Strong's Definition
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)
KJV Usage: comfort (self), ease (one's self), repent(-er,-ing, self)
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
נָחַם (na.cham) — to be sorry: comfort. : 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)
נָחַם (na.cham) — to be sorry: relent. : 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
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · נֹחַם · נֶחָמָה · נִחֻמִים · תַּנְחוּם · מְנַחֵם · נְחוּם · נַחַם · נְחֶמְיָה · נַחֲמָנִי
Relief | verb pi, verb hit, verb nif, verb pu'al | ≈ דבר עַל לֵב · נוד · נשׂא בְּשִׂיח · רחם
to comfort, to console, to reassure, to express sympathy, to bring relief = causative action by which humans or deities seek to make (other) humans feel relief after a time of grief, anxiety, or fear
GEN 5:29 · GEN 37:35 · GEN 37:35 · GEN 50:21 · RUT 2:13 · 2SA 10:2 · 2SA 10:3 · 2SA 12:24 · 1CH 7:22 · 1CH 19:2 · 1CH 19:2 · 1CH 19:3 · JOB 2:11 · JOB 7:13 · JOB 16:2 · JOB 21:34 · JOB 29:25 · JOB 42:11 · PSA 23:4 · PSA 69:21 · PSA 71:21 · PSA 77:3 · PSA 86:17 · PSA 119:52 · PSA 119:76 · PSA 119:82 · ECC 4:1 · ECC 4:1 · ISA 12:1 · ISA 22:4 · ISA 40:1 · ISA 40:1 · ISA 49:13 · ISA 51:3 · ISA 51:3 · ISA 51:12 · ISA 51:19 · ISA 52:9 · ISA 54:11 · ISA 61:2 · ISA 66:13 · ISA 66:13 · ISA 66:13 · JER 16:7 · JER 31:13 · JER 31:15 · LAM 1:2 · LAM 1:9 · LAM 1:16 · LAM 1:17 · LAM 1:21 · LAM 2:13 · EZK 14:23 · EZK 16:54 · NAM 3:7 · ZEC 1:17 · ZEC 10:2
Relief | verb nif
to find comfort = process by which humans find relief again after a time of grief
GEN 24:67 · GEN 38:12 · 2SA 13:39 · EZK 14:22 · EZK 31:16 · EZK 32:31
Relief | verb hit, verb nif | ≈ דין · נוח · נקם
to satisfy oneself, to get satisfaction = action by which humans or deities seek to find relief by taking revenge on the cause of their anger or grief
GEN 27:42 · DEU 32:36 · PSA 135:14 · ISA 1:24 · EZK 5:13
verb
Think | verb nif, verb hit | ≈ כזב · עצב · שׁוב · שׁקר
to regret, to change (one's) mind (about something) = state by which humans or deities are having second thoughts about past actions or plans for the future
GEN 6:6 · GEN 6:7 · EXO 13:17 · EXO 32:12 · EXO 32:14 · NUM 23:19 · JDG 2:18 · JDG 21:6 · JDG 21:15 · 1SA 15:11 · 1SA 15:29 · 1SA 15:29 · 1SA 15:35 · 2SA 24:16 · 1CH 21:15 · JOB 42:6 · PSA 90:13 · PSA 106:45 · PSA 110:4 · ISA 57:6 · JER 4:28 · JER 8:6 · JER 15:6 · JER 18:8 · JER 18:10 · JER 20:16 · JER 26:3 · JER 26:13 · JER 26:19 · JER 31:19 · JER 42:10 · EZK 24:14 · JOL 2:13 · JOL 2:14 · AMO 7:3 · AMO 7:6 · JON 3:9 · JON 3:10 · JON 4:2 · ZEC 8:14
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[נחם] vb. Niph. be sorry, console oneself, etc. Niph. be sorry, moved to pity, have compassion, for others
be sorry, rue, suffer grief, repent, of one’s own doings
comfort oneself, be comforted
comfort oneself, ease oneself, by taking vengeance
Piel—comfort, console
Pual; be comforted, consoled
Hithpa.— be sorry, have compassion
rue, repent of
comfort oneself, be comforted
ease oneself, by taking vengeance
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