נָחַם
nâcham(naw-kham')
“properly, to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavorably) to avenge (oneself)”
108 occurrencesOld TestamentCommon word
Definition
Strong’s Definition
properly, to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavorably) to avenge (oneself)
Translated in KJV as
comfort (self)ease (one's self)repent(-er,-ing, self).
Etymology
a primitive root;
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“And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.”