Strong's Hebrew · H4496

מְנוּחָה

mᵉnûwchâh · men-oo-khaw'

comfortable, ease, quiet, rest(-ing place), still.

Definition

repose or (adverbially) peacefully; figuratively, consolation (specifically, matrimony); hence (concretely) an abode

Derivation

or מְנֻחָה; feminine of H4495 (מָנוֹחַ);

Appears 22 times in Scripture

Deuteronomy 12:9

For you have not yet come to the resting place and the inheritance that the LORD your God is giving you.

Jeremiah 45:3

You have said, ‘Woe is me because the LORD has added sorrow to my pain! I am worn out with groaning and have found no rest.’”

1 Chronicles 22:9

But a son will be born to you who will be a man of rest. I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side; for his name will be Solomon, and I will grant to Israel peace and quiet during his reign.

2 Samuel 14:17

And now your servant says, ‘May the word of my lord the king bring me rest, for my lord the king is able to discern good and evil, just like the angel of God. May the LORD your God be with you.’”

Judges 20:43

They surrounded the Benjamites, pursued them, and easily overtook them in the vicinity of Gibeah on the east.

Genesis 49:15

He saw that his resting place was good and that his land was pleasant, so he bent his shoulder to the burden and submitted to labor as a servant.

Numbers 10:33

So they set out on a three-day journey from the mountain of the LORD, with the ark of the covenant of the LORD traveling ahead of them for those three days to seek a resting place for them.

1 Kings 8:56

“Blessed be the LORD, who has given rest to His people Israel according to all that He promised. Not one word has failed of all the good promises He made through His servant Moses.

1 Chronicles 28:2

Then King David rose to his feet and said, “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. It was in my heart to build a house as a resting place for the ark of the covenant of the LORD and as a footstool for our God. I had made preparations to build it,

Ruth 1:9

May the LORD enable each of you to find rest in the home of your new husband.” And she kissed them as they wept aloud

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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).

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