: 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)
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H5162 — נָחַם
na.cham · to be sorry: comfort · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 5:29 · יְנַחֲמֵ֤נוּAnd he called his name Noah, saying, This [same] shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.Genesis 6:6 · וַיִּנָּ֣חֶםAnd it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.Genesis 6:7 · נִחַ֖מְתִּיAnd the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.Genesis 24:67 · וַיִּנָּחֵ֥םAnd Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s [death].Genesis 27:42 · מִתְנַחֵ֥םAnd these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, [purposing] to kill thee.Genesis 37:35 · לְנַחֲמ֗וֹ · לְהִתְנַחֵ֔םAnd all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.Genesis 38:12 · וַיִּנָּ֣חֶםAnd in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah’s wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.Genesis 50:21 · וַיְנַחֵ֣םNow therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.Exodus 13:17 · יִנָּחֵ֥םAnd it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not [through] the way of the land of the Philistines, although that [was] near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:Exodus 32:12 · וְהִנָּחֵ֥םWherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.Exodus 32:14 · וַיִּנָּ֖חֶםAnd the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.Numbers 23:19 · וְיִתְנֶחָ֑םGod [is] not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do [it]? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?Deuteronomy 32:36 · יִתְנֶחָ֑םFor the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that [their] power is gone, and [there is] none shut up, or left.Judges 2:18 · יִנָּחֵ֤םAnd when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.Judges 21:6 · וַיִּנָּֽחֲמוּ֙And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.Judges 21:15 · נִחָ֖םAnd the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.Ruth 2:13 · נִֽחַמְתָּ֔נִיThen she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens.1 Samuel 15:11 · נִחַ֗מְתִּיIt repenteth me that I have set up Saul [to be] king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night.1 Samuel 15:29 · יִנָּחֵ֑ם · לְהִנָּחֵֽם׃And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he [is] not a man, that he should repent.1 Samuel 15:35 · נִחָ֔םAnd Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the LORD repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.2 Samuel 10:2 · לְנַחֲמ֛וֹThen said David, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father shewed kindness unto me. And David sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And David’s servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.2 Samuel 10:3 · מְנַֽחֲמִ֑יםAnd the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David [rather] sent his servants unto thee, to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?2 Samuel 12:24 · וַיְנַחֵ֣םAnd David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the LORD loved him.2 Samuel 13:39 · נִחַ֥םAnd [the soul of] king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.2 Samuel 24:16 · וַיִּנָּ֤חֶםAnd when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.1 Chronicles 7:22 · לְנַחֲמֽוֹ׃And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.1 Chronicles 19:2 · לְנַחֲמ֣וֹ · לְנַחֲמֽוֹ׃And David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father shewed kindness to me. And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. So the servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him.1 Chronicles 19:3 · מְנַחֲמִ֑יםBut the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?1 Chronicles 21:15 · וַיִּנָּ֣חֶםAnd God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the LORD beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.Job 2:11 · וּֽלְנַחֲמֽוֹ׃Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.Job 7:13 · תְּנַחֲמֵ֣נִיWhen I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;Job 16:2 · מְנַחֲמֵ֖יI have heard many such things: miserable comforters [are] ye all.Job 21:34 · תְּנַחֲמ֣וּנִיHow then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?Job 29:25 · יְנַחֵֽם׃I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one [that] comforteth the mourners.Job 42:6 · וְנִחַ֑מְתִּיWherefore I abhor [myself], and repent in dust and ashes.Job 42:11 · וַיְנַחֲמ֣וּThen came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.Psalm 23:4 · יְנַֽחֲמֻֽנִי׃Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou [art] with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.Psalm 69:20 · וְ֝לַמְנַחֲמִ֗יםReproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked [for some] to take pity, but [there was] none; and for comforters, but I found none.Psalm 71:21 · תְּֽנַחֲמֵֽנִי׃Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.Psalm 77:2 · הִנָּחֵ֣םIn the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.Psalm 86:17 · וְנִחַמְתָּֽנִי׃Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see [it], and be ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted me.Psalm 90:13 · וְ֝הִנָּחֵ֗םReturn, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.Psalm 106:45 · וַ֝יִּנָּחֵ֗םAnd he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.Psalm 110:4 · יִנָּחֵ֗םThe LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou [art] a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.Psalm 119:52 · וָֽאֶתְנֶחָֽם׃I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself.Psalm 119:76 · לְנַחֲמֵ֑נִיLet, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.Psalm 119:82 · תְּֽנַחֲמֵֽנִי׃Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?Psalm 135:14 · יִתְנֶחָֽם׃For the LORD will judge his people, and he will repent himself concerning his servants.Ecclesiastes 4:1 · מְנַחֵ֔ם · מְנַחֵֽם׃So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of [such as were] oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors [there was] power; but they had no comforter.Isaiah 1:24 · אֶנָּחֵ֣םTherefore saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies:Isaiah 12:1 · וּֽתְנַחֲמֵֽנִי׃And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.Isaiah 22:4 · לְנַֽחֲמֵ֔נִיTherefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.Isaiah 40:1 · נַחֲמ֥וּ · נַחֲמ֖וּComfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.Isaiah 49:13 · נִחַ֤םSing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.Isaiah 51:3 · נִחַ֨ם · נִחַם֙For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.Isaiah 51:12 · מְנַחֶמְכֶ֑םI, [even] I, [am] he that comforteth you: who [art] thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man [that] shall die, and of the son of man [which] shall be made [as] grass;Isaiah 51:19 · אֲנַחֲמֵֽךְ׃These two [things] are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee?Isaiah 52:9 · נִחַ֤םBreak forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the LORD hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.Isaiah 54:11 · נֻחָ֑מָהO thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, [and] not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.Isaiah 57:6 · אֶנָּחֵֽם׃Among the smooth [stones] of the stream [is] thy portion; they, they [are] thy lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink offering, thou hast offered a meat offering. Should I receive comfort in these?Isaiah 61:2 · לְנַחֵ֖םTo proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;Isaiah 66:13 · תְּנַחֲמֶ֑נּוּ · אֲנַ֣חֶמְכֶ֔ם · תְּנֻחָֽמוּ׃As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.Jeremiah 4:28 · נִחַ֖מְתִּיFor this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken [it], I have purposed [it], and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it.Jeremiah 8:6 · נִחָם֙I hearkened and heard, [but] they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.Jeremiah 15:6 · הִנָּחֵֽם׃Thou hast forsaken me, saith the LORD, thou art gone backward: therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary with repenting.Jeremiah 16:7 · לְנַחֲמ֣וֹNeither shall [men] tear [themselves] for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall [men] give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.Jeremiah 18:8 · וְנִֽחַמְתִּי֙If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.Jeremiah 18:10 · וְנִֽחַמְתִּי֙If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.Jeremiah 20:16 · נִחָ֑םAnd let that man be as the cities which the LORD overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontide;Jeremiah 26:3 · וְנִחַמְתִּ֣יIf so be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, that I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them because of the evil of their doings.Jeremiah 26:13 · וְיִנָּחֵ֣םTherefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you.Jeremiah 26:19 · וַיִּנָּ֣חֶםDid Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? did he not fear the LORD, and besought the LORD, and the LORD repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus might we procure great evil against our souls.Jeremiah 31:13 · וְנִ֣חַמְתִּ֔יםThen shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.Jeremiah 31:15 · לְהִנָּחֵ֥םThus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, [and] bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they [were] not.Jeremiah 31:19 · נִחַ֔מְתִּיSurely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon [my] thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.Jeremiah 42:10 · נִחַ֙מְתִּי֙If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull [you] down, and I will plant you, and not pluck [you] up: for I repent me of the evil that I have done unto you.Lamentations 1:2 · מְנַחֵ֖םShe weepeth sore in the night, and her tears [are] on her cheeks: among all her lovers she hath none to comfort [her]: all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.Lamentations 1:9 · מְנַחֵ֖םHer filthiness [is] in her skirts; she remembereth not her last end; therefore she came down wonderfully: she had no comforter. O LORD, behold my affliction: for the enemy hath magnified [himself].Lamentations 1:16 · מְנַחֵ֖םFor these [things] I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.Lamentations 1:17 · מְנַחֵם֙Zion spreadeth forth her hands, [and there is] none to comfort her: the LORD hath commanded concerning Jacob, [that] his adversaries [should be] round about him: Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among them.Lamentations 1:21 · מְנַחֵם֙They have heard that I sigh: [there is] none to comfort me: all mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done [it]: thou wilt bring the day [that] thou hast called, and they shall be like unto me.Lamentations 2:13 · וַאֲנַֽחֲמֵ֔ךְWhat thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach [is] great like the sea: who can heal thee?Amos 7:3 · נִחַ֥םThe LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD.Amos 7:6 · נִחַ֥םThe LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD.Jonah 3:9 · וְנִחַ֖םWho can tell [if] God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?Jonah 3:10 · וַיִּנָּ֣חֶםAnd God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did [it] not.Jonah 4:2 · וְנִחָ֖םAnd he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, [was] not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou [art] a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.Nahum 3:7 · מְנַחֲמִ֖יםAnd it shall come to pass, [that] all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?Zechariah 1:17 · וְנִחַ֨םCry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.Zechariah 8:14 · נִחָֽמְתִּי׃For thus saith the LORD of hosts; As I thought to punish you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the LORD of hosts, and I repented not:Zechariah 10:2 · יְנַֽחֵמ֑וּןFor the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because [there was] no shepherd.