Natah נָטָה

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Natah
נָטָה
Transliterationnatah
Strong's numberH5186
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechverb
Glossto stretch
Occurrences214 in 207 verses
Most frequent inPsalms (29)

Natah (Hebrew נָטָה, Strong's H5186) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to stretch”. It occurs 214 times in 207 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) to stretch out, extend, spread out, pitch, turn, pervert, incline, bend, bow
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to stretch out, extend, stretch, offer
1a2) to spread out, pitch (tent)
1a3) to bend, turn, incline
1a3a) to turn aside, incline, decline, bend down
1a3b) to bend, bow
1a3c) to hold out, extend (fig.)
1b) (Niphal) to be stretched out
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to stretch out
1c2) to spread out
1c3) to turn, incline, influence, bend down, hold out, extend, thrust aside, thrust away

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVout (62), forth (16), aside (16), incline (15), inclined (13), down (9), pitched (8), turned (8), turn (7), away (6), spread (5), bowed (5), and 28 other renderings
BSBincline (22), outstretched (16), stretched out (12), stretch out (10), i will stretch out (10), turn (5), upraised (5), deny (4), pitched (3), turned away (3), turned (3), had pitched (3), and 106 other renderings

Verses

Every verse with Natah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

Exodus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Joshua

Judges

1 Samuel

2 Samuel

1 Kings

2 Kings

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Ezra

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Lamentations

Ezekiel

Daniel

Hosea

Amos

Zephaniah

Zechariah

Malachi

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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