# נָחַם (nacham)

Israeli respelling: na-cham. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H5162. 100 Old Testament occurrences.

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)

King James renderings: comfort (self), ease (one's self), repent(-er,-ing, self).

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/nacham-h5162

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 5:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/5/29) — And 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…
- [Genesis 6:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/6/6) — And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
- [Genesis 6:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/6/7) — And 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…
- [Genesis 24:67](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/24/67) — And 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 af…
- [Genesis 27:42](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/27/42) — And 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 b…
- [Genesis 37:35](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/37/35) — And 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 gra…
- [Genesis 38:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/38/12) — And 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…
- [Genesis 50:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/50/21) — Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.
- [Exodus 13:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/13/17) — And 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 tha…
- [Exodus 32:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/32/12) — Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from…
- [Exodus 32:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/32/14) — And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.
- [Numbers 23:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/23/19) — God 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 spoke…
- [Deuteronomy 32:36](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/32/36) — For 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…
- [Judges 2:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/2/18) — And 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…
- [Judges 21:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/21/6) — And 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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/21/15) — And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
- [Ruth 2:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ruth/2/13) — Then 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…
- [1 Samuel 15:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/15/11) — It 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…
- [1 Samuel 15:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/15/29) — 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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/15/35) — And 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 mad…
- [2 Samuel 10:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/10/2) — Then 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…
- [2 Samuel 10:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/10/3) — And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent com…
- [2 Samuel 12:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/12/24) — And 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…
- [2 Samuel 13:39](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/13/39) — And 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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/24/16) — And 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 destr…
- [1 Chronicles 7:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/7/22) — And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.
- [1 Chronicles 19:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/19/2) — 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 c…
- [1 Chronicles 19:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/19/3) — But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto…
- [1 Chronicles 21:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/21/15) — And 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…
- [Job 2:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/2/11) — 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, a…
- [Job 7:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/7/13) — When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;
- [Job 16:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/16/2) — I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.
- [Job 21:34](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/21/34) — How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?
- [Job 29:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/29/25) — 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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/42/6) — Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
- [Job 42:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/42/11) — Then 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 wi…
- [Psalms 23:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/23/4) — 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…
- [Psalms 69:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/69/20) — Reproach 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…
- [Psalms 71:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/71/21) — Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.
- [Psalms 77:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/77/2) — In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.
- [Psalms 86:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/86/17) — 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.
- [Psalms 90:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/90/13) — Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.
- [Psalms 106:45](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/106/45) — And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.
- [Psalms 110:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/110/4) — The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
- [Psalms 119:52](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/119/52) — I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself.
- [Psalms 119:76](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/119/76) — Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.
- [Psalms 119:82](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/119/82) — Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
- [Psalms 135:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/135/14) — For the LORD will judge his people, and he will repent himself concerning his servants.
- [Ecclesiastes 4:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/4/1) — 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…
- [Isaiah 1:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/1/24) — Therefore 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 enemie…
- [Isaiah 12:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/12/1) — 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 comforteds…
- [Isaiah 22:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/22/4) — Therefore 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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/40/1) — Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
- [Isaiah 49:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/49/13) — Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people, and will have m…
- [Isaiah 51:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/51/3) — For 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 g…
- [Isaiah 51:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/51/12) — I, 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 shal…
- [Isaiah 51:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/51/19) — 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…
- [Isaiah 52:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/52/9) — Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the LORD hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.
- [Isaiah 54:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/54/11) — O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sap…
- [Isaiah 57:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/57/6) — 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 off…
- [Isaiah 61:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/61/2) — To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
- [Isaiah 66:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/66/13) — As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
- [Jeremiah 4:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/4/28) — For 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…
- [Jeremiah 8:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/8/6) — I 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…
- [Jeremiah 15:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/15/6) — 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 we…
- [Jeremiah 16:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/16/7) — Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to…
- [Jeremiah 18:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/18/8) — If 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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/18/10) — If 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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/20/16) — And 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…
- [Jeremiah 26:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/26/3) — If 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…
- [Jeremiah 26:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/26/13) — Therefore 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 ha…
- [Jeremiah 26:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/26/19) — Did 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 hi…
- [Jeremiah 31:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/31/13) — Then 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…
- [Jeremiah 31:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/31/15) — Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted fo…
- [Jeremiah 31:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/31/19) — Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, be…
- [Jeremiah 42:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/42/10) — If 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…
- [Lamentations 1:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/1/2) — She 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 dea…
- [Lamentations 1:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/1/9) — Her filthiness is in her skirts; she remembereth not her last end; therefore she came down wonderfully: she had no comforter. O LORD, behol…
- [Lamentations 1:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/1/16) — For 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 c…
- [Lamentations 1:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/1/17) — Zion spreadeth forth her hands, and there is none to comfort her: the LORD hath commanded concerning Jacob, that his adversaries should be…
- [Lamentations 1:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/1/21) — They 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:…
- [Lamentations 2:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/2/13) — What 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…
- [Ezekiel 5:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/5/13) — Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I the…
- [Ezekiel 14:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/14/22) — Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth unto you,…
- [Ezekiel 14:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/14/23) — And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their doings: and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have d…
- [Ezekiel 16:54](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/16/54) — That thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be confounded in all that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto them.
- [Ezekiel 24:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/24/14) — I the LORD have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; accord…
- [Ezekiel 31:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/31/16) — I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees o…
- [Ezekiel 32:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/32/31) — Pharaoh shall see them, and shall be comforted over all his multitude, even Pharaoh and all his army slain by the sword, saith the Lord GOD.
- [Joel 2:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joel/2/13) — And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great k…
- [Joel 2:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joel/2/14) — Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the LORD your God?
- [Amos 7:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/amos/7/3) — The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD.
- [Amos 7:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/amos/7/6) — The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD.
- [Jonah 3:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jonah/3/9) — Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
- [Jonah 3:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jonah/3/10) — And 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; a…
- [Jonah 4:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jonah/4/2) — And 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 u…
- [Nahum 3:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nahum/3/7) — And 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? whe…
- [Zechariah 1:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zechariah/1/17) — Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion…
- [Zechariah 8:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zechariah/8/14) — 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 repent…
- [Zechariah 10:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zechariah/10/2) — For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went t…