Hebrew · Strong's H5414 · Verb
נָתַן
na·tan
to give: give
How it's translated
- and he gave73
- to give60
- he has given48
- i will give45
- he gave44
- give38
- is about to give38
- and i will give32
Definition
: give/deliver/send/produce
1) to give, put, set
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to give, bestow, grant, permit, ascribe, employ, devote, consecrate, dedicate, pay wages, sell, exchange, lend, commit, entrust, give over, deliver up, yield produce, occasion, produce, requite to, report, mention, utter, stretch out, extend
1a2) to put, set, put on, put upon, set, appoint, assign, designate
1a3) to make, constitute
1b) (Niphal)…
The forms it takes
Form
- Perfect (qatal) 25% a complete action, usually past
- Imperfect (yiqtol) 20% incomplete: ongoing, future or possible
- Wayyiqtol (“and he did”) 18% and then …: the storyteller’s past
- Weqatal (“and he will”) 16% and then …: future or instructions
- Infinitive 9% “to …”, or for emphasis
- Participle 6% one who is doing
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Between Hebrew and Greek
The Greek Old Testament (the Septuagint), the Bible the first Christians often quoted, translates this word as:
Where it appears
Genesisacross the Old TestamentMalachi
- Deuteronomy133
- Genesis89
- Ezekiel87
- Jeremiah82
- Numbers72
- Joshua70
- 1 Kings69
- Psalms63
- 2 Chronicles57
- 1 Samuel54
…and 26 more books.
Every verse
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