Strong's H3240 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: יָנַח (yânach)

Pronunciation: yaw-nakh'

Morphology: v

Derivation: a primitive root;

Definition: to deposit; by implication, to allow to stay

KJV Renderings: bestow, cast down, lay (down, up), leave (off), let alone (remain), pacify, place, put, set (down), suffer, withdraw, withhold. (The Hiphil forms with the dagesh are here referred to, in accordance with the older grammarians; but if any distinction of the kind is to be made, these should rather be referred to נוּחַ (nûwach) [H5117], and the others here.)

Senses

1. to rest
1. (Qal)
2. to rest, settle down and remain
3. to repose, have rest, be quiet
4. (Hiphil)
5. to cause to rest, give rest to, make quiet
6. to cause to rest, cause to alight, set down
7. to lay or set down, deposit, let lie, place
8. to let remain, leave
9. to leave, depart from
10. to abandon
11. to permit
12. (Hophal)
13. to obtain rest, be granted rest
14. to be left, be placed
15. open space (subst)

Cross References

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.