נָחַם (nâcham) — Comfort

Strong's H5162 is tagged on 108 words in 100 verses across 21 books of the word-by-word Hebrew and Aramaic Old Testament text on this site. It first appears in Genesis 5:29 and last appears in Zechariah 10:2.

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Books where it appears most

Verses (first 25 of 100)

• Genesis 5:29 — יְנַחֲמֵנוּ — he will comfort us
• Genesis 6:6 — וַיִּנָּחֶם — and he regretted
• Genesis 6:7 — נִחַמְתִּי — I regret
• Genesis 24:67 — וַיִּנָּחֵם — and he was comforted
• Genesis 27:42 — מִתְנַחֵם — is comforting himself
• Genesis 37:35 — לְנַחֲמוֹ — to comfort him
• Genesis 38:12 — וַיִּנָּחֶם — and he was comforted
• Genesis 50:21 — וַיְנַחֵם — and he comforted
• Exodus 13:17 — יִנָּחֵם — it should regret
• Exodus 32:12 — וְהִנָּחֵם — and relent
• Exodus 32:14 — וַיִּנָּחֶם — and he relented
• Numbers 23:19 — וְיִתְנֶחָם — so he may change his mind
• Deuteronomy 32:36 — יִתְנֶחָם — he will have compassion
• Judges 2:18 — יִנָּחֵם — he had compassion
• Judges 21:6 — וַיִּנָּחֲמוּ — and they had compassion
• Judges 21:15 — נִחָם — it had compassion
• Ruth 2:13 — נִחַמְתָּנִי — you have comforted me
• 1 Samuel 15:11 — נִחַמְתִּי — I regret
• 1 Samuel 15:29 — יִנָּחֵם — he will regret
• 1 Samuel 15:35 — נִחָם — he regretted
• 2 Samuel 10:2 — לְנַחֲמוֹ — to comfort him
• 2 Samuel 10:3 — מְנַחֲמִים — comforters
• 2 Samuel 12:24 — וַיְנַחֵם — and he comforted
• 2 Samuel 13:39 — נִחַם — he was comforted
• 2 Samuel 24:16 — וַיִּנָּחֶם — and he relented

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Related entries

Entries whose derivation names this word: H4505 מְנַחֵם (Mᵉnachêm), H5149 נְחוּם (Nᵉchûwm), H5150 נִחוּם (nichûwm), H5151 נַחוּם (Nachûwm), H5163 נַחַם (Nacham), H5164 נֹחַם (nôcham), H5165 נֶחָמָה (nechâmâh), H5166 נְחֶמְיָה (Nᵉchemyâh), H5167 נַחֲמָנִי (Nachămânîy), H8575 תַּנְחוּם (tanchûwm).

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