Definition

to rest, i.e. settle down; used in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, intransitive, transitive and causative (to dwell, stay, let fall, place, let alone, withdraw, give comfort, etc.)

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

• cease
• be confederate
• lay
• let down
• (be) quiet
• remain
• (cause to
• be at
• give
• have
• make to) rest
• set down. Compare H3241 (יָנִים)

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.