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
- Daniel 1:16וְנֹתֵ֥ן · and he gaveSo the steward continued to withhold their choice food and the wine they were to drink, and he gave them vegetables instead.
- Daniel 1:17נָתַ֨ן · gaveTo these four young men God gave knowledge and understanding in every kind of literature and wisdom. And Daniel had insight into all kinds of visions and dreams.
- Daniel 8:12תִּנָּתֵ֥ן · were given over [to the horn]And in the rebellion, the host and the daily sacrifice were given over to the horn, and it flung truth to the ground and prospered in whatever it did.
- Daniel 8:13תֵּ֛ת · and the surrenderThen I heard a holy one speaking, and another holy one said to him, “How long until the fulfillment of the vision of the daily sacrifice, the rebellion that causes desolation, and the surrender of the sanctuary and of the host to be trampled?”
- Daniel 9:3וָאֶתְּנָ֣ה · So I turned my attentionSo I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
- Daniel 9:10נָתַ֣ן · He set…and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God to walk in His laws, which He set before us through His servants the prophets.
- Daniel 10:12נָתַ֧תָּ · you purposed“Do not be afraid, Daniel,” he said, “for from the first day that you purposed to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to them.
- Daniel 10:15נָתַ֧תִּי · I setWhile he was speaking these words to me, I set my face toward the ground and became speechless.
- Daniel 11:6וְתִנָּתֵ֨ן · will be given upAfter some years they will form an alliance, and the daughter of the king of the South will go to the king of the North to seal the agreement. But his daughter will not retain her position of power, nor will his strength endure. At that time she will be given up, along with her royal escort and her father and the one who supported her.
- Daniel 11:11וְנִתַּ֥ן · will be deliveredIn a rage, the king of the South will march out to fight the king of the North, who will raise a large army, but it will be delivered into the hand of his enemy.
- Daniel 11:17יִתֶּן־He will resolve to come with the strength of his whole kingdom, and will reach an agreement with the king of the South. He will give him a daughter in marriage in order to overthrow the kingdom, but his plan will not succeed or help him.
- Daniel 11:21נָתְנ֥וּ · be givenIn his place a despicable person will arise; royal honors will not be given to him, but he will come in a time of peace and seize the kingdom by intrigue.
- Daniel 11:31וְנָתְנ֖וּ · and set upHis forces will rise up and desecrate the temple fortress. They will abolish the daily sacrifice and set up the abomination of desolation.
- Daniel 12:11וְלָתֵ֖ת · set upAnd from the time the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination of desolation set up, there will be 1,290 days.
- Hosea 2:5נֹתְנֵ֤י · who give meFor their mother has played the harlot and has conceived them in disgrace. For she thought, ‘I will go after my lovers, who give me bread and water, wool and linen, oil and drink.’
- Hosea 2:8נָתַ֣תִּי · who gaveFor she does not acknowledge that it was I who gave her grain, new wine, and oil, who lavished on her silver and gold—which they crafted for Baal.
- Hosea 2:12נָֽתְנוּ־ · paidI will destroy her vines and fig trees, which she thinks are the wages paid by her lovers. So I will make them into a thicket, and the beasts of the field will devour them.
- Hosea 2:15וְנָתַ֨תִּי · I will give backThere I will give back her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor into a gateway of hope. There she will respond as she did in the days of her youth, as in the day she came up out of Egypt.
- Hosea 5:4יִתְּנוּ֙ · permit themTheir deeds do not permit them to return to their God, for a spirit of prostitution is within them, and they do not know the LORD.
- Hosea 9:14תֵּן־ · Give; תִּתֵּ֑ן · will You give; תֵּן־ · GiveGive them, O LORD—what will You give? Give them wombs that miscarry and breasts that dry up!
- Hosea 11:8אֶתֶּנְךָ֣ · could I give you up; אֶתֶּנְךָ֣ · could I makeHow could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within Me; My compassion is stirred!
- Hosea 13:10תְּנָה־ · GiveWhere is your king now to save you in all your cities, and the rulers to whom you said, “Give me a king and princes”?
- Hosea 13:11אֶֽתֶּן־ · I gaveSo in My anger I gave you a king, and in My wrath I took him away.
- Joel 2:11נָתַ֤ן · raisesThe LORD raises His voice in the presence of His army. Indeed, His camp is very large, for mighty are those who obey His command. For the Day of the LORD is great and very dreadful. Who can endure it?
- Joel 2:17תִּתֵּ֨ן · makeLet the priests who minister before the LORD weep between the portico and the altar, saying, “Spare Your people, O LORD, and do not make Your heritage a reproach, an object of scorn among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’”
- Joel 2:19אֶתֵּ֨ן · make youAnd the LORD answered His people: “Behold, I will send you grain, new wine, and oil, and by them you will be satisfied. I will never again make you a reproach among the nations.
- Joel 2:22נָתְנ֥וּ · yieldDo not be afraid, O beasts of the field, for the open pastures have turned green, the trees bear their fruit, and the fig tree and vine yield their best.
- Joel 2:23נָתַ֥ן · He has givenBe glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for He has given you the autumn rains for your vindication. He sends you showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before.
- Joel 2:30וְנָֽתַתִּי֙ · I will showI will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke.
- Joel 3:3וַיִּתְּנ֤וּ · they barteredThey cast lots for My people; they bartered a boy for a prostitute and sold a girl for wine to drink.
- Joel 3:16יִתֵּ֣ן · and raiseThe LORD will roar from Zion and raise His voice from Jerusalem; heaven and earth will tremble. But the LORD will be a refuge for His people, a stronghold for the people of Israel.
- Amos 1:2יִתֵּ֣ן · and raisesHe said: “The LORD roars from Zion and raises His voice from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the summit of Carmel withers.”
- Amos 3:4הֲיִתֵּ֨ן · growlDoes a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey? Does a young lion growl in his den if he has caught nothing?
- Amos 4:6נָתַ֨תִּי · afflicted“I afflicted all your cities with cleanness of teeth and all your towns with lack of bread, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
- Amos 9:15נָתַ֣תִּי · I have givenI will firmly plant them in their own land, never again to be uprooted from the land that I have given them,” says the LORD your God.
- Obadiah 1:2נְתַתִּ֖יךָ · I will make you“Behold, I will make you small among the nations; you will be deeply despised.
- Jonah 1:3וַיִּתֵּ֨ן · So he paidJonah, however, got up to flee to Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship bound for Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went aboard to sail for Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD.
- Jonah 1:14תִּתֵּ֥ן · chargeSo they cried out to the LORD: “Please, O LORD, do not let us perish on account of this man’s life! Do not charge us with innocent blood! For You, O LORD, have done as You pleased.”
- Micah 1:14תִּתְּנִ֣י · sendTherefore, send farewell gifts to Moresheth-gath; the houses of Achzib will prove deceptive to the kings of Israel.
- Micah 3:5יִתֵּ֣ן · who putsThis is what the LORD says: “As for the prophets who lead My people astray, who proclaim peace while they chew with their teeth, but declare war against one who puts nothing in their mouths:
- Micah 5:3יִתְּנֵ֔ם · [Israel] will be abandonedTherefore Israel will be abandoned until she who is in labor has given birth; then the rest of His brothers will return to the children of Israel.
- Micah 6:7הַאֶתֵּ֤ן · Shall I presentWould the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
- Micah 6:14אֶתֵּֽן׃ · I will giveYou will eat but not be satisfied, and your hunger will remain with you. What you acquire, you will not preserve; and what you save, I will give to the sword.
- Micah 6:16תִּתִּ֨י · I will makeYou have kept the statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab’s house; you have followed their counsel. Therefore I will make you a desolation, and your inhabitants an object of contempt; you will bear the scorn of the nations.”
- Micah 7:20תִּתֵּ֤ן · You will showYou will show faithfulness to Jacob and loving devotion to Abraham, as You swore to our fathers from the days of old.
- Habakkuk 3:10נָתַ֤ן · roaredThe mountains saw You and quaked; torrents of water swept by. The deep roared with its voice and lifted its hands on high.
- Zephaniah 3:5יִתֵּ֤ן · He appliesThe LORD within her is righteous; He does no wrong. He applies His justice morning by morning; He does not fail at dawn, yet the unjust know no shame.