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.
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
Occurrences
2,012 total
- Isaiah 41:19אֶתֵּ֤ן · I will plantI will plant cedars in the wilderness, acacias, myrtles, and olive trees. I will set cypresses in the desert, elms and boxwood together,
- Isaiah 41:27אֶתֵּֽן׃ · And I gaveI was the first to tell Zion: ‘Look, here they are!’ And I gave to Jerusalem a herald of good news.
- Isaiah 42:1נָתַ֤תִּי · I will put“Here is My Servant, whom I uphold, My Chosen One, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will bring justice to the nations.
- Isaiah 42:5נֹתֵ֤ן · who givesThis is what God the LORD says—He who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who walk in it:
- Isaiah 42:6וְאֶתֶּנְךָ֛ · and appoint you“I, the LORD, have called you for a righteous purpose, and I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and appoint you to be a covenant for the people and a light to the nations,
- Isaiah 42:8אֶתֵּ֔ן · yieldI am the LORD; that is My name! I will not yield My glory to another or My praise to idols.
- Isaiah 42:24נָתַ֨ן · gaveWho gave Jacob up for spoil, and Israel to the plunderers? Was it not the LORD, against whom we have sinned? They were unwilling to walk in His ways, and they would not obey His law.
- Isaiah 43:3נָתַ֤תִּי · I giveFor I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your place.
- Isaiah 43:4וְאֶתֵּ֤ן · I will giveBecause you are precious and honored in My sight, and because I love you, I will give men in exchange for you and nations in place of your life.
- Isaiah 43:6תֵּ֔נִי · Give them upI will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ and to the south, ‘Do not hold them back!’ Bring My sons from afar, and My daughters from the ends of the earth—
- Isaiah 43:9יִתְּנ֤וּ · Let them presentAll the nations gather together and the peoples assemble. Who among them can declare this, and proclaim to us the former things? Let them present their witnesses to vindicate them, so that others may hear and say, “It is true.”
- Isaiah 43:16הַנּוֹתֵ֥ן · who makesThus says the LORD, who makes a way in the sea and a path through the surging waters,
- Isaiah 43:20נָתַ֨תִּי · I provideThe beasts of the field will honor Me, the jackals and the ostriches, because I provide water in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to My chosen people.
- Isaiah 43:28וְאֶתְּנָ֤ה · and I will devoteSo I will disgrace the princes of your sanctuary, and I will devote Jacob to destruction and Israel to reproach.”
- Isaiah 45:3וְנָתַתִּ֤י · I will giveI will give you the treasures of darkness and the riches hidden in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who calls you by name.
- Isaiah 46:13וְנָתַתִּ֤י · I will grantI am bringing My righteousness near; it is not far away, and My salvation will not be delayed. I will grant salvation to Zion and adorn Israel with My splendor.
- Isaiah 47:6וָאֶתְּנֵ֖ם · and I placed themI was angry with My people; I profaned My heritage, and I placed them under your control. You showed them no mercy; even on the elderly you laid a most heavy yoke.
- Isaiah 48:11אֶתֵּֽן׃ס · yieldFor My own sake, My very own sake, I will act; for how can I let Myself be defamed? I will not yield My glory to another.
- Isaiah 49:6וּנְתַתִּ֙יךָ֙ · I will also makeHe says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth.”
- Isaiah 49:8וְאֶתֶּנְךָ֙ · and appoint YouThis is what the LORD says: “In the time of favor I will answer You, and in the day of salvation I will help You; I will keep You and appoint You to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land, to apportion its desolate inheritances,
- Isaiah 50:4נָ֤תַן · has givenThe Lord GOD has given Me the tongue of discipleship, to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning; He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.
- Isaiah 50:6נָתַ֣תִּי · I offeredI offered My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard. I did not hide My face from scorn and spittle.
- Isaiah 51:12יִנָּתֵֽן׃ · who withers“I, even I, am He who comforts you. Why should you be afraid of mortal man, of a son of man who withers like grass?
- Isaiah 53:9וַיִּתֵּ֤ן · He was assignedHe was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in His death, although He had done no violence, nor was any deceit in His mouth.
- Isaiah 55:4נְתַתִּ֑יו · I have made himBehold, I have made him a witness to the nations, a leader and commander of the peoples.
- Isaiah 55:10וְנָ֤תַן · and providingFor just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat,
- Isaiah 56:5וְנָתַתִּ֨י · I will give; אֶתֶּן־ · I will giveI will give them, in My house and within My walls, a memorial and a name better than that of sons and daughters. I will give them an everlasting name that will not be cut off.
- Isaiah 61:3לָתֵת֩ · to give…to console the mourners in Zion—to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.
- Isaiah 61:8וְנָתַתִּ֤י · I will give themFor I, the LORD, love justice; I hate robbery and iniquity; in My faithfulness I will give them their recompense and make an everlasting covenant with them.
- Isaiah 62:7תִּתְּנ֥וּ · give…nor give Him any rest until He establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of the earth.
- Isaiah 62:8אֶתֵּן֩ · will I giveThe LORD has sworn by His right hand and by His mighty arm: “Never again will I give your grain to your enemies for food, nor will foreigners drink the new wine for which you have toiled.
- Jeremiah 1:5נְתַתִּֽיךָ׃ · [and] appointed you“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
- Jeremiah 1:9נָתַ֥תִּי · I have putThen the LORD reached out His hand, touched my mouth, and said to me: “Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.
- Jeremiah 1:15וְֽנָתְנוּ֩ · and set upFor I am about to summon all the clans and kingdoms of the north,” declares the LORD. “Their kings will come and set up their thrones at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem. They will attack all her surrounding walls and all the other cities of Judah.
- Jeremiah 1:18נְתַתִּ֣יךָ · have made youNow behold, this day I have made you like a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of the land.
- Jeremiah 2:15נָתְנ֖וּ · they have soundedThe young lions have roared at him; they have sounded their voices. They have laid waste his land; his cities lie in ruins, without inhabitant.
- Jeremiah 3:8וָאֶתֵּ֛ן · I gaveShe saw that because faithless Israel had committed adultery, I gave her a certificate of divorce and sent her away. Yet that unfaithful sister Judah had no fear and prostituted herself as well.
- Jeremiah 3:15וְנָתַתִּ֥י · Then I will giveThen I will give you shepherds after My own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.”
- Jeremiah 3:19וְאֶתֶּן־ · and giveThen I said, ‘How I long to make you My sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations!’ I thought you would call Me ‘Father’ and never turn away from following Me.
- Jeremiah 4:16וַֽיִּתְּנ֛וּ · they raiseWarn the nations now! Proclaim to Jerusalem: “A besieging army comes from a distant land; they raise their voices against the cities of Judah.
- Jeremiah 5:14נֹתֵן֩ · I will makeTherefore this is what the LORD God of Hosts says: “Because you have spoken this word, I will make My words a fire in your mouth and this people the wood it consumes.
- Jeremiah 5:24הַנֹּתֵ֗ן · who givesThey have not said in their hearts, ‘Let us fear the LORD our God, who gives the rains, both autumn and spring, in season, who keeps for us the appointed weeks of harvest.’
- Jeremiah 6:21נֹתֵ֛ן · I will layTherefore this is what the LORD says: “I will lay stumbling blocks before this people; fathers and sons alike will be staggered; friends and neighbors will perish.”
- Jeremiah 6:27נְתַתִּ֥יךָ · I have appointed you“I have appointed you to examine My people like ore, so you may know and try their ways.
- Jeremiah 7:7נָתַ֖תִּי · I gave…then I will let you live in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever.
- Jeremiah 7:14נָתַ֥תִּי · I gave…therefore what I did to Shiloh I will now do to the house that bears My Name, the house in which you trust, the place that I gave to you and your fathers.
- Jeremiah 8:10אֶתֵּ֨ן · I will giveTherefore I will give their wives to other men and their fields to new owners. For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.
- Jeremiah 8:13וָאֶתֵּ֥ן · Whatever I have givenI will take away their harvest, declares the LORD. There will be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the tree, and even the leaf will wither. Whatever I have given them will be lost to them.”
- Jeremiah 9:1יִתֵּ֤ן · Oh, thatOh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people.