נְחַת
nᵉchath · H5182 · Aramaic · 6 occurrences
Meanings
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to descend
Action by which humans or supernatural beings move down from a place of higher elevation
ExamplesDaniel 4:13 ‘I was looking in the visions in my mind as I lay on my bed, and behold, an angelic watcher, a holy one, descended from heaven.
Daniel 5:20 “But when his heart was arrogant and his spirit became so overbearing that he behaved presumptuously, he was deposed from his royal throne, and his dignity was taken away from him.
Daniel 4:23 ‘And in that the king saw an angelic watcher, a holy one, descending from heaven and saying, “Chop down the tree and destroy it; yet leave the stump with its roots in the ground, but with a band of iron and bronze around it in the new grass of the field, let him be drenched with the dew of heaven, and let him share with the animals of the field until seven periods of time pass over him,”
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to put down, to store
Causative action by which humans place objects in a certain location
ExamplesEzra 5:15 ‘And he said to him, “Take these utensils, go and deposit them in the temple in Jerusalem, and have the house of God rebuilt in its place.”
Ezra 6:1 Then King Darius issued a decree, and a search was conducted in the archives, where the treasures were stored in Babylon.
Ezra 6:5 ‘Also the gold and silver utensils of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple in Jerusalem and brought to Babylon, are to be returned and brought to their places in the temple in Jerusalem; and you shall put them in the house of God.’
How it’s used In 5 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
6 occurrences in 5 groups
- עִירwatcher 2
- קַדִּישׁholy, saint 2
- Not stated: you (one person) 2
- גְּנַזtreasure 1
- Not stated: he, she or it 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- הִמּוֹare 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
6 occurrences in 5 groups
- מִןfrom+ שָׁמַיִןheaven 2
- מִןfrom+ כׇּרְסֵאthrone 1
- בin/on/with+ בַּיִתhouse 1
- בin/on/with+ הֵיכַלpalace 1
- בin/on/with+ בַּבֶלBabylon 1
With adverbsAdverbs
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- תָּםthence 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- חֲזָאto see, to have a vision 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- τίθημι títhēmi · G5087 · to put, to place, to appoint
- Greek τίθημι serves as the standard LXX rendering of Aramaic נְחַת in contexts of placement and deposition, both denoting the act of placing or setting down an object in a location.
Semantic domains 6 entries
- Move002002001012
- Daniel 4:13 recounts that “an angelic watcher, a holy one, descended from heaven,” and Daniel 5:20 recounts that Nebuchadnezzar “was deposed from his royal throne, and his dignity was taken away from him” — his being brought down from the throne the same descending sense as the watcher's own descent.
- Dead002001001018
- This Dead code is inherited from the shared lemma-cluster grouping's idiomatic “to go down to Sheol; to pass away” sense; this word's own occurrences describe a watcher descending from heaven and utensils being deposited, never death or passing away.
- Know002004002007
- This Know code is likewise inherited from the shared lemma-cluster grouping's “to impress” sense; this word's own occurrences describe physical descent and deposit, never a mental impression being made.
- Impact002001001024
- This Impact code is inherited from the same shared lemma-cluster grouping's “to strike” sense; this word's own occurrences never describe a blow or a striking, only descent and deposit.
- Shape002001001052
- This Shape code is likewise inherited from the shared lemma-cluster grouping's “to level” and “to bend” senses; this word's own occurrences never describe anything being leveled or bent.
- Space002002001017
- Ezra 5:15 recounts the decree, “Take these utensils, go and deposit them in the temple in Jerusalem, and have the house of God rebuilt in its place.”
Word family 4 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
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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