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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Hebrew - English Dictionary

H5162 - Ease

Strong's No.:H5162

Hebrew:נָחַם

Transliteration:nâcham

Phonetic:naw-kham'

Word Origin:A primitive root

Bible Usage:comfort ({self}) ease [one´ s {self]} repent ({-er} {-ing} self).

Part of Speech:Verb

Strongs
Definition:

properly to {sigh} that {is} breathe strongly; by implication to be {sorry} that {is} (in a favorable sense) to {pity} console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavorably) to avenge (oneself)


Brown Driver
Biggs Definition:

1. to be sorry, console oneself, repent, regret, comfort, be comforted

a. (Niphal)

1. to be sorry, be moved to pity, have compassion

2. to be sorry, rue, suffer grief, repent

3. to comfort oneself, be comforted

4. to comfort oneself, ease oneself

b. (Piel) to comfort, console

c. (Pual) to be comforted, be consoled

d. (Hithpael)

1. to be sorry, have compassion

2. to rue, repent of

3. to comfort oneself, be comforted

4. to ease oneself


Bible References:
Ease

Translation
Occurrences:
comfort ( 32 )
comforted ( 19 )
comfortedst ( 1 )
comforter ( 4 )
comforters ( 5 )
comforteth ( 3 )
ease ( 1 )
him ( 2 )
himself ( 3 )
me ( 1 )
myself ( 1 )
repent ( 17 )
repented ( 14 )
repentest ( 1 )
repenteth ( 2 )
repenting ( 1 )
them ( 1 )

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.