Definition

properly, restful, i.e. pleasant; abstractly, delight

Etymology

or נִיחֹחַ; from H5117 (נוּחַ);

Word family

• נוּחַ nûwach

How the KJV renders it

• sweet (odour)

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.