Words

נִיחֹחַ H5207

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restful

Instead of (KJV / RSV)

sweet savour / pleasing

Note

Only in רֵיחַ נִיחֹחַ (8:21; Lev 1:9). From נוּחַ; See the note at 8:21

Rulings

17, 24, 95

Declared to share English with

• H5117 H4494 — one root: rest / restful / resting place

Occurrences (1)

Genesis 8

• 8:21 And smelled the restful scent, and said to his heart, "I will not add to make light of the ground again for the sake of the human, for the shaping of the heart of the human is bad from his youth; and I will not add again to strike every living thing, as I have done.