נָחָה nachah
Hebrew word for “to lead” · Strong’s H5148 · used 39 times in 39 verses
Meaning
1) to lead, guide; 1a) (Qal) to lead, bring; 1b) (Hiphil) to lead, guide
How it is translated
Glosses given for nachah in context, with how often each is used:
- led 9
- lead 5
- guided 5
- guide 4
- will lead 4
- guides 2
- has led 1
- had led 1
- have guided 1
- will you guide? 1
- may they lead 1
- has he led 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psalms | 18 | 0.9 | |
| Exodus | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Job | 3 | 0.4 | |
| Proverbs | 3 | 0.4 | |
| Genesis | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Nehemiah | 2 | 0.4 | |
| Isaiah | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Numbers | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Deuteronomy | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Kings | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Kings | 1 | 0.1 |
Chapters where it is used most
Psalms 78 (3), Genesis 24 (2), Exodus 13 (2), Nehemiah 9 (2), Psalms 139 (2), Exodus 15 (1), Exodus 32 (1), Numbers 23 (1), Deuteronomy 32 (1), 1 Samuel 22 (1)
Forms
- וינחם 7
- תנחני 5
- נחני 4
- תנחם 3
- נחית 2
- ינחני 2
- ינחנו 2
- ונחני 2
- הנחני 1
- נחם 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with nachah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- דֶּרֶךְ derekh “way” 10
- עָנָן anan “cloud” 4
- מִישׁוֹר mishor “plain” 3
- אוֹר or “to light” 3
- לַיְלָה laylah “night” 4
- יוֹמָם yomam “by day” 3
- מַעַן maan “because” 4
- הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 6
- שׁוֹרֵר sharar “enemy” 2
- עַמּוּד ammud “pillar” 3
- אֵשׁ esh “fire” 4
- אֱמֶת emet “truth” 3
Key verses
The verses using nachah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 24:27 — And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the LORD led…
- Exodus 13:21 — And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:
- Exodus 32:34 — Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before thee: nevertheless in the day when I…
- Numbers 23:7 — And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and…
- Nehemiah 9:19 — Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither…
- Psalms 23:3 — He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
- Psalms 27:11 — Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.
- Psalms 43:3 — O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.
- Psalms 73:24 — Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
- Psalms 143:10 — Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.
- Isaiah 57:18 — I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.
- Isaiah 58:11 — And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring…
See all 39 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.