Lexical Definition
נֹחַ Nôach (no'-akh) Noah N:N-M-P
the same as נוּחַ; rest
Noah.
- § Noah = "rest"
- Noach, the patriarch of the flood
1) son of Lamech, father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth; builder of the ark which saved his family from the destruction of the world which God sent on the world by the flood; became the new seminal head of mankind because his family were the only survivors of the flood
See Greek: Νῶε
| Form | Translated As | In Verse(s) |
|---|---|---|
| נֹֽחַ | Noah | Gen.6.9 • Gen.7.9 |
| נֹ֥חַ | Noah | Gen.8.15 • 1Chr.1.4 |
| נֹ֛חַ | Noah | Gen.7.9 • Gen.7.23 • Gen.8.20 • Gen.10.32 • Isa.54.9 |
| נֹ֙חַ֙ | Noah | Gen.8.13 • Isa.54.9 |
| נֹ֗חַ | Noah | Gen.6.9 • Gen.7.7 • Gen.7.13 • Gen.9.18 |
| נֹ֖חַ | Noah | Gen.5.29 • Gen.6.10 • Gen.7.15 • Gen.9.1 • Gen.9.20 • Gen.9.24 • Gen.9.28 • Ezek.14.14 |
| נֹ֕חַ | Noah | Gen.5.32 |
| נֹ֔חַ | Noah | Gen.5.30 • Gen.5.32 • Gen.6.9 • Gen.7.11 • Gen.7.13 • Gen.8.1 • Gen.8.6 • Gen.8.11 • Gen.9.8 • Gen.9.29 • Gen.10.1 |
| נֹ֑חַ | Noah | Gen.6.22 • Gen.7.5 • Gen.7.13 • Gen.8.18 • Gen.9.17 • Gen.9.19 |
| לְנֹ֗חַ | to Noah | Gen.6.13 |
| לְנֹ֔חַ | to Noah | Gen.7.1 |
| וְנֹ֨חַ | and Noah | Ezek.14.20 |
| וְנֹ֕חַ | and Noah | Gen.6.8 • Gen.7.6 |
Extended Information
- A man living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at Gen.5.29
- son of: Lamech (לֶמֶךְ)
- father of: Shem (שֵׁם), Ham (חָם) and Japheth (יֶפֶת)
- Also named: Nōe (Νῶε "Noah" Νῶε)
Brown-Driver-Briggs
נֹחַ46 proper name, masculine Noah (Nabataean proper name נוח Lzb322, Syriac proper name 
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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Genesis | 5:29 |
| 1 Chronicles | 1:4 |
| Isaiah | 54:9 |
| Ezekiel | 14:14 · 14:20 |
Profile
Male • Flood survivor • Righteous man, built ark, survived flood
Flood survivor living at the time before the Flood
Noah was a righteous man who built the ark and survived the great flood with his family.
- Flood survivor living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at Gen.5.29;
- referred to as Noah or "his" (KJV= Noah) נֹחַ, or Noah (KJV= Noe) Νῶε;
- husband of Naamah@Gen.4.22(?);
- a son of Lamech לֶמֶךְ;
- father of Shem שֵׁם, Ham חָם and Japheth יֶפֶת.
Noah was the son of Lamech, a descendant of Seth (Genesis 5:29-30). He was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God (Genesis 6:9). When God saw the wickedness of humanity, He chose Noah to build an ark to save his family and representatives of all animals from the coming flood (Genesis 6:13-22). Noah obeyed God and built the ark, and he and his family entered it along with the animals (Genesis 7). After the flood, Noah built an altar and made sacrifices to God (Genesis 8:20). God blessed Noah and his sons, establishing a covenant with them and setting the rainbow as a sign of His promise never to destroy the earth by flood again (Genesis 9). Noah lived for 950 years (Genesis 9:29). He is remembered as an example of faith (Hebrews 11:7) and righteousness (Ezekiel 14:14, 20; 2 Peter 2:5).
All entries for Noah: נֹחַ ☩ Νῶε