Quick Definition
Noah
Biblical Persons & Places
Noah
Flood survivor living at the time before the Flood
Flood survivor living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at Gen.5.29;
referred to as Noah (KJV= Noah) (נֹחַ), or Noah (KJV= Noe) (Νῶε);
husband of Naamah(?);
a son of Lamech;
father of Shem, Ham and Japheth.
Strong's Definition
Noach, the patriarch of the flood
Derivation: the same as H5118 (נוּחַ); rest;
KJV Usage: Noah.
TWOT Reference: 1323b
Outline of Biblical Usage
Noah = "rest"
1) son of Lamech, father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth; builder of the ark which saved his family from the destruction of the world which God sent on the world by the flood; became the new seminal head of mankind because his family were the only survivors of the flood
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
A man living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at Gen.5.29;
son of: Lamech (H3929H);
father of: Shem (H8035), Ham (H2526) and Japheth (H3315)
Also named: Nōe (Νῶε "Noah" G3575)
§ Noah = "rest"
son of Lamech, father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth; builder of the ark which saved his family from the destruction of the world which God sent on the world by the flood; became the new seminal head of mankind because his family were the only survivors of the flood
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
נֹחַ
nôach
BDB Definition:
Noah = rest
1) son of Lamech, father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth; builder of the ark which saved his family from the destruction of the world which God sent on the world by the flood; became the new seminal head of mankind because his family were the only survivors of the flood
Part of Speech: noun proper masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: the same as H5118
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1323b
Total KJV Occurrences: 46