נָחֵת nachat
Hebrew word for “to descend” · Strong’s H5181 · used 11 times in 10 verses
Meaning
1) to go down, descend;
How it is translated
Glosses given for nachat in context, with how often each is used:
- will stretch 2
- will be shattered 1
- will we descend 1
- descend 1
- have penetrated 1
- has come down 1
- press down 1
- goes deep 1
- will he come down 1
- bring down 1
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
1 Samuel 2 (1), 2 Samuel 22 (1), Job 17 (1), Job 21 (1), Psalms 18 (1), Psalms 38 (1), Psalms 65 (1), Proverbs 17 (1), Jeremiah 21 (1), Joel 3 (1)
Forms
- יחתו 2
- נחת 2
- ונחת 1
- ונחתה 1
- נחתו 1
- ותנחת 1
- תחת 1
- יחת 1
- הנחת 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with nachat more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- נְחוּשָׁה nechushah “bronze” 2
- שְׁאוֹל sheol “hell” 2
- קֶשֶׁת qeshet “bow” 2
- לָמַד lamad “to learn” 2
- זְרוֹעַ zeroa “arm” 2
- מִלְחָמָה milchamah “battle” 2
Key verses
The verses using nachat that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- 1 Samuel 2:10 — The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give…
- 2 Samuel 22:35 — He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
- Job 17:16 — They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.
- Job 21:13 — They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.
- Psalms 18:34 — He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
- Psalms 38:2 — For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
- Psalms 65:10 — Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof.
- Proverbs 17:10 — A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
- Jeremiah 21:13 — Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, and rock of the plain, saith the LORD; which say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter…
- Joel 3:11 — Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O LORD.
See all 10 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.