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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Hebrew - English Dictionary

H3240 - Alone

Strong's No.:H3240

Hebrew:יָנַח

Transliteration:yânach

Phonetic:yaw-nakh'

Word Origin:A primitive root

Bible Usage:{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 {H5117 } and the others here.)

Part of Speech:Verb

Strongs
Definition:

to deposit; by implication to allow to stay . (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 {H5117 } and the others here)


Brown Driver
Biggs Definition:

1. to rest

a. (Qal)

1. to rest, settle down and remain

2. to repose, have rest, be quiet

b. (Hiphil)

1. to cause to rest, give rest to, make quiet

2. to cause to rest, cause to alight, set down

3. to lay or set down, deposit, let lie, place

4. to let remain, leave

5. to leave, depart from

6. to abandon

7. to permit

c. (Hophal)

1. to obtain rest, be granted rest

2. to be left, be placed

3. open space (subst)



 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.