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Strong's H3240 יָנַח (yanach)

Yanach means “deposit” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Strong's Number H3240
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 69
Books 21

Strong's H3240 Quick Answer

Strong's H3240 יָנַח (yanach) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. yanach (yaw-nakh') v. 1. to deposit 2. (by implication) to allow to stay It has 69 linked Bible usages across 21 books. Visible English usage signals include leave, lay, let, down, and bestowed. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
yanach (yaw-nakh') v. 1. to deposit 2. (by implication) to allow to stay
Usage
69 linked usages
Books
21 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
leave, lay, let, down, and bestowed

Meaning and Definition

yanach (yaw-nakh') v. 1. to deposit 2. (by implication) to allow to stay [a primitive root] 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, and the others here.) See also: H5117

Original Word
יָנַח
Transliteration
yanach
Derivation
Root: ינח
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H3240. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

to rest

Usage: 1) to rest 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to rest, settle down and remain 1a2) to repose, have rest, be quiet 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to cause to rest, give rest to, make quiet 1b2) to cause to rest, cause to alight, set down 1b3) to lay or set down, deposit, let lie, place 1b4) to let remain, leave 1b5) to leave, depart from 1b6) to abandon 1b7) to permit 1c) (Hophal) 1c1) to obtain rest, be granted rest 1c2) to be left, be placed 1c3) open space (subst)

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How Strong's H3240 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render yanach, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

leave Leviticus 7:15 12× lay Exodus 16:23 10× let Exodus 32:10 down Deuteronomy 26:4 bestowed 2 Chronicles 9:25 cast Isaiah 28:2

How Strong's H3240 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 69 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H3240 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H3240 in the Old Testament

69 indexed usages in Old Testament.

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.

Usage Excerpts

First 69 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H3240.

Exodus 16:23 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, KJV
As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.
Exodus 32:10 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 16:23 Old Testament, KJV
And Aaron shall come into the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall put off the linen garments, which he put on when he went into the holy place, and shall leave them there:
Leviticus 24:12 Old Testament, KJV
And they put him in ward, that the mind of the LORD might be shewed them.
Numbers 15:34 Old Testament, KJV
And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him.
Numbers 17:4 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of witness.
Numbers 19:9 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 4:8 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the LORD spake unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.
Joshua 6:23 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.
Judges 3:1 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, KJV
And he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother!
1 Kings 13:31 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, KJV
He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,
2 Chronicles 1:14 Old Testament, KJV
And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 4:8 Old Testament, KJV
He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made an hundred basons of gold.
2 Chronicles 9:25 Old Testament, KJV
And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
Esther 3:8 Old Testament, KJV
And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer them.
Psalms 17:14 Old Testament, KJV
From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
Psalms 105:14 Old Testament, KJV
He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;
Psalms 119:121 Old Testament, KJV
I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors.
Ecclesiastes 2:18 Old Testament, KJV
Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
Ecclesiastes 5:12 Old Testament, KJV
The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
Ecclesiastes 7:18 Old Testament, KJV
It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all.
Ecclesiastes 10:4 Old Testament, KJV
If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.
Ecclesiastes 11:6 Old Testament, KJV
In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
Isaiah 14:1 Old Testament, KJV
For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.
Isaiah 28:2 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand.
Isaiah 46:7 Old Testament, KJV
They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
Isaiah 65:15 Old Testament, KJV
And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord GOD shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name:
Jeremiah 14:9 Old Testament, KJV
Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O LORD, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.
Jeremiah 27:11 Old Testament, KJV
But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, those will I let remain still in their own land, saith the LORD; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.
Jeremiah 43:6 Old Testament, KJV
Even men, and women, and children, and the king's daughters, and every person that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah.
Ezekiel 16:39 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Hosea 4:17 Old Testament, KJV
Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.
Amos 5:7 Old Testament, KJV
Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
Zechariah 5:11 Old Testament, KJV
And he said unto me, To build it an house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon her own base.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H3240, grouped by book.

Exodus 5 usages, Old Testament
Leviticus 3 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 5 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 3 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 3 usages, Old Testament
Judges 5 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 3 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 6 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 3 usages, Old Testament
Esther 1 usage, Old Testament
Psalms 3 usages, Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 5 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 4 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 3 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 9 usages, Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H3240 FAQ

What does yanach (יָנַח) mean?

Yanach (Strong's H3240) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "deposit". yanach (yaw-nakh') v. 1. to deposit 2. (by implication) to allow to stay

How many times is yanach (יָנַח) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 69 linked usages for Strong's H3240 across 21 books.

Where can I study yanach (יָנַח) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H3240 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate yanach (יָנַח)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as leave, lay, let, down, bestowed, and cast. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.