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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. 2 Samuel 18:11לָ֤תֶת · I would have given
    “You just saw him!” Joab exclaimed. “Why did you not strike him to the ground right there? I would have given you ten shekels of silver and a warrior’s belt!”
  2. 2 Samuel 18:33יִתֵּ֤ן
    The king was shaken and went up to the chamber over the gate and wept. And as he walked, he cried out, “O my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!”
  3. 2 Samuel 20:3וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֤ם · and he placed them
    When David returned to his palace in Jerusalem, he took the ten concubines he had left to take care of the palace, and he placed them in a house under guard. He provided for them, but he no longer slept with them. They were confined until the day of their death, living as widows.
  4. 2 Samuel 20:21תְּנֽוּ־ · Deliver
    That is not the case. But a man named Sheba son of Bichri, from the hill country of Ephraim, has lifted up his hand against the king, against David. Deliver him alone, and I will depart from the city.” “Look,” the woman replied, “his head will be thrown to you over the wall.”
  5. 2 Samuel 21:6יְנָתָן · be delivered; אֶתֵּֽן׃ · will give them to you
    …let seven of his male descendants be delivered to us so that we may hang them before the LORD at Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of the LORD.” “I will give them to you,” said the king.
  6. 2 Samuel 21:9וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֞ם · And he delivered them
    And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them on the hill before the LORD. So all seven of them fell together; they were put to death in the first days of the harvest, at the beginning of the barley harvest.
  7. 2 Samuel 21:10נָתְנָה֩ · she did not allow
    And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on a rock. From the beginning of the harvest until the rain from heaven poured down on the bodies, she did not allow the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
  8. 2 Samuel 22:14יִתֵּ֥ן · resounded
    The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded.
  9. 2 Samuel 22:36וַתִּתֶּן־ · You have given
    You have given me Your shield of salvation, and Your gentleness exalts me.
  10. 2 Samuel 22:41תַּ֥תָּה · You have made
    You have made my enemies retreat before me; I destroyed those who hated me.
  11. 2 Samuel 22:48הַנֹּתֵ֥ן · who avenges
    …the God who avenges me and brings down nations beneath me,
  12. 2 Samuel 24:9וַיִּתֵּ֥ן · reported
    And Joab reported to the king the total number of the troops. In Israel there were 800,000 men of valor who drew the sword, and in Judah there were 500,000.
  13. 2 Samuel 24:15וַיִּתֵּ֨ן · sent
    So the LORD sent a plague upon Israel from that morning until the appointed time, and seventy thousand of the people from Dan to Beersheba died.
  14. 2 Samuel 24:23נָתַ֛ן · gives
    O king, Araunah gives all these to the king.” He also said to the king, “May the LORD your God accept you.”
  15. 1 Kings 1:48נָתַ֥ן · has provided [one]
    …saying, ‘Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel! Today He has provided one to sit on my throne, and my eyes have seen it.’”
  16. 1 Kings 2:5וַיִּתֵּ֞ן · He stained
    Moreover, you know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—what he did to Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether, the two commanders of the armies of Israel. He killed them in peacetime to avenge the blood of war. He stained with the blood of war the belt around his waist and the sandals on his feet.
  17. 1 Kings 2:17וְיִתֶּן־ · Let him give
    Adonijah replied, “Please speak to King Solomon, since he will not turn you down. Let him give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife.”
  18. 1 Kings 2:21יֻתַּ֖ן · be given
    So Bathsheba said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to your brother Adonijah as his wife.”
  19. 1 Kings 2:35וַיִּתֵּ֨ן · appointed; נָתַ֣ן · and he appointed
    And the king appointed Benaiah son of Jehoiada in Joab’s place over the army, and he appointed Zadok the priest in Abiathar’s place.
  20. 1 Kings 3:5אֶתֶּן־ · [and] I will give it
    One night at Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream, and God said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!”
  21. 1 Kings 3:6וַתִּתֶּן־ · by giving
    Solomon replied, “You have shown much loving devotion to Your servant, my father David, because he walked before You in faithfulness, righteousness, and uprightness of heart. And You have maintained this loving devotion by giving him a son to sit on his throne this very day.
  22. 1 Kings 3:9וְנָתַתָּ֨ · Therefore give
    Therefore give Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people and to discern between good and evil. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?”
  23. 1 Kings 3:12נָתַ֣תִּי · I will give
    …behold, I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there will never have been another like you, nor will there ever be.
  24. 1 Kings 3:13נָתַ֣תִּי · I will give
    Moreover, I will give you what you did not request—both riches and honor—so that during all your days no man in any kingdom will be your equal.
  25. 1 Kings 3:25וּתְנ֤וּ · and give
    …and the king declared, “Cut the living child in two and give half to one and half to the other.”
  26. 1 Kings 3:26תְּנוּ־ · give
    Then the woman whose son was alive spoke to the king because she yearned with compassion for her son. “Please, my lord,” she said, “give her the living baby. Do not kill him!” But the other woman said, “He will be neither mine nor yours. Cut him in two!”
  27. 1 Kings 3:27תְּנוּ־ · Give
    Then the king gave his ruling: “Give the living baby to the first woman. By no means should you kill him; she is his mother.”
  28. 1 Kings 4:29וַיִּתֵּן֩ · gave
    And God gave Solomon wisdom, exceedingly deep insight, and understanding beyond measure, like the sand on the seashore.
  29. 1 Kings 5:3תֵּת־ · had put
    “As you are well aware, due to the wars waged on all sides against my father David, he could not build a house for the Name of the LORD his God until the LORD had put his enemies under his feet.
  30. 1 Kings 5:5אֶתֵּ֤ן · I will put
    So behold, I plan to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God, according to what the LORD said to my father David: ‘I will put your son on your throne in your place, and he will build the house for My Name.’
  31. 1 Kings 5:6אֶתֵּ֣ן · and I will pay
    Now therefore, order that cedars of Lebanon be cut down for me. My servants will be with your servants, and I will pay your servants whatever wages you set, for you know that there are none among us as skilled in logging as the Sidonians.”
  32. 1 Kings 5:7נָתַ֤ן · has given
    When Hiram received Solomon’s message, he rejoiced greatly and said, “Blessed be the LORD this day! He has given David a wise son over this great people!”
  33. 1 Kings 5:9לָתֵ֖ת · by providing
    My servants will haul the logs from Lebanon to the Sea, and I will float them as rafts by sea to the place you specify. There I will separate the logs, and you can take them away. And in exchange, you can meet my needs by providing my household with food.”
  34. 1 Kings 5:10נֹתֵ֣ן · provided
    So Hiram provided Solomon with all the cedar and cypress timber he wanted,
  35. 1 Kings 5:11נָתַ֨ן · would provide; יִתֵּ֧ן
    …and year after year Solomon would provide Hiram with 20,000 cors of wheat as food for his household, as well as 20,000 baths of pure olive oil.
  36. 1 Kings 5:12נָתַ֤ן · gave
    And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as He had promised him. There was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a treaty.
  37. 1 Kings 6:6נָתַ֨ן · He also placed
    The bottom floor was five cubits wide, the middle floor six cubits, and the third floor seven cubits. He also placed offset ledges around the outside of the temple, so that nothing would be inserted into its walls.
  38. 1 Kings 6:19לְתִתֵּ֣ן · to set
    Solomon also prepared the inner sanctuary within the temple to set the ark of the covenant of the LORD there.
  39. 1 Kings 6:27וַיִּתֵּ֨ן · And he placed
    And he placed the cherubim inside the innermost room of the temple. Since their wings were spread out, the wing of the first cherub touched one wall, while the wing of the second cherub touched the other wall, and in the middle of the room their wingtips touched.
  40. 1 Kings 7:16לָתֵ֛ת · to set
    He also made two capitals of cast bronze to set on top of the pillars, each capital five cubits high.
  41. 1 Kings 7:39וַיִּתֵּן֙ · He set; נָתַ֞ן · he put
    He set five stands on the south side of the temple and five on the north, and he put the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner of the temple.
  42. 1 Kings 7:51נָתַ֕ן · and he placed them
    So all the work that King Solomon had performed for the house of the LORD was completed. Then Solomon brought in the items his father David had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and the furnishings—and he placed them in the treasuries of the house of the LORD.
  43. 1 Kings 8:32לָתֵ֥ת · by bringing; לָ֥תֶת · by rewarding
    …then may You hear from heaven and act. May You judge Your servants, condemning the wicked man by bringing down on his own head what he has done, and justifying the righteous man by rewarding him according to his righteousness.
  44. 1 Kings 8:34נָתַ֖תָּ · You gave
    …then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel. May You restore them to the land You gave to their fathers.
  45. 1 Kings 8:36וְנָתַתָּ֤ה · May You send
    …then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel, so that You may teach them the good way in which they should walk. May You send rain on the land that You gave Your people as an inheritance.