נָחַם

Derivation

a primitive root;

Meaning

properly, to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavorably) to avenge (oneself)

In the King James Version

comfort (self), ease (one's self), repent(-er,-ing, self).

Translated as

comfort (27), repent (19), comforted (17), repented (16), repenteth (3), comforters (3), comforteth (3), comforter (3), ease (1), repentest (1)

Where it appears

Found in 86 verses

Genesis

5:29, 6:6, 6:7, 24:67, 27:42, 37:35, 38:12, 50:21

Exodus

13:17, 32:12, 32:14

Numbers

23:19

Deuteronomy

32:36

Judges

2:18, 21:6, 21:15

Ruth

2:13

1 Samuel

15:11, 15:29, 15:35

2 Samuel

10:2, 10:3, 12:24, 13:39, 24:16

1 Chronicles

7:22, 19:2, 19:3, 21:15

Job

7:13, 21:34, 29:25, 42:6, 42:11

Psalms

69:20, 71:21, 90:13, 106:45, 110:4, 119:76, 135:14

Ecclesiastes

4:1

Isaiah

1:24, 22:4, 40:1, 49:13, 51:3, 51:12, 52:9, 54:11, 61:2, 66:13

Jeremiah

4:28, 8:6, 16:7, 18:8, 18:10, 20:16, 26:3, 26:13, 26:19, 31:13, 31:15, 31:19, 42:10

Lamentations

1:2, 1:9, 1:16, 1:17, 1:21, 2:13

Ezekiel

5:13, 14:22, 14:23, 24:14, 31:16, 32:31

Joel

2:13, 2:14

Amos

7:3, 7:6

Jonah

3:9, 3:10, 4:2

Zechariah

1:17, 10:2