Natach נָתַח
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| נָתַח | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | natach |
| Strong's number | H5408 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to cut |
| Occurrences | 9 in 9 verses |
| Most frequent in | Leviticus (3) |
Natach (Hebrew נָתַח, Strong's H5408) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to cut”. It occurs 9 times in 9 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to cut, cut up, cut in pieces, divide
1a) (Piel) to cut up, cut in pieces, divide by joints
1a) (Piel) to cut up, cut in pieces, divide by joints
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | cut (5), pieces (3), divided (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | cut (3), he is to cut (1), cut her (1), cut her into pieces (1), cut them into pieces (1), cut up (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Natach, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Exodus
- Exodus 29:17And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, and wash the inwards of him, and his legs, and put them unto his pieces, and unto his head.Cut the ram into pieces, wash the entrails and legs, and place them with its head and other pieces.
Leviticus
- Leviticus 1:6And he shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into his pieces.Next, he is to skin the burnt offering and cut it into pieces.
- Leviticus 1:12And he shall cut it into his pieces, with his head and his fat: and the priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar:He is to cut the animal into pieces, and the priest shall arrange them, including the head and fat, atop the burning wood that is on the altar.
- Leviticus 8:20And he cut the ram into pieces; and Moses burnt the head, and the pieces, and the fat.He cut the ram into pieces and burned the head, the pieces, and the fat.
Judges
- Judges 19:29And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, together with her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of Israel.When he reached his house, he picked up a knife, took hold of his concubine, cut her limb by limb into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout the territory of Israel.
- Judges 20:6And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel: for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel.Then I took my concubine, cut her into pieces, and sent her throughout the land of Israel’s inheritance, because they had committed a lewd and disgraceful act in Israel.
1 Samuel
- 1 Samuel 11:7And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the Lord fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.He took a pair of oxen, cut them into pieces, and sent them by messengers throughout the land of Israel, proclaiming, “This is what will be done to the oxen of anyone who does not march behind Saul and Samuel.” Then the terror of the LORD fell upon the people, and they turned out as one man.
1 Kings
- 1 Kings 18:23Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under: and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under:Get two bulls for us. Let the prophets of Baal choose one bull for themselves, cut it into pieces, and place it on the wood but not light the fire. And I will prepare the other bull and place it on the wood but not light the fire.
- 1 Kings 18:33And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood.Next, he arranged the wood, cut up the bull, placed it on the wood,
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).