Definition

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

Etymology

or מְנֻחָה; feminine of H4495 (מָנוֹחַ);

Where 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.

What the first audience heard

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