# נַחַת (nachat)

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

Strong’s H5183. 8 Old Testament occurrences.

a descent, i.e. imposition, unfavorable (punishment) or favorable (food); restfulness

King James renderings: lighting down, quiet(-ness), to rest, be set on.

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

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/nachat-h5183

## Occurrences

- [Job 17:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/17/16) — They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.
- [Job 36:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/36/16) — Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy…
- [Proverbs 29:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/29/9) — If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.
- [Ecclesiastes 4:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/4/6) — Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.
- [Ecclesiastes 6:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/6/5) — Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath more rest than the other.
- [Ecclesiastes 9:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/9/17) — The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
- [Isaiah 30:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/30/15) — For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your…
- [Isaiah 30:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/30/30) — And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, an…