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Word study · Hebrew

נָחַם

na.chamH5162

to be sorry: comfort

Used 108 times in the tagged text.

H5162G · נָחַם · to be sorry: comfort

What it means

  • to be sorry, console oneself, repent, regret, comfort, be comforted
Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • : comfort
  • 1) to be sorry, console oneself, repent, regret, comfort, be comforted
  • 1a) (Niphal)
  • 1a1) to be sorry, be moved to pity, have compassion
  • 1a2) to be sorry, rue, suffer grief, repent
  • 1a3) to comfort oneself, be comforted
  • 1a4) to comfort oneself, ease oneself
  • 1b) (Piel) to comfort, console
  • 1c) (Pual) to be comforted, be consoled
  • 1d) (Hithpael)
  • 1d1) to be sorry, have compassion
  • 1d2) to rue, repent of
  • 1d3) to comfort oneself, be comforted
  • 1d4) to ease oneself
  • Also means: na.cham (נָחַם ": relent" H5162H)

H5162H · נָחַם · to be sorry: relent

What it means

  • to be sorry, console oneself, repent, regret, comfort, be comforted
Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • : relent
  • 1) to be sorry, console oneself, repent, regret, comfort, be comforted
  • 1a) (Niphal)
  • 1a1) to be sorry, be moved to pity, have compassion
  • 1a2) to be sorry, rue, suffer grief, repent
  • 1a3) to comfort oneself, be comforted
  • 1a4) to comfort oneself, ease oneself
  • 1b) (Piel) to comfort, console
  • 1c) (Pual) to be comforted, be consoled
  • 1d) (Hithpael)
  • 1d1) to be sorry, have compassion
  • 1d2) to rue, repent of
  • 1d3) to comfort oneself, be comforted
  • 1d4) to ease oneself

Same idea, other words · Repentance and returning

The Old Testament says 'return to the Lord'; the New Testament adds a change of mind. The two pictures belong together.

Where it appears

  • Genesis9
  • Exodus3
  • Numbers1
  • Deuteronomy1
  • Judges3
  • Ruth1
  • 1 Samuel4
  • 2 Samuel5
  • 1 Chronicles5
  • Job7
  • Psalms12
  • Ecclesiastes2
  • Isaiah17
  • Jeremiah14
  • Lamentations6
  • Ezekiel7
  • Joel2
  • Amos2
  • Jonah3
  • Nahum1
  • Zechariah3

Every use · 101–108 of 108 · BSB

  1. Amos 7:6נִחַ֥םhe relented

    So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen either,” said the Lord GOD.

  2. Jonah 3:9וְנִחַ֖םand he will relent

    Who knows? God may turn and relent; He may turn from His fierce anger, so that we will not perish.”

  3. Jonah 3:10וַיִּנָּ֣חֶםand he relented

    When God saw their actions—that they had turned from their evil ways—He relented from the disaster He had threatened to bring upon them.

  4. Jonah 4:2וְנִחָ֖םand [who] relents

    So he prayed to the LORD, saying, “O LORD, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I was so quick to flee toward Tarshish. I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion—One who relents from sending disaster.

  5. Nahum 3:7מְנַחֲמִ֖יםcomforters

    Then all who see you will recoil from you and say, ‘Nineveh is devastated; who will grieve for her?’ Where can I find comforters for you?”

  6. Zechariah 1:17וְנִחַ֨םand he will comfort

    Proclaim further that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘My cities will again overflow with prosperity; the LORD will again comfort Zion and choose Jerusalem.’”

  7. Zechariah 8:14נִחָֽמְתִּיI relented

    For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Just as I resolved to bring disaster upon you when your fathers provoked Me to anger, and I did not relent,” says the LORD of Hosts,

  8. Zechariah 10:2יְנַֽחֵמ֑וּןthey comfort !

    For idols speak deceit and diviners see illusions; they tell false dreams and offer empty comfort. Therefore the people wander like sheep, oppressed for lack of a shepherd.

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