נָתַןnâthan

נָתַן: give, put, set

Pronunciation: naw-than' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5414

Meanings

Qal

1. give

a. = give personally, deliver or hand to (1 Samuel 10:4; 1 Samuel 22:10; 2 Kings 2:10)

b. give persons, = bestow upon (Genesis 24:53; Genesis 20:16; Genesis 1:29)

c. give woman to (ל) man as (ל) wife (Genesis 29:28; Genesis 34:8; Genesis 34:12)

d. of (gracious) bestowals of various kinds: give = grant (Leviticus 26:4; Deuteronomy 11:14; 1 Kings 8:36)

e. grant a request (1 Samuel 1:17; 1 Samuel 1:27; Esther 5:3)

f. מִי יִתֵּן who will give or grant, in expressions of wish = O that (Deuteronomy 28:67; Job 14:4; Psalms 14:7)

g. permit (Genesis 20:6; 2 Chronicles 20:10; Deuteronomy 18:14)

h. to man, = ascribe glory, etc. (1 Samuel 6:5; Job 36:3; Jeremiah 13:16)

i. = apply, devote heart to seek out (Ecclesiastes 1:13; Ecclesiastes 1:17; Ecclesiastes 8:9)

j. = employ, devote money (Exodus 30:16)

k. give offerings (Numbers 18:12; Exodus 30:15; Deuteronomy 20:14)

= consecrate, dedicate to (1 Samuel 1:11; Exodus 22:29)

m. give a sign or wonder (1 Kings 13:3; 1 Kings 13:5; Joshua 2:12)

n. = pay, wages (Genesis 30:18; Exodus 2:9; Deuteronomy 24:15)

o. with בְּ, give for (ב) money = sell (1 Kings 21:6; Deuteronomy 2:28; Deuteronomy 14:25)

p. give instead of, exchange for, with תַּחַת (Exodus 21:23; 1 Kings 21:2; 1 Kings 21:6)

q. give, i.e. lend, at interest (Leviticus 25:37; Psalms 15:5; Ezekiel 18:8)

r. = commit, entrust to (Exodus 22:6; Exodus 22:9; Song of Solomon 8:11)

s. give over, deliver up (Numbers 21:3; Judges 20:13; 1 Samuel 11:12)

t. yield produce, fruit, etc., especially of land, ground (Genesis 4:12; Leviticus 25:19; Leviticus 26:4)

u. = occasion, produce (Proverbs 13:16; Proverbs 29:15; Proverbs 29:25)

v. requite to (לְ) a man, according to (כְּ) character (1 Kings 8:39; 2 Chronicles 6:33; Jeremiah 17:10)

w. = report, mention (2 Samuel 24:9; Nehemiah 2:6)

x. = utter (Jeremiah 4:16; Jeremiah 22:20; Jeremiah 48:34)

y. give = stretch out, extend (Genesis 38:28; Ezekiel 31:10; Ezekiel 31:14)

z. combinations are (Lamentations 3:30; Isaiah 50:6; Zechariah 7:11)

2. Put, set, nearly = שִׂים, and sometimes || with it

a. literally (Genesis 41:42; Ezekiel 16:11; 1 Samuel 17:38)

b. figurative, in many phrase (Isaiah 42:1; Jeremiah 23:40; Deuteronomy 11:29)

c. set, appoint (1 Samuel 12:13; Genesis 41:41; 1 Kings 1:48)

d. = assign, designate, with לְ (Leviticus 10:17; Numbers 18:8; Numbers 35:6)

3. Make, constitute

a. and I will make boys their princes, and I will make all thine enemies unto thee a back (Isaiah 3:4; Genesis 17:5; Exodus 7:1)

b. and I will make Jerusalem into ruin-heaps (Jeremiah 9:10; Deuteronomy 28:13; Isaiah 42:24)

c. and the cedars he made like the sycomores (1 Kings 10:27; 2 Chronicles 1:15; 1 Kings 16:3)

d. and of the sons of Israel Solomon made no slave, and I made (1 Kings 9:22; 1 Kings 9:21; Nehemiah 5:7)

Niph`al: construct (Isaiah 9:5; Genesis 38:14; Leviticus 26:25)

1. be given

a. = bestowed upon (Joshua 24:33; Ezekiel 11:15; Ezekiel 33:24)

b. given to one (ל) for wife (ל) (Genesis 38:14; 1 Samuel 18:19)

c. provided (Exodus 5:16; Exodus 5:18; 1 Samuel 25:27)

d. = entrusted to (Jeremiah 13:20; 2 Chronicles 2:13; 2 Kings 22:7)

e. = give into the power of (usually with בְּיַד) (2 Kings 18:30; 2 Kings 19:10; Isaiah 36:15)

f. of request, be granted to (ל) (Esther 2:13; Esther 5:3; Esther 5:6)

g. = be permitted (Esther 9:13)

h. = be issued, published (of royal decree) (Esther 3:5; Esther 3:14; Esther 4:8)

i. = be uttered (Jeremiah 51:55)

j. be assigned for (ל) (Ezekiel 47:11)

2. Be put, set

a. crown, literally (Esther 6:8; Ecclesiastes 10:6)

b. in imagery of Ezekiel (Ezekiel 32:23; Ezekiel 32:29; Ezekiel 32:25)

c. = be made (Isaiah 51:12)

d. = be inflicted, of blemish (Leviticus 24:20)

Hoph`al: or Qal passive (1 Kings 2:21; 2 Samuel 21:6; 2 Samuel 18:9)

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Where it appears

Appears 2,011 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 1:17 God set these lights in the sky to light the earth,
  • Genesis 1:29 Then God said, “Look! I have given you every seed-bearing plant throughout the earth and all the fruit trees for your food.
  • Genesis 3:6 The woman was convinced. She saw that the tree was beautiful and its fruit looked delicious, and she wanted the wisdom it would give her. So she took some of the fruit and ate it. Then she gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it, too.
  • Genesis 3:12 The man replied, “It was the woman you gave me who gave me the fruit, and I ate it.”
  • Genesis 4:12 No longer will the ground yield good crops for you, no matter how hard you work! From now on you will be a homeless wanderer on the earth.”
  • Genesis 9:2 All the animals of the earth, all the birds of the sky, all the small animals that scurry along the ground, and all the fish in the sea will look on you with fear and terror. I have placed them in your power.
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