Resting
מְנוּחָהStrong’s H4496menuchah (me-nu-chah)
Appears in 22 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Menuchah is the Hebrew word usually translated “rest”, “resting place” and “rest my”. It appears in 22 verses of the Old Testament.
“The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach, and Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, shall be toward the LORD.”
Meaning
- This name means rest, resting place
- Resting place, restresting place · rest, quietness
How it's translated
- rest 6
- a resting place 4
- the resting place 2
- rest my 2
- to resting place your 2
- resting place my 1
- resting place his 1
- and in resting places 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 5
- Isaiah 4
- 1 Chronicles 2
- Jeremiah 2
- Genesis 1
- Numbers 1
13 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 49:15And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.
- Numbers 10:33And they departed from the mount of the LORD three days’ journey: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them in the three days’ journey, to search out a resting place for them.
- Deuteronomy 12:9For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the LORD your God giveth you.
- Judges 20:43Thus they inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and trode them down with ease over against Gibeah toward the sunrising.
- Ruth 1:9The LORD grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept.
- 2 Samuel 14:17Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with thee.
Hebrew dictionary
מְנוּחָה menuchah · Nohah
This name means rest, resting place Another name of ma.na.chat (מָנַ֫חַת "Manahath" H4506A)
מְנוּחָה menuchah · resting
1) resting place, rest 1a) resting place 1b) rest, quietness Also means: nu.ach (נוּחַ "rest" H5118)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “resting” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
REST'ING, participle present
tense Ceasing to move or act; ceasing to be moved or agitated; lying; leaning; standing; depending or relying.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.