Strong H5181נָחֵת
to descend
- Transliteration
- nâchath
- Pronunciation
- naw-khath'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Verb
Definition
A primitive root; to {sink} that {is} descend; {causatively} to press or lead down: - be {broken} (cause to) come {down} {enter} go {down} press {sore} {settle} stick fast.
Detailed definition
1) to go down, descend
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to go down, descend
1a2) to descend, descend into (chastisement) (fig.)
1b) (Niphal) to come down into, penetrate
1c) (Piel) to cause to descend, press down, stretch (a bow)
1d) (Hiphil) to bring down
Aramaic equivalent: ne.chat (נְחֵת "to descend" H5182)
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to go down, descend
1a2) to descend, descend into (chastisement) (fig.)
1b) (Niphal) to come down into, penetrate
1c) (Piel) to cause to descend, press down, stretch (a bow)
1d) (Hiphil) to bring down
Aramaic equivalent: ne.chat (נְחֵת "to descend" H5182)
In the Bible
Strong H5181 appears in 8 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- break2
- come2
- entereth1
- go1
- sore1
- stick1
- thou1
First verses
- 2 Samuel 22:35He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
- Job 21:13They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.
- Psalms 18:34He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
- Psalms 38:2For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
- Psalms 65:10Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof.
- Proverbs 17:10A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
- Jeremiah 21:13Behold, 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 into our habitations?
- Joel 3:11Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O Lord.