Definition

a descent, i.e. imposition, unfavorable (punishment) or favorable (food); restfulness

Etymology

from H5182 (נְחַת); also (intransitively; perhaps from H5117 (נוּחַ))

Word family

• נְחַת nᵉchath
• נוּחַ nûwach

How the KJV renders it

• lighting down
• quiet(-ness)
• to rest
• be set on

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.