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נָצַב

na.tsavto standHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb74 occurrences20 books74 verses

Definition

a primitive root; to station, in various applications (literally or figuratively)
Traditional renderings: appointed, deputy, erect, establish, × Huzzah (by mistake for a proper name), lay, officer, pillar, present, rear up, set (over, up), settle, sharpen, establish, (make to) stand(-ing, still, up, upright), best state.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders נָצַב:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

74 total
  1. 1 Kings 9:23הַנִּצָּבִ֗ים · officers
    They were also the chief officers over Solomon’s projects: 550 supervisors over the people who did the work.
  2. 1 Kings 16:34הִצִּ֣יב · he set up
    In Ahab’s days, Hiel the Bethelite rebuilt Jericho. At the cost of Abiram his firstborn he laid its foundation, and at the cost of Segub his youngest he set up its gates, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through Joshua son of Nun.
  3. 1 Kings 22:47נִצָּ֥ב · a deputy
    And there was no king in Edom; a deputy served as king.
  4. 2 Kings 17:10וַיַּצִּ֧בוּ · They set up
    They set up for themselves sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
  5. 1 Chronicles 18:3לְהַצִּ֥יב · to establish
    As far as Hamath, David also defeated King Hadadezer of Zobah, who had marched out to establish his dominion along the Euphrates River.
  6. Psalm 39:5נִצָּ֥ב · at his best
    You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah
  7. Psalm 41:12וַתַּצִּיבֵ֖נִי · and set me
    In my integrity You uphold me and set me in Your presence forever.
  8. Psalm 45:9נִצְּבָ֥ה · stands
    The daughters of kings are among your honored women; the queen stands at your right hand, adorned with the gold of Ophir.
  9. Psalm 74:17הִ֭צַּבְתָּ · set
    You set all the boundaries of the earth; You made the summer and winter.
  10. Psalm 78:13וַֽיַּצֶּב־ · He set
    He split the sea and brought them through; He set the waters upright like a wall.
  11. Psalm 82:1נִצָּ֥ב · presides
    A Psalm of Asaph. God presides in the divine assembly; He renders judgment among the gods:
  12. Psalm 119:89נִצָּ֥ב · it is firmly fixed
    Your word, O LORD, is everlasting; it is firmly fixed in the heavens.
  13. Proverbs 8:2נִצָּֽבָה׃ · she takes her stand
    On the heights overlooking the road, at the crossroads she takes her stand.
  14. Proverbs 15:25וְ֝יַצֵּ֗ב · but He protects
    The LORD tears down the house of the proud, but He protects the boundaries of the widow.
  15. Isaiah 3:13נִצָּ֥ב · arises
    The LORD arises to contend; He stands to judge the people.
  16. Isaiah 21:8נִצָּ֖ב · stay
    Then the lookout shouted: “Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower; night after night I stay at my post.
  17. Jeremiah 5:26הִצִּ֥יבוּ · they set
    For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.
  18. Jeremiah 31:21הַצִּ֧יבִי · Set up
    “Set up the road markers, put up the signposts. Keep the highway in mind, the road you have traveled. Return, O Virgin Israel, return to these cities of yours.
  19. Lamentations 2:4נִצָּ֤ב · is positioned
    He has bent His bow like an enemy; His right hand is positioned. Like a foe He has killed all who were pleasing to the eye; He has poured out His wrath like fire on the tent of the Daughter of Zion.
  20. Lamentations 3:12וַיַּצִּיבֵ֔נִי · and set me
    He bent His bow and set me as the target for His arrow.
  21. Amos 7:7נִצָּ֖ב · was standing
    This is what He showed me: Behold, the Lord was standing by a wall true to plumb, with a plumb line in His hand.
  22. Amos 9:1נִצָּ֣ב · standing
    I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Topple them on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the rest with the sword. None of those who flee will get away; none of the fugitives will escape.
  23. Nahum 2:7וְהֻצַּ֖ב · It is decreed that
    It is decreed that the city be exiled and carried away; her maidservants moan like doves, and beat upon their breasts.
  24. Zechariah 11:16הַנִּצָּבָה֙ · the healthy
    For behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land who will neither care for the lost, nor seek the young, nor heal the broken, nor sustain the healthy, but he will devour the flesh of the choice sheep and tear off their hooves.