Strong’s H4496 · Hebrew

מְנוּחָה
mᵉnûwchâh
men-oo-khaw'

Definition

repose or (adverbially) peacefully; figuratively, consolation (specifically, matrimony); hence (concretely) an abode

Etymology

or מְנֻחָה; feminine of H4495 (מָנוֹחַ);

Word family

How the KJV renders it

  • comfortable
  • ease
  • quiet
  • rest(-ing place)
  • still

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.