הֲנָחָה
hănâchâh · H2010 · Hebrew · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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Exact meaning uncertain; possibly: a reduction of taxes, proclaimed at a special occasions (remission (of taxes))
ExamplesEsther 2:18 Then the king held a great banquet, Esther’s banquet, for all his officials and his servants; he also made a holiday for the provinces and gave gifts in proportion to the king’s bounty.
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holiday
Exact meaning uncertain; possibly: a day when people are allowed to rest instead of going to work
ExamplesEsther 2:18 Then the king held a great banquet, Esther’s banquet, for all his officials and his servants; he also made a holiday for the provinces and gave gifts in proportion to the king’s bounty.
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- עָשָׂהto do, to make 1
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Near synonyms 2 words
- שַׁבָּתוֹן shabbâthôwn · H7677 · (time of) solemn rest
- Both denote a cessation of activity—הֲנָחָה (hănâchâh, H2010) release, שַׁבָּתוֹן (shabbâthôwn, H7677) rest or sabbath—overlapping in the sense of stopping work or letting go of an obligation.
- הֲפֻגָה hăphugâh · H2014 · respite, relief
- הֲנָחָה (hănâchâh, H2010) denotes release and הֲפֻגָה (hăphugâh, H2014) denotes intermission; both describe a ceasing or pausing of activity, so that a release from obligation and an intermission from work express closely related senses.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Non-Possess002003002018
- הֲנָחָה denotes a release or remission, most concretely the king's release of provinces from a burden such as taxation, granted as a holiday for Esther's banquet.
- Non-Engage002003003012
- The term also carries the sense of a suspension of ordinary obligation, a temporary reprieve from customary duty.
Word family 6 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H2010. hanachah הֲנָחָה noun feminine a giving of rest, i.e. perhaps holiday-making…
הֲנָחָה noun feminine a giving of rest, i.e. perhaps holiday-making (compare נוח
Hiph`il A; properly Infinitive, Sta§ 621 c BaNB 90, compare Köii. 1, 402); — ׳וַה עָשָׂה לַמְּדִינוֺת Est 2:18 and a holiday-making for the provinces be enacted, ᵑ9 requies; but ᵐ5 ἄφεσις, whence al. release from taxes, or amnesty.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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