Natsav נָצַב

Natsav (Hebrew נָצַב, Strong's H5324) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to stand”. It occurs 75 times in 75 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

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

Translated as

Verses

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

Genesis

• Genesis 18:2
  And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,And Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.
• Genesis 21:28
  And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.Abraham separated seven ewe lambs from the flock,
• Genesis 21:29
  And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?and Abimelech asked him, “Why have you set apart these seven ewe lambs?”
• Genesis 24:13
  Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water:Here I am, standing beside the spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water.
• Genesis 24:43
  Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;Here I am, standing beside this spring. Now if a maiden comes out to draw water and I say to her, ‘Please let me drink a little water from your jar,’
• Genesis 28:12
  And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.And Jacob had a dream about a ladder that rested on the earth with its top reaching up to heaven, and God’s angels were going up and down the ladder.
• Genesis 28:13
  And, behold, the Lord stood above it, and said, I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie.
• Genesis 33:20
  And he erected there an altar, and called it El–elohe–Israel.There he set up an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.
• Genesis 35:14
  And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.So Jacob set up a pillar in the place where God had spoken with him—a stone marker—and he poured out a drink offering on it and anointed it with oil.
• Genesis 35:20
  And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel’s grave unto this day.Jacob set up a pillar on her grave; it marks Rachel’s tomb to this day.
• Genesis 37:7
  For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.We were binding sheaves of grain in the field, and suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to mine.”
• Genesis 45:1
  Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren.Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he cried out, “Send everyone away from me!” So none of them were with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers.

Exodus

• Exodus 5:20
  And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh:When they left Pharaoh, they confronted Moses and Aaron, who stood waiting to meet them.
• Exodus 7:15
  Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by the river’s brink against he come; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine hand.Go to Pharaoh in the morning as you see him walking out to the water. Wait on the bank of the Nile to meet him, and take in your hand the staff that was changed into a snake.
• Exodus 15:8
  And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.At the blast of Your nostrils the waters piled up; like a wall the currents stood firm; the depths congealed in the heart of the sea.
• Exodus 17:9
  And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand.So Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on the hilltop with the staff of God in my hand.”
• Exodus 18:14
  And when Moses’ father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even?When his father-in-law saw all that Moses was doing for the people, he asked, “What is this that you are doing for the people? Why do you sit alone as judge, with all the people standing around you from morning till evening?”
• Exodus 33:8
  And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the tabernacle, that all the people rose up, and stood every man at his tent door, and looked after Moses, until he was gone into the tabernacle.Then, whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people would stand at the entrances to their own tents and watch Moses until he entered the tent.
• Exodus 33:21
  And the Lord said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock:The LORD continued, “There is a place near Me where you are to stand upon a rock,
• Exodus 34:2
  And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me in the top of the mount.Be ready in the morning, and come up on Mount Sinai to present yourself before Me on the mountaintop.

Numbers

• Numbers 16:27
  So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children.So they moved away from the dwellings of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. Meanwhile, Dathan and Abiram had come out and stood at the entrances to their tents with their wives and children and infants.
• Numbers 22:23
  And the ass saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way.When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand, she turned off the path and went into a field. So Balaam beat her to return her to the path.
• Numbers 22:31
  Then the Lord opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and he bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face.Then the LORD opened Balaam’s eyes, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand. And Balaam bowed low and fell facedown.
• Numbers 22:34
  And Balaam said unto the angel of the Lord, I have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back again.“I have sinned,” Balaam said to the angel of the LORD, “for I did not realize that you were standing in the road to confront me. And now, if this is displeasing in your sight, I will go back home.”
• Numbers 23:6
  And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab.So he returned to Balak, who was standing there beside his burnt offering, with all the princes of Moab.
• Numbers 23:17
  And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath the Lord spoken?So he returned to Balak, who was standing there by his burnt offering with the princes of Moab. “What did the LORD say?” Balak asked.

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 29:10
  Ye stand this day all of you before the Lord your God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the men of Israel,All of you are standing today before the LORD your God—you leaders of tribes, elders, officials, and all the men of Israel,
• Deuteronomy 32:8
  When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when He divided the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God.

Joshua

• Joshua 6:26
  And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the Lord, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.At that time Joshua invoked this solemn oath: “Cursed before the LORD is the man who rises up and rebuilds this city, Jericho; at the cost of his firstborn he will lay its foundations; at the cost of his youngest he will set up its gates.”

Judges

• Judges 9:6
  And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that was in Shechem.Then all the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo gathered beside the oak at the pillar in Shechem and proceeded to make Abimelech their king.
• Judges 18:16
  And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war, which were of the children of Dan, stood by the entering of the gate.The six hundred Danites stood at the entrance of the gate, armed with their weapons of war.
• Judges 18:17
  And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entering of the gate with the six hundred men that were appointed with weapons of war.And the five men who had gone to spy out the land went inside and took the graven image, the ephod, the household idols, and the molten idol, while the priest stood at the entrance of the gate with the six hundred armed men.

Ruth

• Ruth 2:5
  Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this?And Boaz asked the foreman of his harvesters, “Whose young woman is this?”
• Ruth 2:6
  And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab:The foreman answered, “She is the Moabitess who returned with Naomi from the land of Moab.

1 Samuel

• 1 Samuel 1:26
  And she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the Lord.“Please, my lord,” said Hannah, “as surely as you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the LORD.
• 1 Samuel 4:20
  And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said unto her, Fear not; for thou hast born a son. But she answered not, neither did she regard it.As she was dying, the women attending to her said, “Do not be afraid, for you have given birth to a son!” But she did not respond or pay any heed.
• 1 Samuel 13:21
  Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.The charge was a pim for sharpening a plowshare or mattock, a third of a shekel for sharpening a pitchfork or an axe, and a third of a shekel for repointing an oxgoad.
• 1 Samuel 15:12
  And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.Early in the morning Samuel got up to confront Saul, but he was told, “Saul has gone to Carmel, and behold, he has set up a monument for himself and has turned and gone down to Gilgal.”
• 1 Samuel 19:20
  And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as appointed over them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.he sent messengers to capture him. But when they saw the group of prophets prophesying, with Samuel leading them, the Spirit of God came upon them, and Saul’s messengers also began to prophesy.
• 1 Samuel 22:6
  When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him;)Soon Saul learned that David and his men had been discovered. At that time Saul was in Gibeah, sitting under the tamarisk tree on the hill at Gibeah, with his spear in hand and all his servants standing around him.
• 1 Samuel 22:7
  Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds;Then Saul said to his servants, “Listen, men of Benjamin! Is the son of Jesse giving all of you fields and vineyards and making you commanders of thousands or hundreds?
• 1 Samuel 22:9
  Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.But Doeg the Edomite, who had stationed himself with Saul’s servants, answered: “I saw the son of Jesse come to Ahimelech son of Ahitub at Nob.
• 1 Samuel 22:17
  And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the Lord; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the Lord.Then the king ordered the guards at his side, “Turn and kill the priests of the LORD, because they too sided with David. For they knew he was fleeing, but they did not tell me.” But the king’s servants would not lift a hand to strike the priests of the LORD.

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 13:31
  Then the king arose, and tare his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent.Then the king stood up, tore his clothes, and lay down on the ground; and all his servants stood by with their clothes torn.
• 2 Samuel 18:17
  And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent.They took Absalom, cast him into a large pit in the forest, and piled a huge mound of stones over him. Meanwhile, all the Israelites fled, each to his home.
• 2 Samuel 18:18
  Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king’s dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom’s place.During his lifetime, Absalom had set up for himself a pillar in the King’s Valley, for he had said, “I have no son to preserve the memory of my name.” So he gave the pillar his name, and to this day it is called Absalom’s Monument.

1 Kings

• 1 Kings 4:5
  And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer, and the king’s friend:Azariah son of Nathan was in charge of the governors; Zabud son of Nathan was a priest and adviser to the king;
• 1 Kings 4:7
  And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision.Solomon had twelve governors over all Israel to provide food for the king and his household. Each one would arrange provisions for one month of the year,
• 1 Kings 4:27
  And those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for all that came unto king Solomon’s table, every man in his month: they lacked nothing.Each month the governors in turn provided food for King Solomon and all who came to his table. They saw to it that nothing was lacking.
• 1 Kings 5:16
  Beside the chief of Solomon’s officers which were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought in the work.not including his 3,300 foremen who supervised the workers.
• 1 Kings 9:23
  These were the chief of the officers that were over Solomon’s work, five hundred and fifty, which bare rule over the people that wrought in the work.They were also the chief officers over Solomon’s projects: 550 supervisors over the people who did the work.
• 1 Kings 16:34
  In his days did Hiel the Beth–elite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.In Ahab’s days, Hiel the Bethelite rebuilt Jericho. At the cost of Abiram his firstborn he laid its foundation, and at the cost of Segub his youngest he set up its gates, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through Joshua son of Nun.
• 1 Kings 22:47
  There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king.And there was no king in Edom; a deputy served as king.

2 Kings

• 2 Kings 17:10
  And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree:They set up for themselves sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.

1 Chronicles

• 1 Chronicles 18:3
  And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates.As far as Hamath, David also defeated King Hadadezer of Zobah, who had marched out to establish his dominion along the Euphrates River.

2 Chronicles

• 2 Chronicles 8:10
  And these were the chief of king Solomon’s officers, even two hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people.They were also the chief officers for King Solomon: 250 supervisors.

Psalms

• Psalm 39:5
  Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah
• Psalm 41:12
  And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.In my integrity You uphold me and set me in Your presence forever.
• Psalm 45:9
  Kings’ daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.The daughters of kings are among your honored women; the queen stands at your right hand, adorned with the gold of Ophir.
• Psalm 74:17
  Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.You set all the boundaries of the earth; You made the summer and winter.
• Psalm 78:13
  He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.He split the sea and brought them through; He set the waters upright like a wall.
• Psalm 82:1
  God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.God presides in the divine assembly; He renders judgment among the gods:
• Psalm 119:89
  For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.Your word, O LORD, is everlasting; it is firmly fixed in the heavens.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 8:2
  She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths.On the heights overlooking the road, at the crossroads she takes her stand.
• Proverbs 15:25
  The Lord will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.The LORD tears down the house of the proud, but He protects the boundaries of the widow.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 3:13
  The Lord standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people.The LORD arises to contend; He stands to judge the people.
• Isaiah 21:8
  And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:Then the lookout shouted: “Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower; night after night I stay at my post.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 5:26
  For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.
• Jeremiah 31:21
  Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart toward the highway, even the way which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.“Set up the roadmarks, establish the signposts. Keep the highway in mind, the road you have traveled. Return, O Virgin Israel, return to these cities of yours.

Lamentations

• Lamentations 2:4
  He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.He has bent His bow like an enemy; His right hand is positioned. Like a foe He has killed all who were pleasing to the eye; He has poured out His wrath like fire on the tent of the Daughter of Zion.
• Lamentations 3:12
  He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.He bent His bow and set me as the target for His arrow.

Amos

• Amos 7:7
  Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.This is what He showed me: Behold, the Lord was standing by a wall true to plumb, with a plumb line in His hand.
• Amos 9:1
  I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Topple them on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the rest with the sword. None of those who flee will get away; none of the fugitives will escape.

Nahum

• Nahum 2:7
  And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts.It is decreed that the city be exiled and carried away; her maidservants moan like doves, and beat upon their breasts.

Zechariah

• Zechariah 11:16
  For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces.For behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land who will neither care for the lost, nor seek the young, nor heal the broken, nor sustain the healthy, but he will devour the flesh of the choice sheep and tear off their hooves.

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).