Hebrew · Strong's H5414 · Verb
נָתַן
na·tan
to give: put
How it's translated
- and he put35
- and you will put30
- and i will put19
- he put11
- he will put9
- and they put9
- and he will put9
- and he will put it9
Definition
: put/set/apppoint
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
- Ezekiel61
- Exodus50
- Leviticus35
- 2 Chronicles30
- Deuteronomy26
- Genesis23
- Numbers22
- Jeremiah21
- 1 Kings20
- 2 Kings12
…and 17 more books.
Every verse
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