted H5162 for the disaster 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 conduct and actions, for you will know that I have not done without reason whatever I did [fn]to it,” declares the Lord GOD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:54 - so that you will bear your disgrace and feel ashamed for all that you have done when you become H5162 a H5162 consolation H5162 to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:14 -

“I, the LORD, have spoken; it is coming and I will act. I will not overlook, I will not pity, and I will not be H5162 sorry H5162; according to your ways and according to your deeds [fn]I will judge you,” declares the Lord GOD.’”

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

“These Pharaoh will see, and he will find H5162 consolation H5162 regarding all his hordes killed by the sword, Pharaoh and all his army,” declares the Lord GOD.

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:13 -

And tear your heart and not merely your garments.”

Now return to the LORD your God,

For He is gracious and compassionate,

Slow to anger, abounding in mercy

And relenting H5162 of catastrophe.

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:14 -

Who knows, He might turn and relent H5162,

And leave a blessing behind Him,

Resulting in a grain offering and a drink offering

For the LORD your God.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:3 -

The LORD relented H5162 of this.

“It shall not be,” said the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:6 -

The LORD relented H5162 of this.

“This too shall not be,” said the Lord GOD.

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:9 - “Who knows, God may turn and relent H5162, and turn from His burning anger so that we will not perish.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:10 -

When God saw their deeds, that they turned from their evil way, then God relented H5162 of the disaster which He had declared He would [fn]bring on them. So He did not do it.

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:2 - Then he prayed to the LORD and said, “Please LORD, was this not [fn]what I said when I was still in my own country? Therefore in anticipation of this I fled to Tarshish, since I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abundant in mercy, and One who relents H5162 of disaster.
Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:7 -

“And it will come about that all who see you

Will [fn]shrink from you and say,

‘Nineveh is devastated!

Who will have sympathy for her?’

Where shall I seek comforters H5162 for you?”

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:17 - “Again, proclaim, saying, ‘This is what the LORD of armies says: “My cities will again overflow with prosperity, and the LORD will again comfort H5162 Zion and again choose Jerusalem.”’”
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:14 -

“For this is what the LORD of armies says: ‘Just as I determined to do harm to you when your fathers provoked Me to anger,’ says the LORD of armies, ‘and I have not relented H5162,

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:2 -

For the [fn]household idols speak deception,

And the diviners see [fn]an illusion

And tell deceitful dreams;

They comfort H5162 in vain.

Therefore the people [fn]wander like sheep,

They are wretched because there is no shepherd.


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