Genesis 5:29
And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.
Biblical meaning of the name Noah
Meaning
“Rest”
From the Hebrew Noah (נֹחַ), “rest”. When he named him, his father Lamech played on the word naham, “to comfort”: this one shall comfort us concerning the toil of our hands.
In the original:נֹחַ Nôach · Strong H5146
Who was Noah in the Bible?
Noah was the righteous man who found grace in the eyes of the LORD in a corrupt generation. He built the ark, came through the flood with his family and the animals, and God made the covenant of the rainbow with him.
Where the name appears
Genesis 6:8
But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
In the Antioquia app, the Bible comes with Strong’s lexicon: read, listen and explore the meaning of words in Hebrew and Greek — names included.