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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. Nehemiah 13:10נִתָּ֑נָה · been given to them
    I also learned that because the portions for the Levites had not been given to them, all the Levites and singers responsible for performing the service had gone back to their own fields.
  2. Nehemiah 13:25תִּתְּנ֤וּ · in marriage
    I rebuked them and called down curses on them. I beat some of these men and pulled out their hair. Then I made them take an oath before God and said, “You must not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters as wives for your sons or for yourselves!
  3. Nehemiah 13:26וַיִּתְּנֵ֣הוּ · made him
    Did not King Solomon of Israel sin in matters like this? There was not a king like him among many nations, and he was loved by his God, who made him king over all Israel—yet foreign women drew him into sin.
  4. Esther 1:19יִתֵּ֣ן · shall be given
    So if it pleases the king, let him issue a royal decree, and let it be recorded in the laws of Persia and Media so that it cannot be repealed, that Vashti shall never again enter the presence of King Xerxes, and that her royal position shall be given to a woman better than she.
  5. Esther 1:20יִתְּנ֤וּ · will honor
    The edict the king issues will be heard throughout his vast kingdom—and so all women, from the least to the greatest, will honor their husbands.”
  6. Esther 2:3וְנָת֖וֹן · and let [them] be given
    …and let the king appoint commissioners in each province of his kingdom to assemble all the beautiful young women into the harem at the citadel of Susa. Let them be placed under the care of Hegai, the king’s eunuch in charge of the women, and let them be given beauty treatments.
  7. Esther 2:9לָתֵ֣ת · provided; לָֽתֶת־ · He assigned
    And the young woman pleased him and obtained his favor, so he quickly provided her with beauty treatments and the special diet. He assigned to her seven select maidservants from the palace and transferred her with them to the best place in the harem.
  8. Esther 2:13יִנָּ֤תֵֽן · she was given
    When the young woman would go to the king, she was given whatever she requested to take with her from the harem to the king’s palace.
  9. Esther 2:18וַיִּתֵּ֥ן · and gave
    Then the king held a great banquet, Esther’s banquet, for all his officials and servants. He proclaimed a tax holiday in the provinces and gave gifts worthy of the king’s bounty.
  10. Esther 3:10וַֽיִּתְּנָ֗הּ · and gave
    So the king removed the signet ring from his finger and gave it to Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews.
  11. Esther 3:11נָת֣וּן · [are] given
    “Keep your money,” said the king to Haman. “These people are given to you to do with them as you please.”
  12. Esther 3:14לְהִנָּ֤תֵֽן · was to be issued
    A copy of the text of the edict was to be issued in every province and published to all the people, so that they would be ready on that day.
  13. Esther 3:15נִתְּנָ֖ה · was issued
    The couriers left, spurred on by the king’s command, and the edict was issued in the citadel of Susa. Then the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was in confusion.
  14. Esther 4:8נִתַּ֨ן · Mordecai also gave [Hathach]; נָ֣תַן · issued
    Mordecai also gave Hathach a copy of the written decree issued in Susa for the destruction of the Jews, to show and explain to Esther, urging her to approach the king, implore his favor, and plead before him for her people.
  15. Esther 5:3וְיִנָּ֥תֵֽן · it will be given
    “What is it, Queen Esther?” the king inquired. “What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be given to you.”
  16. Esther 5:6וְיִנָּ֣תֵֽן · It will be given
    And as they drank their wine, the king said to Esther, “What is your petition? It will be given to you. What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be fulfilled.”
  17. Esther 5:8לָתֵת֙ · to grant
    If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and fulfill my request, may the king and Haman come tomorrow to the banquet I will prepare for them. Then I will answer the king’s question.”
  18. Esther 6:8נִתַּ֛ן · placed
    …have them bring a royal robe that the king himself has worn and a horse on which the king himself has ridden—one with a royal crest placed on its head.
  19. Esther 6:9וְנָת֨וֹן · Let
    Let the robe and the horse be entrusted to one of the king’s most noble princes. Let them array the man the king wants to honor and parade him on the horse through the city square, proclaiming before him, ‘This is what is done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor!’”
  20. Esther 7:2וְתִנָּ֣תֵֽן · It will be given
    …and as they drank their wine on that second day, the king asked once more, “Queen Esther, what is your petition? It will be given to you. What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be fulfilled.”
  21. Esther 7:3תִּנָּֽתֶן־ · grant
    Queen Esther replied, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, grant me my life as my petition, and the lives of my people as my request.
  22. Esther 8:1נָתַ֞ן · awarded
    That same day King Xerxes awarded Queen Esther the estate of Haman, the enemy of the Jews. And Mordecai entered the king’s presence because Esther had revealed his relation to her.
  23. Esther 8:2וַֽיִּתְּנָ֖הּ · and presented it
    The king removed the signet ring he had recovered from Haman and presented it to Mordecai. And Esther appointed Mordecai over the estate of Haman.
  24. Esther 8:7נָתַ֣תִּי · I have given
    So King Xerxes said to Esther the Queen and Mordecai the Jew, “Behold, I have given Haman’s estate to Esther, and he was hanged on the gallows because he attacked the Jews.
  25. Esther 8:11נָתַ֨ן · permitted
    By these letters the king permitted the Jews in each and every city the right to assemble and defend themselves, to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the forces of any people or province hostile to them, including women and children, and to plunder their possessions.
  26. Esther 8:13לְהִנָּ֤תֵֽן · was to be issued
    A copy of the text of the edict was to be issued in every province and published to all the people, so that the Jews would be ready on that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.
  27. Esther 8:14נִתְּנָ֖ה · was also issued
    The couriers rode out in haste on their royal horses, pressed on by the command of the king. And the edict was also issued in the citadel of Susa.
  28. Esther 9:12וְיִנָּ֣תֵֽן · It will be given
    …who said to Queen Esther, “In the citadel of Susa the Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men, including Haman’s ten sons. What have they done in the rest of the royal provinces? Now what is your petition? It will be given to you. And what further do you request? It will be fulfilled.”
  29. Esther 9:13יִנָּתֵ֣ן
    Esther replied, “If it pleases the king, may the Jews in Susa also have tomorrow to carry out today’s edict, and may the bodies of Haman’s ten sons be hanged on the gallows.”
  30. Esther 9:14וַתִּנָּתֵ֥ן · was issued
    So the king commanded that this be done. An edict was issued in Susa, and they hanged the ten sons of Haman.
  31. Job 1:21נָתַ֔ן · gave
    …saying: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD.”
  32. Job 1:22נָתַ֥ן · charge
    In all this, Job did not sin or charge God with wrongdoing.
  33. Job 2:4יִתֵּ֖ן · will give up
    “Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life.
  34. Job 3:20יִתֵּ֣ן · given
    Why is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter of soul,
  35. Job 5:10הַנֹּתֵ֣ן · He gives
    He gives rain to the earth and sends water upon the fields.
  36. Job 6:8יִ֭תֵּן; יִתֵּ֥ן · would fulfill
    If only my request were granted and God would fulfill my hope:
  37. Job 9:18יִ֭תְּנֵנִי · let me
    He does not let me catch my breath, but overwhelms me with bitterness.
  38. Job 9:24נִתְּנָ֬ה · is given
    The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He blindfolds its judges. If it is not He, then who is it?
  39. Job 11:5יִתֵּ֣ן
    But if only God would speak and open His lips against you,
  40. Job 13:5יִ֭תֵּן
    If only you would remain silent; for that would be your wisdom!
  41. Job 14:4יִתֵּ֣ן · can bring out
    Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one!
  42. Job 14:13יִתֵּ֨ן׀
    If only You would hide me in Sheol and conceal me until Your anger has passed! If only You would appoint a time for me and then remember me!
  43. Job 15:19נִתְּנָ֣ה · was given
    …to whom alone the land was given when no foreigner passed among them.
  44. Job 19:23יִתֵּ֣ן; יִתֵּ֖ן
    I wish that my words were recorded and inscribed in a book,
  45. Job 23:3יִתֵּ֣ן
    If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat.
  46. Job 24:23יִתֶּן־ · He gives
    He gives them a sense of security, but His eyes are on their ways.