Definition
a primitive root; to jut over or exceed; by implication, to excel; (intransitively) to remain or be left; causatively to leave, cause to abound, preserve
Traditional renderings: excel, leave (a remnant), left behind, too much, make plenteous, preserve, (be, let) remain(-der, -ing, -nant), reserve, residue, rest.
Traditional renderings: excel, leave (a remnant), left behind, too much, make plenteous, preserve, (be, let) remain(-der, -ing, -nant), reserve, residue, rest.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders יָתַר:
- καταλείπωkataleipō“to leave behind”42%
- λοιπόςloipos“remaining”17%
- ἀπολείπωapoleipō“to leave”8%
- λοιπόνloipon“henceforth”8%
- περισσόςperissos“excessive”8%
- ἐγκαταλείπωegkataleipō“to leave behind”4%
- κατάλοιποςkataloipos“remaining”4%
- πληθύνωplēthunō“to multiply”4%
Usage patterns
Occurrences
106 total
- 1 Samuel 25:34נוֹתַ֧ר · would have been left aliveOtherwise, as surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, who has restrained me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, then surely no male belonging to Nabal would have been left alive by morning light.”
- 1 Samuel 30:9וְהַנּֽוֹתָרִ֖ים · where some stayed behindSo David and his six hundred men went to the Brook of Besor, where some stayed behind
- 2 Samuel 8:4וַיּוֹתֵ֥ר · he keptDavid captured from him a thousand chariots, seven thousand charioteers, and twenty thousand foot soldiers, and he hamstrung all the horses except a hundred he kept for the chariots.
- 2 Samuel 9:1נוֹתַ֖ר · anyone leftThen David asked, “Is there anyone left from the house of Saul to whom I can show kindness for the sake of Jonathan?”
- 2 Samuel 13:30נוֹתַ֥ר · is leftWhile they were on the way, a report reached David: “Absalom has struck down all the sons of the king; not one of them is left!”
- 2 Samuel 17:12נ֥וֹתַר · will remainThen we will attack David wherever we find him, and we will descend on him like dew on the ground. And of all the men with him, not even one will remain.
- 1 Kings 9:20הַנּוֹתָ֨ר · who remainedAs for all the people who remained of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites (the people who were not Israelites)—
- 1 Kings 9:21נֹתְר֤וּ · remained…their descendants who remained in the land, those whom the Israelites were unable to devote to destruction—Solomon conscripted these people to be forced laborers, as they are to this day.
- 1 Kings 15:18הַֽנּוֹתָרִ֣ים׀ · that remainedSo Asa withdrew all the silver and gold that remained in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace. He entrusted it to his servants and sent them with this message to Ben-hadad son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, the king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus:
- 1 Kings 17:17נֽוֹתְרָה־ · remainedLater, the son of the woman who owned the house became ill, and his sickness grew worse and worse, until no breath remained in him.
- 1 Kings 18:22נוֹתַ֧רְתִּי · remainingThen Elijah said to the people, “I am the only remaining prophet of the LORD, but Baal has four hundred and fifty prophets.
- 1 Kings 19:10וָֽאִוָּתֵ֤ר · left“I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”
- 1 Kings 19:14וָאִוָּתֵ֤ר · left“I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”
- 1 Kings 20:30הַנּוֹתָרִ֥ים׀ · The rest of them; הַנּוֹתָרִ֑ים · of the remainingThe rest of them fled into the city of Aphek, where the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand of the remaining men. Ben-hadad also fled to the city and hid in an inner room.
- 2 Kings 4:7בַּנּוֹתָֽר׃פ · on the remainderShe went and told the man of God, and he said, “Go, sell the oil, and pay your debt. Then you and your sons can live on the remainder.”
- 2 Kings 4:43וְהוֹתֵֽר׃ · and have [some] left overBut his servant asked, “How am I to set twenty loaves before a hundred men?” “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha, “for this is what the LORD says: ‘They will eat and have some left over.’”
- 2 Kings 4:44וַיּוֹתִ֖רוּ · and had [some] left overSo he set it before them, and they ate and had some left over, according to the word of the LORD.
- 2 Kings 20:17יִוָּתֵ֥ר · will be leftThe time will surely come when everything in your palace and all that your fathers have stored up until this day will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD.
- 1 Chronicles 6:61הַנּוֹתָרִ֗ים · To the restTo the rest of the Kohathites, ten cities were allotted from the half-tribe of Manasseh.
- 1 Chronicles 6:70הַנּוֹתָרִֽים׃פ · the rest of theAnd from the half-tribe of Manasseh the rest of the clans of the Kohathites were given Aner and Bileam, together with their pasturelands.
- 1 Chronicles 6:77הַנּוֹתָרִים֒ · the rest [of the Levites]) [received the following]The Merarites (the rest of the Levites) received the following: From the tribe of Zebulun they were given Rimmono and Tabor, together with their pasturelands.
- 1 Chronicles 18:4וַיּוֹתֵ֥ר · he keptDavid captured from him a thousand chariots, seven thousand charioteers, and twenty thousand foot soldiers, and he hamstrung all the horses except a hundred he kept for the chariots.
- 1 Chronicles 24:20הַנּוֹתָרִ֑ים · Now [these were] the rest of theNow these were the rest of the descendants of Levi: From the sons of Amram: Shubael; from the sons of Shubael: Jehdeiah.
- 2 Chronicles 8:7הַנּוֹתָ֨ר · who remainedAs for all the people who remained of the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites (these people were not Israelites)—
- 2 Chronicles 8:8נוֹתְר֤וּ · remained…their descendants who remained in the land, those whom the Israelites had not destroyed—Solomon conscripted these people to be forced laborers, as they are to this day.
- 2 Chronicles 31:10וְהוֹתֵר֙ · left over; וְהַנּוֹתָ֖ר · is what is left over…and Azariah, the chief priest of the household of Zadok, answered him, “Since the people began to bring their contributions into the house of the LORD, we have had enough to eat, and there is plenty left over, because the LORD has blessed His people; this great abundance is what is left over.”
- Nehemiah 6:1נ֥וֹתַר · was leftWhen Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall and not a gap was left—though to that time I had not yet installed the doors in the gates—
- Psalm 79:11ה֝וֹתֵ֗ר · preserveMay the groans of the captives reach You; by the strength of Your arm preserve those condemned to death.
- Psalm 106:11נוֹתָֽר׃ · remainedThe waters covered their foes; not one of them remained.
- Proverbs 2:21יִוָּ֥תְרוּ · will remainFor the upright will inhabit the land, and the blameless will remain in it;
- Isaiah 1:8וְנוֹתְרָ֥ה · is abandonedAnd the Daughter of Zion is abandoned like a shelter in a vineyard, like a shack in a cucumber field, like a city besieged.
- Isaiah 1:9הוֹתִ֥יר · had leftUnless the LORD of Hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.
- Isaiah 4:3וְהַנּוֹתָר֙ · and whoever is leftWhoever remains in Zion and whoever is left in Jerusalem will be called holy—all in Jerusalem who are recorded among the living—
- Isaiah 7:22הַנּוֹתָ֖ר · who remain…and from the abundance of milk they give, he will eat curds; for all who remain in the land will eat curds and honey.
- Isaiah 30:17נוֹתַרְתֶּ֗ם · you are left aloneA thousand will flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five you will all flee, until you are left alone like a pole on a mountaintop, like a banner on a hill.
- Isaiah 39:6יִוָּתֵ֥ר · will be leftThe time will surely come when everything in your palace and all that your fathers have stored up until this day will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD.
- Jeremiah 27:18הַנּוֹתָרִ֣ים · remainingIf they are indeed prophets and the word of the LORD is with them, let them now plead with the LORD of Hosts that the articles remaining in the house of the LORD, in the palace of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem, not be taken to Babylon.
- Jeremiah 27:19הַנּוֹתָרִ֖ים · that remainFor this is what the LORD of Hosts says about the pillars, the sea, the bases, and the rest of the articles that remain in this city,
- Jeremiah 27:21הַנּֽוֹתָרִים֙ · that remainYes, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says about the articles that remain in the house of the LORD, in the palace of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem:
- Jeremiah 34:7הַנּֽוֹתָר֑וֹת · and the remaining…as the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and the remaining cities of Judah—against Lachish and Azekah. For these were the only fortified cities remaining in Judah.
- Jeremiah 44:7הוֹתִ֥יר · leavingSo now, this is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Why are you doing such great harm to yourselves by cutting off from Judah man and woman, child and infant, leaving yourselves without a remnant?
- Ezekiel 6:8וְהוֹתַרְתִּ֗י · Yet I will leave a remnantYet I will leave a remnant, for some of you will escape the sword when you are scattered among the nations and throughout the lands.
- Ezekiel 12:16וְהוֹתַרְתִּ֤י · But I will spareBut I will spare a few of them from sword and famine and plague, so that in the nations to which they go, they can recount all their abominations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”
- Ezekiel 14:22נֽוֹתְרָה־ · will be leftYet, behold, some survivors will be left in it—sons and daughters who will be brought out. They will come out to you, and when you see their conduct and actions, you will be comforted regarding the disaster I have brought upon Jerusalem—all that I have brought upon it.
- Ezekiel 34:18הַנּ֣וֹתָרִ֔ים · the restIs it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture? Must you also trample the rest of the pasture with your feet? Is it not enough for you to drink the clear waters? Must you also muddy the rest with your feet?
- Ezekiel 39:14הַנּוֹתָרִ֛ים · who remainAnd men will be employed to continually pass through the land to cleanse it by burying the invaders who remain on the ground. At the end of the seven months they will begin their search.
- Ezekiel 39:28אוֹתִ֥יר · behindThen they will know that I am the LORD their God, when I regather them to their own land, not leaving any of them behind after their exile among the nations.
- Ezekiel 48:15הַנּוֹתָ֣ר · The remaining areaThe remaining area, 5,000 cubits wide and 25,000 cubits long, will be for common use by the city, for houses, and for pastureland. The city will be in the center of it