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
- Jeremiah 38:3הִנָּתֹ֨ן · will surely be delivered; תִּנָּתֵ֜ןThis is what the LORD says: This city will surely be delivered into the hands of the army of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it.”
- Jeremiah 38:7נָתְנ֥וּ · had been putNow Ebed-melech the Cushite, a court official in the royal palace, heard that Jeremiah had been put into the cistern. While the king was sitting at the Gate of Benjamin,
- Jeremiah 38:16אֶתֶּנְךָ֗ · will I deliver youBut King Zedekiah swore secretly to Jeremiah, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has given us this life, I will not kill you, nor will I deliver you into the hands of these men who are seeking your life.”
- Jeremiah 38:18וְנִתְּנָ֞ה · will be deliveredBut if you do not surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then this city will be delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans. They will burn it down, and you yourself will not escape their grasp.’”
- Jeremiah 38:19יִתְּנ֥וּ · may deliverBut King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “I am afraid of the Jews who have deserted to the Chaldeans, for the Chaldeans may deliver me into their hands to abuse me.”
- Jeremiah 38:20יִתֵּ֑נוּ · hand you over“They will not hand you over,” Jeremiah replied. “Obey the voice of the LORD in what I am telling you, that it may go well with you and you may live.
- Jeremiah 39:10וַיִּתֵּ֥ן · he gaveBut Nebuzaradan left behind in the land of Judah some of the poor people who had no property, and at that time he gave them vineyards and fields.
- Jeremiah 39:14וַיִּתְּנ֤וּ · and they turned him over…had Jeremiah brought from the courtyard of the guard, and they turned him over to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, to take him home. So Jeremiah remained among his own people.
- Jeremiah 39:17תִנָּתֵן֙ · be deliveredBut I will deliver you on that day, declares the LORD, and you will not be delivered into the hands of the men whom you fear.
- Jeremiah 40:5וַיִּתֶּן־ · gaveBut before Jeremiah turned to go, Nebuzaradan added, “Return to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has appointed over the cities of Judah, and stay with him among the people, or go anywhere else that seems right.” Then the captain of the guard gave him a ration and a gift and released him.
- Jeremiah 40:11נָתַ֧ן · had leftWhen all the Jews in Moab, Ammon, Edom, and all the other lands heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant in Judah and had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, over them,
- Jeremiah 42:12וְאֶתֵּ֥ן · And I will showAnd I will show you compassion, and he will have compassion on you and restore you to your own land.’
- Jeremiah 43:3תֵּ֨ת · deliverRather, Baruch son of Neriah is inciting you against us to deliver us into the hands of the Chaldeans, so that they may put us to death or exile us to Babylon!”
- Jeremiah 44:10נָתַ֥תִּי · I setTo this day they have not humbled themselves or shown reverence, nor have they followed My instruction or the statutes that I set before you and your fathers.
- Jeremiah 44:30נֹ֠תֵן · I will deliver; נָתַ֜תִּי · I deliveredThis is what the LORD says: Behold, I will deliver Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hands of his enemies who seek his life, just as I delivered Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the enemy who was seeking his life.”
- Jeremiah 45:5וְנָתַתִּ֨י · I will grantBut as for you, do you seek great things for yourself? Stop seeking! For I will bring disaster on every living creature, declares the LORD, but wherever you go, I will grant your life as a spoil of war.”
- Jeremiah 46:24נִתְּנָ֖ה · she will be deliveredThe Daughter of Egypt will be put to shame; she will be delivered into the hands of the people of the north.”
- Jeremiah 46:26וּנְתַתִּ֗ים · I will deliver themI will deliver them into the hands of those who seek their lives—of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his officers. But after this, Egypt will be inhabited as in days of old, declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 48:9תְּנוּ־ · PutPut salt on Moab, for she will be laid waste; her cities will become desolate, with no one to dwell in them.
- Jeremiah 48:34נָתְנ֣וּ · they raiseThere is a cry from Heshbon to Elealeh; they raise their voices to Jahaz, from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah; for even the waters of Nimrim have dried up.
- Jeremiah 49:15נְתַתִּ֖יךָ · I will make you“For behold, I will make you small among nations, despised among men.
- Jeremiah 50:15נָתְנָ֣ה · She has thrown upRaise a war cry against her on every side! She has thrown up her hands in surrender; her towers have fallen; her walls are torn down. Since this is the vengeance of the LORD, take out your vengeance upon her; as she has done, do the same to her.
- Jeremiah 51:16תִּתּ֜וֹWhen He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.
- Jeremiah 51:25וּנְתַתִּ֖יךָ · and turn you“Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, you who devastate the whole earth, declares the LORD. I will stretch out My hand against you; I will roll you over the cliffs and turn you into a charred mountain.
- Jeremiah 51:55נִתַּ֥ן · will resoundFor the LORD will destroy Babylon; He will silence her mighty voice. The waves will roar like great waters; the tumult of their voices will resound.
- Jeremiah 52:11וַיִּתְּנֵ֥הוּ · he kept himThen he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon, where he kept him in custody until his dying day.
- Jeremiah 52:32וַיִּתֵּן֙ · and setAnd he spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and set his throne above the thrones of the other kings who were with him in Babylon.
- Jeremiah 52:34נִתְּנָה־And the king of Babylon provided Jehoiachin a daily portion for the rest of his life, until the day of his death.
- Lamentations 1:11נָתְנ֧וּ · They have tradedAll her people groan as they search for bread. They have traded their treasures for food to keep themselves alive. Look, O LORD, and consider, for I have become despised.
- Lamentations 1:13נְתָנַ֙נִי֙ · He made meHe sent fire from on high, and it overpowered my bones. He spread a net for my feet and turned me back. He made me desolate, faint all the day long.
- Lamentations 1:14נְתָנַ֣נִי · He has delivered meMy transgressions are bound into a yoke, knit together by His hand; they are draped over my neck, and the Lord has broken my strength. He has delivered me into the hands of those I cannot withstand.
- Lamentations 2:7נָתְנ֥וּ · They have raisedThe Lord has rejected His altar; He has abandoned His sanctuary; He has delivered the walls of her palaces into the hand of the enemy. They have raised a shout in the house of the LORD as on the day of an appointed feast.
- Lamentations 2:18תִּתְּנִ֤י · GiveThe hearts of the people cry out to the Lord. O wall of the Daughter of Zion, let your tears run down like a river day and night. Give yourself no relief, and your eyes no rest.
- Lamentations 3:29יִתֵּ֤ן · Let him buryLet him bury his face in the dust—perhaps there is still hope.
- Lamentations 3:30יִתֵּ֧ן · Let him offerLet him offer his cheek to the one who would strike him; let him be filled with reproach.
- Lamentations 3:65תִּתֵּ֤ן · PutPut a veil of anguish over their hearts; may Your curse be upon them!
- Lamentations 5:6נָתַ֣נּוּ · We submittedWe submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.
- Ezekiel 2:8נֹתֵ֥ן · giveAnd you, son of man, listen to what I tell you. Do not be rebellious like that rebellious house. Open your mouth and eat what I give you.”
- Ezekiel 3:3נֹתֵ֣ן · am giving you“Son of man,” He said to me, “eat and fill your stomach with this scroll I am giving you.” So I ate, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth.
- Ezekiel 3:8נָתַ֧תִּי · I will makeBehold, I will make your face as hard as their faces, and your forehead as hard as their foreheads.
- Ezekiel 3:9נָתַ֣תִּי · I will makeI will make your forehead like a diamond, harder than flint. Do not be afraid of them or dismayed at their presence, even though they are a rebellious house.”
- Ezekiel 3:17נְתַתִּ֖יךָ · I have made“Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from My mouth, give them a warning from Me.
- Ezekiel 3:20וְנָתַתִּ֥י · and I putNow if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I put a stumbling block before him, he will die. If you did not warn him, he will die in his sin, and the righteous acts he did will not be remembered. And I will hold you responsible for his blood.
- Ezekiel 3:25נָתְנ֤וּ · they will tieAnd you, son of man, they will tie with ropes, and you will be bound so that you cannot go out among the people.
- Ezekiel 4:1וְנָתַתָּ֥ה · place“Now you, son of man, take a brick, place it before you, and draw on it the city of Jerusalem.
- Ezekiel 4:2וְנָתַתָּ֨ה · Then lay; וְנָתַתָּ֨ה · set upThen lay siege against it: Construct a siege wall, build a ramp to it, set up camps against it, and place battering rams around it on all sides.
- Ezekiel 4:3וְנָתַתָּ֤ה · and set it upThen take an iron plate and set it up as an iron wall between yourself and the city. Turn your face toward it so that it is under siege, and besiege it. This will be a sign to the house of Israel.