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נָתַן

na.tanto give: giveHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb2,012 occurrences38 books1,817 verses

Definition

a primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Traditional renderings: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, × avenge, × be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, × doubtless, × without fail, fasten, frame, × get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), × have, × indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), lie, lift up, make, O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, × pull, put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), sing, slander, strike, (sub-) mit, suffer, × surely, × take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, weep, willingly, withdraw, would (to) God, yield.

In the Greek Old Testament

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

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

2,012 total
  1. Joshua 17:4לָֽתֶת־ · to give; וַיִּתֵּ֨ן · So [Joshua] gave
    They approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders, and said, “The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers.” So Joshua gave them an inheritance among their father’s brothers, in keeping with the command of the LORD.
  2. Joshua 17:13וַיִּתְּנ֥וּ · they put
    However, when the Israelites grew stronger, they put the Canaanites to forced labor; but they failed to drive them out completely.
  3. Joshua 17:14נָתַ֨תָּה · have you given
    Then the sons of Joseph said to Joshua, “Why have you given us only one portion as an inheritance? We have many people, because the LORD has blessed us abundantly.”
  4. Joshua 18:3נָתַ֣ן · has given
    So Joshua said to the Israelites, “How long will you put off entering and possessing the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you?
  5. Joshua 18:7נָתַ֣ן · gave
    The Levites, however, have no portion among you, because their inheritance is the priesthood of the LORD. And Gad, Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh have already received the inheritance that Moses the servant of the LORD gave them beyond the Jordan to the east.”
  6. Joshua 19:49וַיִּתְּנ֨וּ · gave
    When they had finished distributing the land into its territories, the Israelites gave Joshua son of Nun an inheritance among them,
  7. Joshua 19:50נָ֣תְנוּ · They gave
    …as the LORD had commanded. They gave him the city of Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim, as he requested. He rebuilt the city and settled in it.
  8. Joshua 20:2תְּנ֤וּ · to designate
    “Tell the Israelites to designate the cities of refuge, as I instructed you through Moses,
  9. Joshua 20:4וְנָתְנוּ־ · and give
    When someone flees to one of these cities, stands at the entrance of the city gate, and states his case before its elders, they are to bring him into the city and give him a place to live among them.
  10. Joshua 20:8נָתְנ֞וּ · they designated
    And beyond the Jordan, east of Jericho, they designated Bezer on the wilderness plateau from the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead from the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan from the tribe of Manasseh.
  11. Joshua 21:2לָֽתֶת־ · that we be given
    …at Shiloh in the land of Canaan and said to them, “The LORD commanded through Moses that we be given cities in which to live, together with pasturelands for our livestock.”
  12. Joshua 21:3וַיִּתְּנ֨וּ · gave
    So by the command of the LORD, the Israelites gave the Levites these cities and their pasturelands out of their own inheritance:
  13. Joshua 21:8וַיִּתְּנ֤וּ · allotted
    So the Israelites allotted to the Levites these cities, together with their pasturelands, as the LORD had commanded through Moses.
  14. Joshua 21:9וַֽיִּתְּנ֗וּ · they designated
    From the tribes of Judah and Simeon, they designated these cities by name
  15. Joshua 21:11וַיִּתְּנ֨וּ · They gave
    They gave them Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), with its surrounding pasturelands, in the hill country of Judah. (Arba was the father of Anak.)
  16. Joshua 21:12נָֽתְנ֛וּ · But they had given
    But they had given the fields and villages around the city to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.
  17. Joshua 21:13נָֽתְנוּ֙ · they gave
    So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave these cities, together with their pasturelands: Hebron, a city of refuge for the manslayer, Libnah,
  18. Joshua 21:21וַיִּתְּנ֨וּ · they were given
    …they were given Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim (a city of refuge for the manslayer), Gezer,
  19. Joshua 21:43וַיִּתֵּ֤ן · gave; לָתֵ֣ת · to give
    Thus the LORD gave Israel all the land He had sworn to give their fathers, and they took possession of it and settled in it.
  20. Joshua 21:44נָתַ֥ן · delivered
    And the LORD gave them rest on every side, just as He had sworn to their fathers. None of their enemies could stand against them, for the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.
  21. Joshua 22:4נָתַ֣ן · gave
    And now that the LORD your God has given your brothers rest as He promised them, you may return to your homes in the land that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you across the Jordan.
  22. Joshua 22:7נָתַ֣ן · had given land; נָתַ֤ן · gave land
    (To the half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given land in Bashan, and to the other half Joshua gave land on the west side of the Jordan among their brothers.) When Joshua sent them to their homes he blessed them,
  23. Joshua 22:25נָֽתַן־ · has made
    For the LORD has made the Jordan a border between us and you Reubenites and Gadites. You have no share in the LORD!’ So your descendants could cause ours to stop fearing the LORD.
  24. Joshua 23:13נָתַ֣ן · has given
    …know for sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become for you a snare and a trap, a scourge in your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that the LORD your God has given you.
  25. Joshua 23:15נָתַ֣ן · has given
    But just as every good thing the LORD your God promised you has come to pass, likewise the LORD will bring upon you the calamity He has threatened, until He has destroyed you from this good land He has given you.
  26. Joshua 23:16נָתַ֥ן · He has given
    If you transgress the covenant of the LORD your God, which He commanded you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them, then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and you will quickly perish from this good land He has given you.”
  27. Joshua 24:3וָֽאֶתֶּן־ · I gave
    But I took your father Abraham from beyond the Euphrates and led him through all the land of Canaan, and I multiplied his descendants. I gave him Isaac,
  28. Joshua 24:4וָאֶתֵּ֣ן · I gave; וָאֶתֵּ֨ן · I gave
    …and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I gave Esau Mount Seir to possess, but Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.
  29. Joshua 24:8וָאֶתֵּ֨ן · but I delivered
    Later, I brought you to the land of the Amorites who lived beyond the Jordan. They fought against you, but I delivered them into your hand, that you should possess their land when I destroyed them before you.
  30. Joshua 24:11וָאֶתֵּ֥ן · and I delivered
    After this, you crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho. The people of Jericho fought against you, as did the Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I delivered them into your hand.
  31. Joshua 24:13וָאֶתֵּ֨ן · So I gave
    So I gave you a land on which you did not toil and cities that you did not build, and now you live in them and eat from vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant.’
  32. Joshua 24:33נִתַּן־ · had been given
    Eleazar son of Aaron also died, and they buried him at Gibeah, which had been given to his son Phinehas in the hill country of Ephraim.
  33. Judges 1:2נָתַ֥תִּי · I have delivered
    “Judah shall go up,” answered the LORD. “Indeed, I have delivered the land into their hands.”
  34. Judges 1:4וַיִּתֵּ֧ן · delivered
    When Judah attacked, the LORD delivered the Canaanites and Perizzites into their hands, and they struck down ten thousand men at Bezek.
  35. Judges 1:12וְנָתַ֥תִּי · I will give
    And Caleb said, “To the man who strikes down Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will give my daughter Acsah in marriage.”
  36. Judges 1:13וַיִּתֶּן־ · and [Caleb] gave
    So Othniel son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz captured the city, and Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to him in marriage.
  37. Judges 1:15נְתַתָּ֔נִי · you have given me; וְנָתַתָּ֥ה · give; וַיִּתֶּן־ · gave
    “Give me a blessing,” she answered. “Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me springs of water as well.” So Caleb gave her both the upper and lower springs.
  38. Judges 1:20וַיִּתְּנ֤וּ · Judah gave
    Just as Moses had promised, Judah gave Hebron to Caleb, who drove out the descendants of the three sons of Anak.
  39. Judges 1:34נְתָנ֖וֹ · allow them
    The Amorites forced the Danites into the hill country and did not allow them to come down into the plain.
  40. Judges 2:14וַֽיִּתְּנֵם֙ · and He delivered them
    Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of those who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist.
  41. Judges 2:23נְתָנָ֖ם · by delivering them
    That is why the LORD had left those nations in place and had not driven them out immediately by delivering them into the hand of Joshua.
  42. Judges 3:6נָתְנ֣וּ · gave
    And they took the daughters of these people in marriage, gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods.
  43. Judges 3:10וַיִּתֵּ֤ן · delivered
    The Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he became Israel’s judge and went out to war. And the LORD delivered Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram into the hand of Othniel, who prevailed against him.
  44. Judges 3:28נָתַ֨ן · has delivered
    “Follow me,” he told them, “for the LORD has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand.” So they followed him down and seized the fords of the Jordan leading to Moab, and they did not allow anyone to cross over.