Definition
a primitive root; to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows)
Traditional renderings: afternoon, apply, bow (down, -ing), carry aside, decline, deliver, extend, go down, be gone, incline, intend, lay, let down, offer, outstretched, overthrown, pervert, pitch, prolong, put away, shew, spread (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield.
Traditional renderings: afternoon, apply, bow (down, -ing), carry aside, decline, deliver, extend, go down, be gone, incline, intend, lay, let down, offer, outstretched, overthrown, pervert, pitch, prolong, put away, shew, spread (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders נָטָה:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
214 total
- Ezekiel 25:13וְנָטִ֤תִי · I will stretch out…therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will stretch out My hand against Edom and cut off from it both man and beast. I will make it a wasteland, and from Teman to Dedan they will fall by the sword.
- Ezekiel 25:16נוֹטֶ֤ה · I will stretch out…therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I will stretch out My hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites and destroy the remnant along the coast.
- Ezekiel 30:25וְנָטָ֥ה · and he wieldsI will strengthen the arms of Babylon’s king, but Pharaoh’s arms will fall limp. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I place My sword in the hand of Babylon’s king, and he wields it against the land of Egypt.
- Ezekiel 35:3וְנָטִ֤יתִי · I will stretch out…and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Mount Seir. I will stretch out My hand against you and make you a desolate waste.
- Daniel 9:18הַטֵּ֨ה · InclineIncline Your ear, O my God, and hear; open Your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears Your name. For we are not presenting our petitions before You because of our righteous acts, but because of Your great compassion.
- Hosea 11:4וְאַ֥ט · and bent downI led them with cords of kindness, with ropes of love; I lifted the yoke from their necks and bent down to feed them.
- Amos 2:7יַטּ֑וּ · they pushThey trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the earth; they push the needy out of their way. A man and his father have relations with the same girl and so profane My holy name.
- Amos 2:8יַטּ֔וּ · They lie downThey lie down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge. And in the house of their God, they drink wine obtained through fines.
- Amos 5:12הִטּֽוּ׃ · of justiceFor I know that your transgressions are many and your sins are numerous. You oppress the righteous by taking bribes; you deprive the poor of justice in the gate.
- Zephaniah 1:4וְנָטִ֤יתִי · I will stretch out“I will stretch out My hand against Judah and against all who dwell in Jerusalem. I will cut off from this place every remnant of Baal, the names of the idolatrous and pagan priests—
- Zephaniah 2:13וְיֵ֤ט · And He will stretch outAnd He will stretch out His hand against the north and destroy Assyria; He will make Nineveh a desolation, as dry as a desert.
- Zechariah 1:16יִנָּטֶ֖ה · will be stretched outTherefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I will return to Jerusalem with mercy, and there My house will be rebuilt, declares the LORD of Hosts, and a measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem.’
- Zechariah 12:1נֹטֶ֤ה · who stretches outThis is the burden of the word of the LORD concerning Israel. Thus declares the LORD, who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundation of the earth, who forms the spirit of man within him:
- Malachi 3:5וּמַטֵּי־ · and deny justice“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.