נָחַם

na.cham

Hebrew H5162 Verb 108 occurrences in 100 verses
נָחַם to be sorry: comfort

1. to be sorry, console oneself, repent, regret, comfort, be comforted

a. (Niphal)

1. to be sorry, be moved to pity, have compassion

2. to be sorry, rue, suffer grief, repent

3. to comfort oneself, be comforted

4. to comfort oneself, ease oneself

b. (Piel) to comfort, console

c. (Pual) to be comforted, be consoled

d. (Hithpael)

1. to be sorry, have compassion

2. to rue, repent of

3. to comfort oneself, be comforted

4. to ease oneself

Also means: na.cham (נָחַם ": relent" H5162H)

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Concordance 100 verses

  1. Isaiah 12:1 וּֽתְנַחֲמֵֽנִי׃

    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.

  2. Isaiah 22:4 לְנַֽחֲמֵ֔נִי

    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.”

  3. Isaiah 40:1 נַחֲמ֥וּנַחֲמ֖וּ

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

  4. Isaiah 49:13 נִחַ֤ם

    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.

  5. Isaiah 51:3 נִחַ֨םנִחַם֙

    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.

  6. Isaiah 51:12 מְנַחֶמְכֶ֑ם

    “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?

  7. Isaiah 51:19 אֲנַחֲמֵֽךְ׃

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

  8. Isaiah 52:9 נִחַ֤ם

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

  9. Isaiah 54:11 נֻחָ֑מָה

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

  10. Isaiah 57:6 אֶנָּחֵֽם׃

    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?

  11. Isaiah 61:2 לְנַחֵ֖ם

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

  12. Isaiah 66:13 תְּנַחֲמֶ֑נּוּאֲנַ֣חֶמְכֶ֔םתְּנֻחָֽמוּ׃

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

  13. Jeremiah 4:28 נִחַ֖מְתִּי

    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.”

  14. Jeremiah 8:6 נִחָם֙

    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.

  15. Jeremiah 15:6 הִנָּחֵֽם׃

    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.

  16. Jeremiah 16:7 לְנַחֲמ֣וֹ

    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.

  17. Jeremiah 18:8 וְנִֽחַמְתִּי֙

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

  18. Jeremiah 18:10 וְנִֽחַמְתִּי֙

    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.

  19. Jeremiah 20:16 נִחָ֑ם

    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,

  20. Jeremiah 26:3 וְנִחַמְתִּ֣י

    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.

  21. Jeremiah 26:13 וְיִנָּחֵ֣ם

    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.

  22. Jeremiah 26:19 וַיִּנָּ֣חֶם

    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!”

  23. Jeremiah 31:13 וְנִ֣חַמְתִּ֔ים

    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.

  24. Jeremiah 31:15 לְהִנָּחֵ֥ם

    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.”

  25. Jeremiah 31:19 נִחַ֔מְתִּי

    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.’

  26. Jeremiah 42:10 נִחַ֙מְתִּי֙

    ‘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.

  27. Lamentations 1:2 מְנַחֵ֖ם

    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.

  28. Lamentations 1:9 מְנַחֵ֖ם

    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!

  29. Lamentations 1:16 מְנַחֵ֖ם

    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.

  30. Lamentations 1:17 מְנַחֵם֙

    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.

  31. Lamentations 1:21 מְנַחֵם֙

    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.

  32. Lamentations 2:13 וַאֲנַֽחֲמֵ֔ךְ

    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?

  33. Ezekiel 5:13 וְהִנֶּחָ֑מְתִּי

    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.

  34. Ezekiel 14:22 וְנִחַמְתֶּ֗ם

    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.

  35. Ezekiel 14:23 וְנִחֲמ֣וּ

    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.”

  36. Ezekiel 16:54 בְּנַחֲמֵ֖ךְ

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

  37. Ezekiel 24:14 אֶנָּחֵ֑ם

    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.”

  38. Ezekiel 31:16 וַיִּנָּ֨חֲמ֜וּ

    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.

  39. Ezekiel 32:31 וְנִחַ֖ם

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

  40. Joel 2:13 וְנִחָ֖ם

    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.

  41. Joel 2:14 וְנִחָ֑ם

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

  42. Amos 7:3 נִחַ֥ם

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

  43. Amos 7:6 נִחַ֥ם

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

  44. Jonah 3:9 וְנִחַ֖ם

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

  45. Jonah 3:10 וַיִּנָּ֣חֶם

    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.

  46. Jonah 4:2 וְנִחָ֖ם

    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.

  47. Nahum 3:7 מְנַחֲמִ֖ים

    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?”

  48. Zechariah 1:17 וְנִחַ֨ם

    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.’”

  49. Zechariah 8:14 נִחָֽמְתִּי׃

    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,

  50. Zechariah 10:2 יְנַֽחֵמ֑וּן

    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.

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