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Strong H5162H5162Hנָחַם

to be sorry: relent

One of the 2 senses of Strong H5162

Transliteration
nâcham
Pronunciation
naw-kham'
Morphology
Hebrew Verb

Definition

: relent
1) to be sorry, console oneself, repent, regret, comfort, be comforted
1a) (Niphal)
1a1) to be sorry, be moved to pity, have compassion
1a2) to be sorry, rue, suffer grief, repent
1a3) to comfort oneself, be comforted
1a4) to comfort oneself, ease oneself
1b) (Piel) to comfort, console
1c) (Pual) to be comforted, be consoled
1d) (Hithpael)
1d1) to be sorry, have compassion
1d2) to rue, repent of
1d3) to comfort oneself, be comforted
1d4) to ease oneself

General definition

A primitive root; properly to {sigh} that {is} breathe strongly; by implication to be {sorry} that {is} (in a favorable sense) to {pity} console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavorably) to avenge (oneself): - comfort ({self}) ease [one´ s {self]} repent ({-er} {-ing} self).

In the Bible

Strong H5162H appears in 34 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • repent30
  • repenteth3
  • receive1
  • repentest1

First verses

  1. Genesis 6:6
    And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
  2. Genesis 6:7
    And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
  3. Exodus 13:17
    And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:
  4. Exodus 32:12
    Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.
  5. Exodus 32:14
    And the Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.
  6. Numbers 23:19
    God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
  7. 1 Samuel 15:11
    It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the Lord all night.
  8. 1 Samuel 15:29
    And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.
  9. 1 Samuel 15:35
    And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the Lord repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.
  10. 2 Samuel 24:16
    And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the Lord was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.
  11. 1 Chronicles 21:15
    And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the Lord beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand. And the angel of the Lord stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
  12. Job 42:6
    Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
  13. Psalms 106:45
    And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.
  14. Psalms 110:4
    The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
  15. Isaiah 57:6
    Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion; they, they are thy lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink offering, thou hast offered a meat offering. Should I receive comfort in these?
  16. Jeremiah 4:28
    For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it.
  17. Jeremiah 8:6
    I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.
  18. Jeremiah 15:6
    Thou hast forsaken me, saith the Lord, thou art gone backward: therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary with repenting.
  19. Jeremiah 18:8
    If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
  20. Jeremiah 18:10
    If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.
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