Strong's Definition
nachath nakh'-ath From H5182; a descent , that is, imposition, unfavorable ( punishment ) or favorable ( food ); also (intransitively; perhaps from H5117), restfulness: - lighting down, quiet (-ness), to rest, be set on. LXX related word(s) G2372 thumos
Derivation: from H5182 (נְחַת); also (intransitively; perhaps from H5117 (נוּחַ))
KJV Usage: lighting down, quiet(-ness), to rest, be set on.
TWOT Reference: 1323a,1351a
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
נַ֫חַת (na.chat) — quietness. 1) rest, quietness 1a) quietness, quiet attitude 1b) rest (of death)
נַ֫חַת (na.chat) — descent. descent (of judgment)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f · נחת
Chastise
Collocation: נַחַת זְרֹועַ
descending (of God's arm) literally: descent of (God's) arm; hence: = action by which deities punish humans, ◄ described in terms of a physical blow
Dead | ≈ ירד בַּדֵּי שְׁאֹול
Collocation: נַחַת עַל־עָפָר
descent into the dust, death literally: descent to the dust; = process by which humans die and their body returns to dust
noun f · נוח
Non-Speak
quietness = state in which humans refrain from shouting or speaking loudly
name
Names of People
Nahath = man; ◄ son of Reuel, son of Esau; ► Edomite chief
Names of People | ≈ תֹּחוּ · תֹּוחַ
Nahath Tohu and Toah; ◄ son of Zuph (also known as Zophai); tribe of Levi; ► ancestor of Samuel
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
נַ֫חַת n.[f.] quietness, rest base
נַ֫חַת n.[m.] descent;—only cstr., of י׳’s arm of judgment Is 30:30 ref