נָתִיבnâthîyb
נָתִיב: path, pathway (Job 28:7; Job 18:10; Psalms 119:35; Proverbs 12:28; Job 41:24)
Pronunciation: naw-theeb' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5410
Meanings
נְתִיבָה: id., path
1. goers on paths (Judges 5:6; Proverbs 8:2; Isaiah 58:12)
2. often || דֶּרֶךְ
a. = course of life (Job 19:8; Job 30:13; Lamentations 3:9)
b. of moral action, and character (Proverbs 3:17; Proverbs 8:20; Job 24:13)
Where it appears
Appears 26 times in the Bible.
- Judges 5:6 “In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, and in the days of Jael, people avoided the main roads, and travelers stayed on winding pathways.
- Job 18:10 A noose lies hidden on the ground. A rope is stretched across their path.
- Job 19:8 God has blocked my way so I cannot move. He has plunged my path into darkness.
- Job 24:13 “Wicked people rebel against the light. They refuse to acknowledge its ways or stay in its paths.
- Job 28:7 These are treasures no bird of prey can see, no falcon’s eye observe.
- Job 30:13 They block my road and do everything they can to destroy me. They know I have no one to help me.
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).