נָצַבnâtsab
הֻצַּב: dubious; perhaps textual error; see נצב (Nahum 2:8)
Pronunciation: naw-tsab' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5324
Meanings
נָצַב: take one's stand, stand
Niph`al
1.
a. station oneself, take one's stand (Genesis 24:13; Genesis 24:43; Genesis 28:13)
b. stand, = be stationed (by appointment, or in fulfilment of duty) (Genesis 45:1; 1 Samuel 4:20; 1 Samuel 22:6)
c. take an upright position, stand (Exodus 33:8; Genesis 37:7; Exodus 15:8)
2. be stationed, = appointed over (1 Samuel 22:9; Ruth 2:5; Ruth 2:6)
3. as substantive deputy, prefect (as appointed, deputed) (1 Kings 4:5; 1 Kings 4:7; 1 Kings 5:7)
4. stand firm (Psalms 39:6; Psalms 119:89; Zechariah 11:16)
Hiph`il
1. station, set (Genesis 21:28; Genesis 28:29; Jeremiah 5:26)
2. set up, erect (Genesis 35:14; Genesis 35:20; 2 Samuel 18:18)
3. cause to stand erect (Psalms 78:13; Exodus 15:8)
4. fix, establish (Deuteronomy 32:8; Psalms 74:17; Proverbs 15:15)
Hoph`al: fixed, determined, but very dubious (Nahum 2:8; Genesis 28:12; Judges 9:6)
נצב: firmness (Daniel 2:41)
Same root
- מַצָּבmatstsâb · H4673a fixed spot; figuratively, an office, a military post
- מֻצָּבmutstsâb · H4674a station, i.e. military post
- מַצֵּבָהmatstsêbâh · H4676something stationed, i.e. a column or (memorial stone); by analogy, an idol
- מַצֶּבֶתmatstsebeth · H4678something stationary, i.e. a monumental stone; also the stock of atree
- נִצָּבnitstsâb · H5325fixed, i.e. a handle
- נִצְבָּהnitsbâh · H5326fixedness, i.e. firmness
- נְצִיבnᵉtsîyb · H5333something stationary, i.e. a prefect, a military post, a statue
Where it appears
Appears 75 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 18:2 He looked up and noticed three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran to meet them and welcomed them, bowing low to the ground.
- Genesis 21:28 But Abraham also took seven additional female lambs and set them off by themselves.
- Genesis 21:29 Abimelech asked, “Why have you set these seven apart from the others?”
- Genesis 24:13 See, I am standing here beside this spring, and the young women of the town are coming out to draw water.
- Genesis 24:43 See, I am standing here beside this spring. This is my request. When a young woman comes to draw water, I will say to her, “Please give me a little drink of water from your jug.”
- Genesis 28:12 As he slept, he dreamed of a stairway that reached from the earth up to heaven. And he saw the angels of God going up and down the stairway.
See every passage
- Genesis 18:2, 21:28, 21:29, 24:13, 24:43, 28:12, 28:13, 33:20, 35:14, 35:20, 37:7, 45:1
- Exodus 5:20, 7:15, 15:8, 17:9, 18:14, 33:8, 33:21, 34:2
- Numbers 16:27, 22:23, 22:31, 22:34, 23:6, 23:17
- Deuteronomy 29:10, 32:8
- Joshua 6:26
- Judges 9:6, 18:16, 18:17
- Ruth 2:5, 2:6
- 1 Samuel 1:26, 4:20, 13:21, 15:12, 19:20, 22:6, 22:7, 22:9, 22:17
- 2 Samuel 13:31, 18:17, 18:18
- 1 Kings 4:5, 4:7, 4:27, 5:16, 9:23, 16:34, 22:47
- 2 Kings 17:10
- 1 Chronicles 18:3
- 2 Chronicles 8:10
- Psalms 39:5, 41:12, 45:9, 74:17, 78:13, 82:1, 119:89
- Proverbs 8:2, 15:25
- Isaiah 3:13, 21:8
- Jeremiah 5:26, 31:21
- Lamentations 2:4, 3:12
- Amos 7:7, 9:1
- Nahum 2:7
- Zechariah 11:16
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).