Strong's Hebrew · H4494
מָנוֹחַ
mânôwach · maw-no'-akh
(place of) rest.
Definition
quiet, i.e. (concretely) a settled spot, or (figuratively) a home
Derivation
from H5117 (נוּחַ);
Appears 7 times in Scripture
“One day Ruth’s mother-in-law Naomi said to her, “My daughter, should I not seek a resting place for you, that it may be well with you?”
“Among those nations you will find no repose, not even a resting place for the sole of your foot. There the LORD will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and a despairing soul.”
“But the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned to him in the ark, because the waters were still covering the surface of all the earth. So he reached out his hand and brought her back inside the ark.”
“Judah has gone into exile under affliction and harsh slavery; she dwells among the nations but finds no place to rest. All her pursuers have overtaken her in the midst of her distress.”
“The desert creatures will meet with hyenas, and one wild goat will call to another. There the night creature will settle and find her place of repose.”
“These are the men David put in charge of the music in the house of the LORD after the ark rested there.”
“Yet may the LORD forgive your servant this one thing: When my master goes into the temple of Rimmon to worship there, and he leans on my arm, and I bow down in the temple of Rimmon, may the LORD forgive your servant in this matter.””
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).