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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. Judges 21:7תֵּת־ · to give
    What should we do about wives for the survivors, since we have sworn by the LORD not to give them our daughters in marriage?”
  2. Judges 21:14וַיִּתְּנ֤וּ · and were given
    And at that time the Benjamites returned and were given the women who were spared from Jabesh-gilead. But there were not enough women for all of them.
  3. Judges 21:18לָתֵת־ · give; נֹתֵ֥ן · he who gives
    But we cannot give them our daughters as wives.” For the Israelites had sworn, “Cursed is he who gives a wife to a Benjamite.”
  4. Judges 21:22נְתַתֶּ֥ם · give them
    When their fathers or brothers come to us to complain, we will tell them, ‘Do us a favor by helping them, since we did not get wives for each of them in the war. Since you did not actually give them your daughters, you have no guilt.’”
  5. Ruth 1:6לָתֵ֥ת · by providing
    When Naomi heard in Moab that the LORD had attended to His people by providing them with food, she and her daughters-in-law prepared to leave the land of Moab.
  6. Ruth 1:9יִתֵּ֤ן · enable
    May the LORD enable each of you to find rest in the home of your new husband.” And she kissed them as they wept aloud
  7. Ruth 2:18וַתִּתֶּן־ · and gave it
    She picked up the grain and went into the town, where her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. And she brought out what she had saved from her meal and gave it to Naomi.
  8. Ruth 3:17נָ֣תַן · He gave
    And she said, “He gave me these six measures of barley, for he said, ‘Do not go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’”
  9. Ruth 4:7וְנָתַ֣ן · and give it
    Now in former times in Israel, concerning the redemption or exchange of property, to make any matter legally binding a man would remove his sandal and give it to the other party, and this was a confirmation in Israel.
  10. Ruth 4:11יִתֵּן֩ · make
    “We are witnesses,” said the elders and all the people at the gate. “May the LORD make the woman entering your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you be prosperous in Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem.
  11. Ruth 4:12יִתֵּ֤ן · will give
    And may your house become like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring the LORD will give you by this young woman.”
  12. Ruth 4:13וַיִּתֵּ֨ן · enabled
    So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife. And when he had relations with her, the LORD enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son.
  13. 1 Samuel 1:4וְנָתַ֞ן · he would give
    And whenever the day came for Elkanah to present his sacrifice, he would give portions to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters.
  14. 1 Samuel 1:5יִתֵּ֛ן · he would give
    But to Hannah he would give a double portion, for he loved her even though the LORD had closed her womb.
  15. 1 Samuel 1:11וְנָתַתָּ֥ה · but giving; וּנְתַתִּ֤יו · then I will dedicate him
    And she made a vow, saying, “O LORD of Hosts, if only You will look upon the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, not forgetting Your maidservant but giving her a son, then I will dedicate him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall ever touch his head.”
  16. 1 Samuel 1:16תִּתֵּן֙ · take
    Do not take your servant for a wicked woman, for all this time I have been praying out of the depth of my anguish and grief.”
  17. 1 Samuel 1:17יִתֵּן֙ · grant
    “Go in peace,” Eli replied, “and may the God of Israel grant the petition you have asked of Him.”
  18. 1 Samuel 1:27וַיִּתֵּ֨ן · has granted
    I prayed for this boy, and since the LORD has granted me what I asked of Him,
  19. 1 Samuel 2:10וְיִתֶּן־ · and will give
    Those who oppose the LORD will be shattered. He will thunder from heaven against them. The LORD will judge the ends of the earth and will give power to His king. He will exalt the horn of His anointed.”
  20. 1 Samuel 2:15תְּנָ֣ה · Give
    Even before the fat was burned, the servant of the priest would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, “Give the priest some meat to roast, because he will not accept boiled meat from you, but only raw.”
  21. 1 Samuel 2:16תִתֵּ֔ן · you must give [it to me]
    And if any man said to him, “The fat must be burned first; then you may take whatever you want,” the servant would reply, “No, you must give it to me right now. If you refuse, I will take it by force!”
  22. 1 Samuel 2:28וָֽאֶתְּנָה֙ · I also gave
    And out of all the tribes of Israel I selected your father to be My priest, to offer sacrifices on My altar, to burn incense, and to wear an ephod in My presence. I also gave to the house of your father all the food offerings of the Israelites.
  23. 1 Samuel 6:5וּנְתַתֶּ֛ם · Give
    Make images of your tumors and of the rats that are ravaging the land. Give glory to the God of Israel, and perhaps He will lift His hand from you and your gods and your land.
  24. 1 Samuel 6:8וּנְתַתֶּ֤ם · set
    Take the ark of the LORD, set it on the cart, and in a chest beside it put the gold objects you are sending back to Him as a guilt offering. Then send the ark on its way,
  25. 1 Samuel 8:6תְּנָה־ · Give
    But when they said, “Give us a king to judge us,” their demand was displeasing in the sight of Samuel; so he prayed to the LORD.
  26. 1 Samuel 8:14וְנָתַ֖ן · and give them
    He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive groves and give them to his servants.
  27. 1 Samuel 8:15וְנָתַ֥ן · and give it
    He will take a tenth of your grain and grape harvest and give it to his officials and servants.
  28. 1 Samuel 9:8וְנָֽתַתִּי֙ · I will give
    The servant answered him again. “Look,” he said, “I have here in my hand a quarter shekel of silver. I will give it to the man of God, and he will tell us our way.”
  29. 1 Samuel 9:22וַיִּתֵּ֨ן · and seated
    Then Samuel took Saul and his servant, brought them into the hall, and seated them in the place of honor among those who were invited—about thirty in all.
  30. 1 Samuel 9:23תְּנָה֙ · Bring; נָתַ֖תִּי · I gave
    And Samuel said to the cook, “Bring the portion I gave you and told you to set aside.”
  31. 1 Samuel 10:4וְנָתְנ֤וּ · and give
    They will greet you and give you two loaves of bread, which you will accept from their hands.
  32. 1 Samuel 11:12תְּנ֥וּ · Bring
    Then the people said to Samuel, “Who said that Saul should not reign over us? Bring those men here so we can kill them!”
  33. 1 Samuel 12:13נָתַ֧ן · has placed
    Now here is the king you have chosen, the one you requested. Behold, the LORD has placed a king over you.
  34. 1 Samuel 12:17וְיִתֵּ֥ן · to send
    Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call on the LORD to send thunder and rain, so that you will know and see what a great evil you have committed in the sight of the LORD by asking for a king.”
  35. 1 Samuel 12:18וַיִּתֵּ֧ן · sent
    So Samuel called to the LORD, and on that day the LORD sent thunder and rain. As a result, all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.
  36. 1 Samuel 14:10נְתָנָ֥ם · has delivered them
    But if they say, ‘Come on up,’ then we will go up, because this will be our sign that the LORD has delivered them into our hands.”
  37. 1 Samuel 14:12נְתָנָ֥ם · has delivered them
    So the men of the outpost called out to Jonathan and his armor-bearer, “Come on up, and we will teach you a lesson!” “Follow me,” Jonathan told his armor-bearer, “for the LORD has delivered them into the hand of Israel.”
  38. 1 Samuel 14:37הֲתִתְּנֵ֖ם · Will You give them
    So Saul inquired of God, “Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will You give them into the hand of Israel?” But God did not answer him that day.
  39. 1 Samuel 15:28וּנְתָנָ֕הּ · and has given
    So Samuel said to him, “The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor who is better than you.
  40. 1 Samuel 17:10תְּנוּ־ · Give
    Then the Philistine said, “I defy the ranks of Israel this day! Give me a man to fight!”
  41. 1 Samuel 17:25יִתֶּן־ · he will give
    Now the men of Israel had been saying, “Do you see how this man keeps coming out to defy Israel? To the man who kills him the king will give great riches. And he will give him his daughter in marriage and exempt his father’s house from taxation in Israel.”
  42. 1 Samuel 17:38וְנָתַ֛ן · put
    Then Saul clothed David in his own tunic, put a bronze helmet on his head, and dressed him in armor.
  43. 1 Samuel 17:44וְאֶתְּנָה֙ · and I will give
    “Come here,” he called to David, “and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field!”
  44. 1 Samuel 17:46וְנָ֨תַתִּ֜י · and give
    This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand. This day I will strike you down, cut off your head, and give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds of the air and the creatures of the earth. Then the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel.
  45. 1 Samuel 17:47וְנָתַ֥ן · and He will give
    And all those assembled here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves; for the battle is the LORD’s, and He will give all of you into our hands.”
  46. 1 Samuel 18:2נְתָנ֔וֹ · let him
    And from that day Saul kept David with him and did not let him return to his father’s house.
  47. 1 Samuel 18:4וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֖הוּ · and gave
    And Jonathan removed the robe he was wearing and gave it to David, along with his tunic, his sword, his bow, and his belt.