Strong's Lexicon

H2010

H2010 — הֲנָחָה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewhanachahnoun femOccurrences: 1TWOT: 1323d

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H2010
Word:	הֲנָחָה
Part of Speech:	noun fem
Etymology:	from H5117
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	1
Transliteration:	hanachah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	han-aw-khaw'
Meaning:	1. permission of rest, i.e. quiet
KJV Renderings:	release.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB5054

הֲנָחָה noun feminine a giving of rest, i.e. perhaps holiday-making (compare נוח

Hiph`il A; properly Infinitive, Sta^{§ 621 c} Ba^{NB 90}, compare Kö^{ii. 1,
402}); — לַמְּדִינוֺת עָשָׂה ׳ וַה Esth 2:18 and a holiday-making for the provinces be enacted, ᵑ9 requies; but ᵐ5 ἄφεσις, whence al. release from taxes, or amnesty.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

הנחה (h-gh)

Esther 2:18

KJV: Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther’s feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king.release: Heb. rest

EHCC: and he made a release to the provinces,