Nataph נָטַף
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| נָטַף | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | nataph |
| Strong's number | H5197 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to drip/prophesy |
| Occurrences | 18 in 14 verses |
| Most frequent in | Song of Solomon (3) |
Nataph (Hebrew נָטַף, Strong's H5197) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to drip/prophesy”. It occurs 18 times in 14 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to drop, drip, distil, prophesy, preach, discourse
1a) (Qal) to drop, drip
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to drip
1b2) to drop (prophecy)
1a) (Qal) to drop, drip
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to drip
1b2) to drop (prophecy)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | drop (6), dropped (5), prophesy (4), dropping (1), down (1), prophet (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | preach (5), poured down (2), drip (2), will drip (2), poured (1), settled (1), dripped (1), dripping (1), they preach (1), i will preach (1), just the preacher (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Nataph, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Judges
- Judges 5:4Lord, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water.O LORD, when You went out from Seir, when You marched from the land of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens poured out rain, and the clouds poured down water.
Job
- Job 29:22After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.After my words, they spoke no more; my speech settled on them like dew.
Psalms
- Psalm 68:8The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.the earth shook and the heavens poured down rain before God, the One on Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.
Proverbs
- Proverbs 5:3For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,
Song of Solomon
- Song of Solomon 4:11Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.Your lips, my bride, drip sweetness like the honeycomb; honey and milk are under your tongue, and the fragrance of your garments is like the aroma of Lebanon.
- Song of Solomon 5:5I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.I rose up to open for my beloved. My hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with flowing myrrh on the handles of the bolt.
- Song of Solomon 5:13His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.His cheeks are like beds of spice, towers of perfume. His lips are like lilies, dripping with flowing myrrh.
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 20:46Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field;“Son of man, set your face toward the south, preach against it, and prophesy against the forest of the Negev.
- Ezekiel 21:2Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,“Son of man, set your face against Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuaries. Prophesy against the land of Israel
Joel
- Joel 3:18And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the Lord, and shall water the valley of Shittim.And in that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the streams of Judah will run with water, and a spring will flow from the house of the LORD to water the Valley of Acacias.
Amos
- Amos 7:16Now therefore hear thou the word of the Lord: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac.Now, therefore, hear the word of the LORD. You say: ‘Do not prophesy against Israel; do not preach against the house of Isaac.’
- Amos 9:13Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when the plowman will overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes, the sower of seed. The mountains will drip with sweet wine, with which all the hills will flow.
Micah
- Micah 2:6Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame.“Do not preach,” they preach. “Do not preach these things; disgrace will not overtake us.”
- Micah 2:11If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.If a man of wind were to come and say falsely, “I will preach to you of wine and strong drink,” he would be just the preacher for this people!
Notes
- 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.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).