Quick Definition
to rest
Strong's Definition
to deposit; by implication, to allow to stay
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: bestow, cast down, lay (down, up), leave (off), let alone (remain), pacify, place, put, set (down), suffer, withdraw, withhold. (The Hiphil forms with the dagesh are here referred to, in accordance with the older grammarians; but if any distinction of the kind is to be made, these should rather be referred to H5117 (נוּחַ), and the others here.)
TWOT Reference: 1323
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to rest
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to rest, settle down and remain
1a2) to repose, have rest, be quiet
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to cause to rest, give rest to, make quiet
1b2) to cause to rest, cause to alight, set down
1b3) to lay or set down, deposit, let lie, place
1b4) to let remain, leave
1b5) to leave, depart from
1b6) to abandon
1b7) to permit
1c) (Hophal)
1c1) to obtain rest, be granted rest
1c2) to be left, be placed
1c3) open space (subst)
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
1) to rest
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to rest, settle down and remain
1a2) to repose, have rest, be quiet
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to cause to rest, give rest to, make quiet
1b2) to cause to rest, cause to alight, set down
1b3) to lay or set down, deposit, let lie, place
1b4) to let remain, leave
1b5) to leave, depart from
1b6) to abandon
1b7) to permit
1c) (Hophal)
1c1) to obtain rest, be granted rest
1c2) to be left, be placed
1c3) open space (subst)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
יָנַח
yânach
BDB Definition:
1) to rest
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to rest, settle down and remain
1a2) to repose, have rest, be quiet
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to cause to rest, give rest to, make quiet
1b2) to cause to rest, cause to alight, set down
1b3) to lay or set down, deposit, let lie, place
1b4) to let remain, leave
1b5) to leave, depart from
1b6) to abandon
1b7) to permit
1c) (Hophal)
1c1) to obtain rest, be granted rest
1c2) to be left, be placed
1c3) open space (substantive)
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1323
Total KJV Occurrences: 46