Hebrew Study
Strong’s Concordance H5162
A readable Hebrew dictionary entry from Strong’s Concordance. Definitions help with word study; the meaning in a verse still depends on context.
Word study
- Source
- Strong’s Concordance
- Transliteration
- nacham
- Pronunciation
- naw-kham'
- Occurrences
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- Strong’s number
- H5162
- Brief meaning
- Properly, to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly, by implication, to be sorry
- Source renderings
- comfort (self), ease (one's self), repent(-er, -ing, self)
- Root word
- a primitive root
- Full definition from the source
- 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). Root word: a primitive root.
Source info
Source and edition
James Strong, Strong's Hebrew Bible Dictionary (1890); Bible Foundation text source; Michael Grier's 1996 ASCII e-text; CrossWire module 1.2.
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05162\ 5162 nacham 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).