Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
| Strong's Number: | H5146 |
|---|---|
| Word: | נוַֹח |
| Part of Speech: | name |
| Etymology: | the same as H5118 |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 46 |
| Transliteration: | Noach |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | no'-akh |
| Meaning: | 1. rest 2. Noach, the patriarch of the flood |
| KJV Renderings: | Noah. |
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נֹחַ46 proper name, masculine Noah (Nabataean proper name נוח Lzb322, Syriac proper name [untranscribed source text 3227] MeissnVOJ viii, (1894), 303 near the end (No. 116)); — Gen 5:29 (where traditional etymology), + 40 t. Gen 5-10 (not in E D ); 1Chr 1:4 נֹחַ דָּנִאֵל וְאִיּוֺב Ezek 14:14; Ezek 14:20 מֵי נֹחַ = flood Isa 54:9 (twice in verse); ᵐ5 Νωε. — On history of interpretion of name see GoldziherZMG xxiv. (1870), 207 ff.
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
