Home›Strong's concordance›H3240
יָנַח H3240
H3240 is the Hebrew word יָנַח, transliterated yânach and said yaw-nakh'. The King James Version most often renders it left.
What it means
to deposit; by implication, to allow to stay.
Where it comes from
a primitive root.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 44 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of 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 H5117 (נוּחַ), and the others here.).
Verses using יָנַח
The first 40 of 68 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 2:15 · KJV
And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
Genesis 19:16 · KJV
And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.
Genesis 39:16 · KJV
And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home.
Genesis 42:33 · KJV
And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone:
Exodus 16:23 · KJV
And he said unto them, This is that which the LORD hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.
Exodus 16:24 · KJV
And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein.
Exodus 16:33 · KJV
And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept for your generations.
Exodus 16:34 · KJV
As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.
Exodus 32:10 · KJV
Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.
Leviticus 7:15 · KJV
And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten the same day that it is offered; he shall not leave any of it until the morning.
Leviticus 24:12 · KJV
And they put him in ward, that the mind of the LORD might be shewed them.
Numbers 15:34 · KJV
And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him.
Numbers 17:4 · KJV
And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you.
Numbers 17:7 · KJV
And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of witness.
Numbers 19:9 · KJV
And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of separation: it is a purification for sin.
Numbers 32:15 · KJV
For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people.
Deuteronomy 14:28 · KJV
At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates:
Deuteronomy 26:4 · KJV
And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it down before the altar of the LORD thy God.
Deuteronomy 26:10 · KJV
And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land, which thou, O LORD, hast given me. And thou shalt set it before the LORD thy God, and worship before the LORD thy God:
Joshua 4:3 · KJV
And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests’ feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night.
Joshua 6:23 · KJV
And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; and they brought out all her kindred, and left them without the camp of Israel.
Judges 2:23 · KJV
Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.
Judges 3:1 · KJV
Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan;
Judges 6:18 · KJV
Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring forth my present, and set it before thee. And he said, I will tarry until thou come again.
Judges 6:20 · KJV
And the angel of God said unto him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so.
Judges 16:26 · KJV
And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, that I may lean upon them.
1 Samuel 6:18 · KJV
And the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fenced cities, and of country villages, even unto the great stone of Abel, whereon they set down the ark of the LORD: which stone remaineth unto this day in the field of Joshua, the Bethshemite.
1 Samuel 10:25 · KJV
Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.
2 Samuel 16:11 · KJV
And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now may this Benjamite do it? let him alone, and let him curse; for the LORD hath bidden him.
2 Samuel 16:21 · KJV
And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father’s concubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands of all that are with thee be strong.
2 Samuel 20:3 · KJV
And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.
1 Kings 7:47 · KJV
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 · KJV
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 · KJV
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 · KJV
And he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother!
1 Kings 13:31 · KJV
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 · KJV
And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.
2 Kings 17:29 · KJV
Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt.
2 Kings 23:18 · KJV
And he said, Let him alone; let no man move his bones. So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria.
1 Chronicles 16:21 · KJV
He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,
Common questions
What does Strong's H3240 mean?
H3240 is the Hebrew word יָנַח (yânach), meaning to deposit; by implication, to allow to stay.
How is H3240 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it left (10 times), leave (7 times), lay (5 times), set (4 times), laid it up (3 times), among others.
How many times does H3240 appear in the Bible?
יָנַח (yânach) is tagged in 68 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H3240 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.
Nearby entries
Keep reading in TheWay Bible App
Read, study, memorize, journal, and pray — tap any word for its Greek or Hebrew definition, save verses to memorize, and keep a journal. Free on the web and iOS.