Strong's Concordance/Hebrew/H3240

Strong's H3240 · Hebrew

יָנַח

yânach · /yaw-nakh'/

Number
H3240
Language
Hebrew
Original word
יָנַח
Transliteration
yânach
Pronunciation
yaw-nakh'
KJV occurrences
73 verses

Definition

to deposit; by implication, to allow to stay

KJV: 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 (נוּחַ), and the others here.)

Root / derivation: a primitive root;

KJV usage breakdown

How the Authorized (KJV) translators rendered יָנַח across 73 verses.

leave13×
left11×
up10×
lay5×
alone4×
down4×
put4×
set4×
laid3×
Suffer3×
him2×
place2×
placed2×
suffered2×

Every occurrence (KJV)

73 verses use this word, grouped by book — the translated form is highlighted.

Genesis4 verses
Exodus5 verses
Leviticus3 verses
Numbers5 verses
Deuteronomy3 verses
Joshua3 verses
Judges5 verses
1 Samuel2 verses
2 Samuel3 verses
1 Kings6 verses
1 Kings 7:47

And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out.

1 Kings 8:9

There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the Lord made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

1 Kings 13:29

And the prophet took up the carcase of the man of God, and laid it upon the ass, and brought it back: and the old prophet came to the city, to mourn and to bury him.

1 Kings 13:30

And he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother!

1 Kings 13:31

And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spake to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones:

1 Kings 19:3

And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beer–sheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.

2 Kings2 verses
1 Chronicles1 verse
2 Chronicles3 verses
Esther1 verse
Psalms3 verses
Ecclesiastes5 verses
Isaiah4 verses
Jeremiah3 verses
Ezekiel9 verses
Ezekiel 16:39

And I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down thine eminent place, and shall break down thy high places: they shall strip thee also of thy clothes, and shall take thy fair jewels, and leave thee naked and bare.

Ezekiel 22:20

As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I gather you in mine anger and in my fury, and I will leave you there, and melt you.

Ezekiel 37:14

And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the Lord have spoken it, and performed it, saith the Lord.

Ezekiel 40:42

And the four tables were of hewn stone for the burnt offering, of a cubit and an half long, and a cubit and an half broad, and one cubit high: whereupon also they laid the instruments wherewith they slew the burnt offering and the sacrifice.

Ezekiel 41:9

The thickness of the wall, which was for the side chamber without, was five cubits: and that which was left was the place of the side chambers that were within.

Ezekiel 41:11

And the doors of the side chambers were toward the place that was left, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south: and the breadth of the place that was left was five cubits round about.

Ezekiel 42:13

Then said he unto me, The north chambers and the south chambers, which are before the separate place, they be holy chambers, where the priests that approach unto the Lord shall eat the most holy things: there shall they lay the most holy things, and the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; for the place is holy.

Ezekiel 42:14

When the priests enter therein, then shall they not go out of the holy place into the utter court, but there they shall lay their garments wherein they minister; for they are holy; and shall put on other garments, and shall approach to those things which are for the people.

Ezekiel 44:19

And when they go forth into the utter court, even into the utter court to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein they ministered, and lay them in the holy chambers, and they shall put on other garments; and they shall not sanctify the people with their garments.

Hosea1 verse
Amos1 verse
Zechariah1 verse

Topics that use this word

Frequently asked questions

What does Strong's H3240 (yânach) mean?

to deposit; by implication, to allow to stay

How many times does H3240 appear in the Bible?

Strong's H3240 (יָנַח) appears in 73 verses of the King James Version, most often translated “leave.”

How is yânach translated in the KJV?

In the KJV, Strong's H3240 is rendered as “leave” (13×), “left” (11×), “up” (10×), “lay” (5×), among other words.

Where does the Hebrew word יָנַח come from?

a primitive root;