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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

H5162

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

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 5:29–Isa 1:24)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:29 - Now he called his name Noah, saying, “This one will [fn]give H5162 us rest H5162 from our work and from the toil of our hands arising from the ground which the LORD has cursed.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:6 - The LORD was sorry H5162 that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved [fn]in His heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:7 - The LORD said, “I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, from man to animals to creeping things and to birds of the [fn]sky; for I am H5162 sorry H5162 that I have made them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:67

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:67 - Then Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and he took Rebekah, and she became his wife, and he loved her; thus Isaac was comforted H5162 after his mother’s death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:42

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:42 - Now when the words of her elder son Esau were reported to Rebekah, she sent and called her younger son Jacob, and said to him, “Behold your brother Esau is consoling H5162 himself concerning you by planning to kill you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:35 - Then all his sons and all his daughters arose to comfort H5162 him, but he refused to be comforted. H5162 And he said, “Surely I will go down to Sheol in mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:12 - Now [fn]after a considerable time Shua’s daughter, the wife of Judah, died; and when [fn]the time H5162 of mourning H5162 was ended, H5162 Judah went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:21 - “So therefore, do not be afraid; I will provide for you and your little ones.” So he comforted H5162 them and spoke [fn]kindly to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:17 - Now when Pharaoh had let the people go, God did not lead them by the way of the land of the Philistines, even though it was near; for God said, “The people might change H5162 their minds H5162 when they see war, and return to Egypt.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:12 - “Why should the Egyptians speak, saying, ‘With evil intent He brought them out to kill them in the mountains and to destroy them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Your burning anger and change H5162 Your mind H5162 about doing harm to Your people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:14 - So the LORD changed H5162 His mind H5162 about the harm which He said He would do to His people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:19 - “God is not a man, that He should lie,
Nor a son of man, that He should repent; H5162
Has He said, and will He not do it?
Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:36

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:36 - “For the LORD will vindicate His people,
And will have H5162 compassion H5162 on His servants,
When He sees that their [fn]strength is gone,
And there is none remaining, bond or free.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:18 - When the LORD raised up judges for them, the LORD was with the judge and delivered them from the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for the LORD was moved H5162 to pity H5162 by their groaning because of those who oppressed and afflicted them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:6 - And the sons of Israel were sorry H5162 for their brother Benjamin and said, “One tribe is cut off from Israel today.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:15 - And the people were sorry H5162 for Benjamin because the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:13 - Then she said, “I have found favor in your sight, my lord, for you have comforted H5162 me and indeed have spoken [fn]kindly to your maidservant, though I am not like one of your maidservants.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:11 - “I regret H5162 that I have made Saul king, for he has turned back from [fn]following Me and has not carried out My commands.” And Samuel was distressed and cried out to the LORD all night.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:29 - “Also the [fn]Glory of Israel will not lie or change H5162 His mind; H5162 for He is not a man that He should change H5162 His mind.” H5162

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:35 - Samuel did not see Saul again until the day of his death; for Samuel grieved over Saul. And the LORD regretted H5162 that He had made Saul king over Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 10:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:2 - Then David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, just as his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent [fn]some of his servants to console H5162 him concerning his father. But when David’s servants came to the land of the Ammonites,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:3 - the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun their lord, “[fn]Do you think that David is honoring your father because he has sent consolers H5162 to you? Has David not sent his servants to you in order to search the city, to spy it out and overthrow it?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:24 - Then David comforted H5162 his wife Bathsheba, and went in to her and lay with her; and she gave birth to a son, and [fn]he named him Solomon. Now the LORD loved him

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:39

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:39 - The heart of King David longed to go out to Absalom; for he was comforted H5162 concerning Amnon, since he was dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:16 - When the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD relented H5162 from the calamity and said to the angel who destroyed the people, “It is enough! Now relax your hand!” And the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 7:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:22 - Their father Ephraim mourned many days, and his relatives came to comfort H5162 him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:2 - Then David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent messengers to console H5162 him concerning his father. And David’s servants came into the land of the sons of Ammon to Hanun to console H5162 him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:3 - But the princes of the sons of Ammon said to Hanun, “[fn]Do you think that David is honoring your father, in that he has sent comforters H5162 to you? Have not his servants come to you to search and to overthrow and to spy out the land?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:15 - And God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it; but as he was about to destroy it, the LORD saw and was sorry H5162 over the calamity, and said to the destroying angel, “It is enough; now relax your hand.” And the angel of the LORD was standing by the threshing floor of [fn]Ornan the Jebusite.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:11 - Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this adversity that had come upon him, they came each one from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and comfort H5162 him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:13 - “If I say, ‘My bed will comfort H5162 me,
My couch will [fn]ease my complaint,’

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:2 - “I have heard many such things;
[fn]Sorry comforters H5162 are you all.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:34 - “How then will you vainly comfort H5162 me,
For your answers remain full of [fn]falsehood?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:25 - “I chose a way for them and sat as chief,
And dwelt as a king among the troops,
As one who comforted H5162 the mourners.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 42:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:6 - Therefore I retract,
And I repent H5162 in dust and ashes.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 42:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:11 - Then all his brothers and all his sisters and all who had known him before came to him, and they ate bread with him in his house; and they consoled him and comforted H5162 him for all the adversities that the LORD had brought on him. And each one gave him one [fn]piece of money, and each a ring of gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:4 - Even though I walk through the [fn]valley of the shadow of death,
I fear no [fn]evil, for You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff, they comfort H5162 me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:20 - Reproach has broken my heart and I am so sick.
And I looked for sympathy, but there was none,
And for comforters, H5162 but I found none.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:21 - May You increase my greatness
And turn to comfort H5162 me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 77:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:2 - In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord;
In the night my hand was stretched out [fn]without weariness;
My soul refused to be comforted. H5162

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 86:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:17 - Show me a sign for good,
That those who hate me may see it and be ashamed,
Because You, O LORD, have helped me and comforted H5162 me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 90:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:13 - Do return, O LORD; how long will it be?
And [fn]be sorry H5162 for Your servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:45

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:45 - And He remembered His covenant for their sake,
And [fn]relented H5162 according to the greatness of His lovingkindness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 110:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 110:4 - The LORD has sworn and will not [fn]change H5162 His mind, H5162
“You are a priest forever
According to the order of Melchizedek.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:52

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:52 - I have remembered Your ordinances from [fn]of old, O LORD,
And comfort H5162 myself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:76

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:76 - O may Your lovingkindness [fn]comfort H5162 me,
According to Your [fn]word to Your servant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:82

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:82 - My eyes fail with longing for Your [fn]word,
[fn]While I say, “When will You comfort H5162 me?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 135:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:14 - For the LORD will judge His people
And will have H5162 compassion H5162 on His servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:1 - Then I looked again at all the acts of oppression which were being done under the sun. And behold I saw the tears of the oppressed and that they had no one to comfort H5162 them; and on the side of their oppressors was power, but they had no one to comfort H5162 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:24 - Therefore the Lord [fn]GOD of hosts,
The Mighty One of Israel, declares,
“Ah, I will be relieved H5162 of My adversaries
And avenge Myself on My foes.

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