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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 14 times in 14 verses in 'Jer' in the WLC Hebrew.

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.
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