נָחַם

Genesis 5:29 יְנַחֲמֵ֤נוּ he will comfort us

And he named him Noah, saying, “May this one comfort us in the labor and toil of our hands caused by the ground that the LORD has cursed.”

Genesis 6:6 וַיִּנָּ֣חֶם and he regretted

And the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.

Genesis 6:7 נִחַ֖מְתִּי I regret

So the LORD said, “I will blot out man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—every man and beast and crawling creature and bird of the air—for I am grieved that I have made them.”

Genesis 24:67 וַיִּנָּחֵ֥ם and he was comforted

And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah and took Rebekah as his wife. And Isaac loved her and was comforted after his mother’s death.

Genesis 27:42 מִתְנַחֵ֥ם [is] comforting himself

When the words of her older son Esau were relayed to Rebekah, she sent for her younger son Jacob and told him, “Look, your brother Esau is consoling himself by plotting to kill you.

Genesis 37:35 לְנַחֲמ֗וֹ לְהִתְנַחֵ֔ם to comfort him, to be comforted

All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.

Genesis 38:12 וַיִּנָּ֣חֶם and he was comforted

After a long time Judah’s wife, the daughter of Shua, died. When Judah had finished mourning, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah.

Genesis 50:21 וַיְנַחֵ֣ם and he comforted

Therefore do not be afraid. I will provide for you and your little ones.” So Joseph reassured his brothers and spoke kindly to them.

Exodus 13:17 יִנָּחֵ֥ם it should regret

When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them along the road through the land of the Philistines, though it was shorter. For God said, “If the people face war, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.”

Exodus 32:12 וְהִנָּחֵ֥ם and relent

Why should the Egyptians declare, ‘He brought them out with evil intent, to kill them in the mountains and wipe them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Your fierce anger and relent from doing harm to Your people.

Exodus 32:14 וַיִּנָּ֖חֶם and he relented

So the LORD relented from the calamity He had threatened to bring on His people.

Numbers 23:19 וְיִתְנֶחָ֑ם so he may change his mind

God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?

Deuteronomy 32:36 יִתְנֶחָ֑ם he will have compassion

For the LORD will vindicate His people and have compassion on His servants when He sees that their strength is gone and no one remains, slave or free.

Judges 2:18 יִנָּחֵ֤ם he had compassion

Whenever the LORD raised up a judge for the Israelites, He was with that judge and saved them from the hands of their enemies while the judge was still alive; for the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning under those who oppressed them and afflicted them.

Judges 21:6 וַיִּנָּֽחֲמוּ֙ and they had compassion

And the Israelites grieved for their brothers, the Benjamites, and said, “Today a tribe is cut off from Israel.

Judges 21:15 נִחָ֖ם it had compassion

The people grieved for Benjamin, because the LORD had made a void in the tribes of Israel.

Ruth 2:13 נִֽחַמְתָּ֔נִי you have comforted me

“My lord,” she said, “may I continue to find favor in your eyes, for you have comforted and spoken kindly to your maidservant, though I am not like one of your servant girls.”

1 Samuel 15:11 נִחַ֗מְתִּי I regret

“I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from following Me and has not carried out My instructions.” And Samuel was distressed and cried out to the LORD all that night.

1 Samuel 15:29 יִנָּחֵ֑ם לְהִנָּחֵֽם׃ he will regret, to regret

Moreover, the Glory of Israel does not lie or change His mind, for He is not a man, that He should change His mind.”

1 Samuel 15:35 נִחָ֔ם he regretted

And to the day of his death, Samuel never again visited Saul. Samuel mourned for Saul, and the LORD regretted that He had made Saul king over Israel.

2 Samuel 10:2 לְנַחֲמ֛וֹ to comfort him

And David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, just as his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent some of his servants to console Hanun concerning his father. But when they arrived in the land of the Ammonites,

2 Samuel 10:3 מְנַֽחֲמִ֑ים comforters

the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun their lord, “Just because David has sent you comforters, do you really believe he is showing respect for your father? Has not David instead sent his servants to explore the city, spy it out, and overthrow it?”

2 Samuel 12:24 וַיְנַחֵ֣ם and he comforted

Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and he went to her and lay with her. So she gave birth to a son, and they named him Solomon. Now the LORD loved the child

2 Samuel 13:39 נִחַ֥ם he was comforted

And King David longed to go to Absalom, for he had been consoled over Amnon’s death.

2 Samuel 24:16 וַיִּנָּ֤חֶם and he relented

But when the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

1 Chronicles 7:22 לְנַחֲמֽוֹ׃ to comfort him

Their father Ephraim mourned for many days, and his relatives came to comfort him.

1 Chronicles 19:2 לְנַחֲמ֣וֹ לְנַחֲמֽוֹ׃ to comfort him

And David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent messengers to console Hanun concerning his father. But when David’s servants arrived in the land of the Ammonites to console him,

1 Chronicles 19:3 מְנַחֲמִ֑ים comforters

the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun, “Just because David has sent you comforters, do you really believe he is showing respect for your father? Have not his servants come to you to explore the land, spy it out, and overthrow it?”

1 Chronicles 21:15 וַיִּנָּ֣חֶם and he relented

Then God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem, but as the angel was doing so, the LORD saw it and relented from the calamity, and He said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

Job 2:11 וּֽלְנַחֲמֽוֹ׃ and to comfort him

Now when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adversity that had come upon him, each of them came from his home, and they met together to go and sympathize with Job and comfort him.

Job 7:13 תְּנַחֲמֵ֣נִי it will comfort me

When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint,

Job 16:2 מְנַחֲמֵ֖י [are] comforters of

“I have heard many things like these; miserable comforters are you all.

Job 21:34 תְּנַחֲמ֣וּנִי will you comfort me

So how can you comfort me with empty words? For your answers remain full of falsehood.”

Job 29:25 יְנַחֵֽם׃ someone comforts

I chose their course and presided as chief. So I dwelt as a king among his troops, as a comforter of the mourners.

Job 42:6 וְנִחַ֑מְתִּי and I repent

Therefore I despise myself, and I repent in dust and ashes.”

Job 42:11 וַיְנַחֲמ֣וּ and they comforted

All his brothers and sisters and prior acquaintances came and dined with him in his house. They consoled him and comforted him over all the adversity that the LORD had brought upon him. And each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.

Psalm 23:4 יְנַֽחֲמֻֽנִי׃ they comfort me

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

Psalm 69:20 וְ֝לַמְנַחֲמִ֗ים and for <the> comforters

Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found no one.

Psalm 71:21 תְּֽנַחֲמֵֽנִי׃ may you comfort me

You will increase my honor and comfort me once again.

Psalm 77:2 הִנָּחֵ֣ם to be comforted

In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted.

Psalm 86:17 וְנִחַמְתָּֽנִי׃ and you have comforted me

Show me a sign of Your goodness, that my enemies may see and be ashamed; for You, O LORD, have helped me and comforted me.

Psalm 90:13 וְ֝הִנָּחֵ֗ם and have compassion

Return, O LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on Your servants.

Psalm 106:45 וַ֝יִּנָּחֵ֗ם and he relented

And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.

Psalm 110:4 יִנָּחֵ֗ם he will repent

The LORD has sworn and will not change His mind: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”

Psalm 119:52 וָֽאֶתְנֶחָֽם׃ and I have comforted myself

I remember Your judgments of old, O LORD, and in them I find comfort.

Psalm 119:76 לְנַחֲמֵ֑נִי to comfort me

May Your loving devotion comfort me, I pray, according to Your promise to Your servant.

Psalm 119:82 תְּֽנַחֲמֵֽנִי׃ will you comfort me

My eyes fail, looking for Your promise; I ask, “When will You comfort me?”

Psalm 135:14 יִתְנֶחָֽם׃ he has compassion

For the LORD will vindicate His people and will have compassion on His servants.

Ecclesiastes 4:1 מְנַחֵ֔ם מְנַחֵֽם׃ a comforter

Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter.

Isaiah 1:24 אֶנָּחֵ֣ם I will ease myself

Therefore the Lord GOD of Hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, declares: “Ah, I will be relieved of My foes and avenge Myself on My enemies.

Isaiah 12:1 וּֽתְנַחֲמֵֽנִי׃ and may you comfort me

In that day you will say: “O LORD, I will praise You. Although You were angry with me, Your anger has turned away, and You have comforted me.

Isaiah 22:4 לְנַֽחֲמֵ֔נִי to comfort me

Therefore I said, “Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly! Do not try to console me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.”

Isaiah 40:1 נַחֲמ֥וּ נַחֲמ֖וּ comfort

“Comfort, comfort My people,” says your God.

Isaiah 49:13 נִחַ֤ם he has comforted

Shout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth; break forth in song, O mountains! For the LORD has comforted His people, and He will have compassion on His afflicted ones.

Isaiah 51:3 נִחַ֨ם נִחַם֙ he will comfort

For the LORD will comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; He will make her wilderness like Eden and her desert like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and melodious song.

Isaiah 51:12 מְנַחֶמְכֶ֑ם [who] comforts you

“I, even I, am He who comforts you. Why should you be afraid of mortal man, of a son of man who withers like grass?

Isaiah 51:19 אֲנַחֲמֵֽךְ׃ do I comfort you

These pairs have befallen you: devastation and destruction, famine and sword. Who will grieve for you? Who can comfort you?

Isaiah 52:9 נִחַ֤ם he has comforted

Break forth in joy, sing together, O ruins of Jerusalem, for the LORD has comforted His people; He has redeemed Jerusalem.

Isaiah 54:11 נֻחָ֑מָה it has been comforted

“O afflicted city, lashed by storms, without solace, surely I will set your stones in antimony and lay your foundations with sapphires.

Isaiah 57:6 אֶנָּחֵֽם׃ will I relent

Your portion is among the smooth stones of the valley; indeed, they are your lot. Even to them you have poured out a drink offering and offered a grain offering. Should I relent because of these?

Isaiah 61:2 לְנַחֵ֖ם to comfort

to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of our God’s vengeance, to comfort all who mourn,

Isaiah 66:13 תְּנַחֲמֶ֑נּוּ אֲנַ֣חֶמְכֶ֔ם תְּנֻחָֽמוּ׃ she comforts him, I will comfort you, you will be comforted

As a mother comforts her son, so will I comfort you, and you will be consoled over Jerusalem.”

Jeremiah 4:28 נִחַ֖מְתִּי I have repented

Therefore the earth will mourn and the heavens above will grow dark. I have spoken, I have planned, and I will not relent or turn back.”

Jeremiah 8:6 נִחָם֙ [who] relents

I have listened and heard; they do not speak what is right. No one repents of his wickedness, asking, ‘What have I done?’ Everyone has pursued his own course like a horse charging into battle.

Jeremiah 15:6 הִנָּחֵֽם׃ to relent

You have forsaken Me, declares the LORD. You have turned your back. So I will stretch out My hand against you and I will destroy you; I am weary of showing compassion.

Jeremiah 16:7 לְנַחֲמ֣וֹ to comfort him

No food will be offered to comfort those who mourn the dead; not even a cup of consolation will be given for the loss of a father or mother.

Jeremiah 18:8 וְנִֽחַמְתִּי֙ and I will relent

But if that nation I warned turns from its evil, then I will relent of the disaster I had planned to bring.

Jeremiah 18:10 וְנִֽחַמְתִּי֙ and I will relent

and if it does evil in My sight and does not listen to My voice, then I will relent of the good I had intended for it.

Jeremiah 20:16 נִחָ֑ם he had compassion

May that man be like the cities that the LORD overthrew without compassion. May he hear an outcry in the morning and a battle cry at noon,

Jeremiah 26:3 וְנִחַמְתִּ֣י and I will repent

Perhaps they will listen and turn—each from his evil way of life—so that I may relent of the disaster I am planning to bring upon them because of the evil of their deeds.

Jeremiah 26:13 וְיִנָּחֵ֣ם so he may repent

So now, correct your ways and deeds, and obey the voice of the LORD your God, so that He might relent of the disaster He has pronounced against you.

Jeremiah 26:19 וַיִּנָּ֣חֶם and he repented

Did Hezekiah king of Judah or anyone else in Judah put him to death? Did Hezekiah not fear the LORD and seek His favor, and did not the LORD relent of the disaster He had pronounced against them? But we are about to bring great harm on ourselves!”

Jeremiah 31:13 וְנִ֣חַמְתִּ֔ים and I will comfort them

Then the maidens will rejoice with dancing, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into joy, and give them comfort and joy for their sorrow.

Jeremiah 31:15 לְהִנָּחֵ֥ם to be comforted

This is what the LORD says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”

Jeremiah 31:19 נִחַ֔מְתִּי I repented

After I returned, I repented; and after I was instructed, I struck my thigh in grief. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’

Jeremiah 42:10 נִחַ֙מְתִּי֙ I am grieved

‘If you will indeed stay in this land, then I will build you up and not tear you down; I will plant you and not uproot you, for I will relent of the disaster I have brought upon you.

Lamentations 1:2 מְנַחֵ֖ם a comforter

She weeps aloud in the night, with tears upon her cheeks. Among all her lovers there is no one to comfort her. All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies.

Lamentations 1:9 מְנַחֵ֖ם a comforter

Her uncleanness stains her skirts; she did not consider her end. Her downfall was astounding; there was no one to comfort her. Look, O LORD, on my affliction, for the enemy has triumphed!

Lamentations 1:16 מְנַחֵ֖ם a comforter

For these things I weep; my eyes flow with tears. For there is no one nearby to comfort me, no one to revive my soul. My children are destitute because the enemy has prevailed.

Lamentations 1:17 מְנַחֵם֙ a comforter

Zion stretches out her hands, but there is no one to comfort her. The LORD has decreed against Jacob that his neighbors become his foes. Jerusalem has become an unclean thing among them.

Lamentations 1:21 מְנַחֵם֙ a comforter

People have heard my groaning, but there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that You have caused it. May You bring the day You have announced, so that they may become like me.

Lamentations 2:13 וַאֲנַֽחֲמֵ֔ךְ so I may comfort you

What can I say for you? To what can I compare you, O Daughter of Jerusalem? To what can I liken you, that I may console you, O Virgin Daughter of Zion? For your wound is as deep as the sea. Who can ever heal you?

Ezekiel 5:13 וְהִנֶּחָ֑מְתִּי and I will gain relief

And when My anger is spent and I have vented My wrath against them, I will be appeased. And when I have spent My wrath on them, they will know that I, the LORD, in My zeal have spoken.

Ezekiel 14:22 וְנִחַמְתֶּ֗ם and you will be comforted

Yet, behold, some survivors will be left in it—sons and daughters who will be brought out. They will come out to you, and when you see their conduct and actions, you will be comforted regarding the disaster I have brought upon Jerusalem—all that I have brought upon it.

Ezekiel 14:23 וְנִחֲמ֣וּ and they will comfort

They will bring you consolation when you see their conduct and actions, and you will know that it was not without cause that I have done all these things within it,’ declares the Lord GOD.”

Ezekiel 16:54 בְּנַחֲמֵ֖ךְ when comfort you

So you will bear your disgrace and be ashamed of all you did to comfort them.

Ezekiel 24:14 אֶנָּחֵ֑ם I will have pity

I, the LORD, have spoken; the time is coming, and I will act. I will not refrain or show pity, nor will I relent. I will judge you according to your ways and deeds,’ declares the Lord GOD.”

Ezekiel 31:16 וַיִּנָּ֨חֲמ֜וּ and they were comforted

I made the nations quake at the sound of its downfall, when I cast it down to Sheol with those who descend to the Pit. Then all the trees of Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, all the well-watered trees, were consoled in the earth below.

Ezekiel 32:31 וְנִחַ֖ם and he will be comforted

Pharaoh will see them and be comforted over all his multitude—Pharaoh and all his army, slain by the sword, declares the Lord GOD.

Joel 2:13 וְנִחָ֖ם and relenting

So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster.

Joel 2:14 וְנִחָ֑ם and he will relent

Who knows? He may turn and relent and leave a blessing behind Him—grain and drink offerings for the LORD your God.

Amos 7:3 נִחַ֥ם he relented

So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen,” He said.

Amos 7:6 נִחַ֥ם he relented

So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen either,” said the Lord GOD.

Jonah 3:9 וְנִחַ֖ם and he will relent

Who knows? God may turn and relent; He may turn from His fierce anger, so that we will not perish.”

Jonah 3:10 וַיִּנָּ֣חֶם and he relented

When God saw their actions—that they had turned from their evil ways—He relented from the disaster He had threatened to bring upon them.

Jonah 4:2 וְנִחָ֖ם and [who] relents

So he prayed to the LORD, saying, “O LORD, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I was so quick to flee toward Tarshish. I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion—One who relents from sending disaster.

Nahum 3:7 מְנַחֲמִ֖ים comforters

Then all who see you will recoil from you and say, ‘Nineveh is devastated; who will grieve for her?’ Where can I find comforters for you?”

Zechariah 1:17 וְנִחַ֨ם and he will comfort

Proclaim further that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘My cities will again overflow with prosperity; the LORD will again comfort Zion and choose Jerusalem.’”

Zechariah 8:14 נִחָֽמְתִּי׃ I relented

For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Just as I resolved to bring disaster upon you when your fathers provoked Me to anger, and I did not relent,” says the LORD of Hosts,

Zechariah 10:2 יְנַֽחֵמ֑וּן they comfort !

For idols speak deceit and diviners see illusions; they tell false dreams and offer empty comfort. Therefore the people wander like sheep, oppressed for lack of a shepherd.