Definition

ruefulness, i.e. desistance

Etymology

from H5162 (נָחַם);

Word family

• נָחַם nâcham

How the KJV renders it

• repentance

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.