# נוּחַ (nucha)

Israeli respelling: nu-cha. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H5117. 67 Old Testament occurrences.

to rest, i.e. settle down; used in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, intransitive, transitive and causative (to dwell, stay, let fall, place, let alone, withdraw, give comfort, etc.)

King James renderings: cease, be confederate, lay, let down, (be) quiet, remain, (cause to, be at, give, have, make to) rest, set down. Compare H3241 (יָנִים).

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

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/nucha-h5117

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 8:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/8/4) — And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
- [Exodus 10:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/10/14) — And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous were they; before them there were…
- [Exodus 17:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/17/11) — And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.
- [Exodus 20:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/20/11) — For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed th…
- [Exodus 23:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/23/12) — Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid,…
- [Exodus 33:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/33/14) — And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.
- [Numbers 10:36](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/10/36) — And when it rested, he said, Return, O LORD, unto the many thousands of Israel.
- [Numbers 11:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/11/25) — And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders: and i…
- [Numbers 11:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/11/26) — But there remained two of the men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: and the spirit rested upon t…
- [Deuteronomy 3:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/3/20) — Until the LORD have given rest unto your brethren, as well as unto you, and until they also possess the land which the LORD your God hath g…
- [Deuteronomy 5:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/5/14) — But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy mans…
- [Deuteronomy 12:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/12/10) — But when ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which the LORD your God giveth you to inherit, and when he giveth you rest from all your…
- [Deuteronomy 25:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/25/19) — Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD thy God gi…
- [Joshua 1:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/1/13) — Remember the word which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, saying, The LORD your God hath given you rest, and hath given you this…
- [Joshua 1:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/1/15) — Until the LORD have given your brethren rest, as he hath given you, and they also have possessed the land which the LORD your God giveth th…
- [Joshua 3:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/3/13) — And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the LORD of all the earth, shall…
- [Joshua 21:44](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/21/44) — And the LORD gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies…
- [Joshua 22:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/22/4) — And now the LORD your God hath given rest unto your brethren, as he promised them: therefore now return ye, and get you unto your tents, an…
- [Joshua 23:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/23/1) — And it came to pass a long time after that the LORD had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old an…
- [1 Samuel 25:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/25/9) — And when David’s young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.
- [2 Samuel 7:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/7/1) — And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the LORD had given him rest round about from all his enemies;
- [2 Samuel 7:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/7/11) — And as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the LO…
- [2 Samuel 17:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/17/12) — So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground: and of him an…
- [2 Samuel 21:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/21/10) — And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon…
- [1 Kings 5:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/5/4) — But now the LORD my God hath given me rest on every side, so that there is neither adversary nor evil occurrent.
- [2 Kings 2:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/2/15) — And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came…
- [1 Chronicles 22:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/22/9) — Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name sh…
- [1 Chronicles 22:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/22/18) — Is not the LORD your God with you? and hath he not given you rest on every side? for he hath given the inhabitants of the land into mine ha…
- [1 Chronicles 23:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/23/25) — For David said, The LORD God of Israel hath given rest unto his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever:
- [2 Chronicles 14:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/14/6) — And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because the LORD had given him rest.
- [2 Chronicles 14:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/14/7) — Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet befo…
- [2 Chronicles 15:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/15/15) — And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of th…
- [2 Chronicles 20:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/20/30) — So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest round about.
- [Nehemiah 9:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/9/28) — But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee: therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the do…
- [Esther 9:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/9/17) — On the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same rested they, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
- [Esther 9:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/9/18) — But the Jews that were at Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth day thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth day…
- [Esther 9:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/9/22) — As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into…
- [Job 3:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/3/13) — For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,
- [Job 3:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/3/17) — There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.
- [Job 3:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/3/26) — I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.
- [Psalms 125:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/125/3) — For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.
- [Proverbs 14:33](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/14/33) — Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.
- [Proverbs 21:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/21/16) — The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
- [Proverbs 29:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/29/17) — Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
- [Ecclesiastes 7:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/7/9) — Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
- [Isaiah 7:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/7/2) — And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the…
- [Isaiah 7:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/7/19) — And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all b…
- [Isaiah 11:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/11/2) — And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of know…
- [Isaiah 14:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/14/3) — And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage where…
- [Isaiah 14:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/14/7) — The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing.
- [Isaiah 23:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/23/12) — And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there also shalt thou hav…
- [Isaiah 25:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/25/10) — For in this mountain shall the hand of the LORD rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the dungh…
- [Isaiah 28:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/28/12) — To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
- [Isaiah 30:32](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/30/32) — And in every place where the grounded staff shall pass, which the LORD shall lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and harps: and in battl…
- [Isaiah 57:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/57/2) — He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.
- [Isaiah 63:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/63/14) — As a beast goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of the LORD caused him to rest: so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious…
- [Lamentations 5:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/5/5) — Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.
- [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 16:42](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/16/42) — So will I make my fury toward thee to rest, and my jealousy shall depart from thee, and I will be quiet, and will be no more angry.
- [Ezekiel 21:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/21/17) — I will also smite mine hands together, and I will cause my fury to rest: I the LORD have said it.
- [Ezekiel 24:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/24/13) — In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more,…
- [Ezekiel 37:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/37/1) — The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full o…
- [Ezekiel 40:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/40/2) — In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very high mountain, by which was as the frame of a city on t…
- [Ezekiel 44:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/44/30) — And the first of all the firstfruits of all things, and every oblation of all, of every sort of your oblations, shall be the priest’s: ye s…
- [Daniel 12:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/12/13) — But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.
- [Habakkuk 3:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/habakkuk/3/16) — When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might re…
- [Zechariah 6:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zechariah/6/8) — Then cried he upon me, and spake unto me, saying, Behold, these that go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north countr…