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Lexicon :: Strong's H5203 - nāṭaš

Aa
נָטַשׁ
Transliteration
nāṭaš
Pronunciation
naw-tash'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1357

Strong’s Definitions

נָטַשׁ nâṭash, naw-tash'; a primitive root; properly, to pound, i.e. smite; by implication (as if beating out, and thus expanding) to disperse; also, to thrust off, down, out or upon (inclusively, reject, let alone, permit, remit, etc.):—cast off, drawn, let fall, forsake, join (battle), leave (off), lie still, loose, spread (self) abroad, stretch out, suffer.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 40x

The KJV translates Strong's H5203 in the following manner: forsake (15x), leave (12x), spread (3x), spread abroad (1x), drawn (1x), fall (1x), joined (1x), lie (1x), loosed (1x), cast off (1x), miscellaneous (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 40x
The KJV translates Strong's H5203 in the following manner: forsake (15x), leave (12x), spread (3x), spread abroad (1x), drawn (1x), fall (1x), joined (1x), lie (1x), loosed (1x), cast off (1x), miscellaneous (3x).

  1. to leave, permit, forsake, cast off or away, reject, suffer, join, spread out or abroad, be loosed, cease, abandon, quit, hang loose, cast down, make a raid, lie fallow, let fall, forgo, draw

    1. (Qal)

      1. to leave, let alone, lie fallow, entrust to

      2. to forsake, abandon

      3. to permit

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to be forsaken

      2. to be loosened, be loose

      3. to be let go, spread abroad

    3. (Pual) to be abandoned, be deserted

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נָטַשׁ nâṭash, naw-tash'; a primitive root; properly, to pound, i.e. smite; by implication (as if beating out, and thus expanding) to disperse; also, to thrust off, down, out or upon (inclusively, reject, let alone, permit, remit, etc.):—cast off, drawn, let fall, forsake, join (battle), leave (off), lie still, loose, spread (self) abroad, stretch out, suffer.
STRONGS H5203: Abbreviations
† נָטַשׁ verb leave, forsake, permit (Targum forsake; draw off skin of dead animal; Arabic bdb064304 = abstinens ab impuro according to Ḳam (Frey)); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נ׳ 1 Samuel 10:2, suffix 1plural נְטָשָׁ֫נוּ Judges 6:13; 2nd person masculine singular נָטַשְׁתָּ 1 Samuel 17:28, נָטַשְׁתָּה Isaiah 2:6, suffix נְטַשְׁתַּ֫נִי Genesis 31:28, וּנְטַשְׁתָּהּ consecutive Exodus 23:11, etc.; Imperfect יִטּשׁ 1 Samuel 12:22; Psalm 94:14, יִטּוֺשׁ Hosea 12:15, suffix 1st person plural יִטְּשֵׁנוּ 1 Kings 8:57; 1st person plural נִטּשׁ Nehemiah 10:32, etc.; Imperative נְטוֺשׁ Proverbs 17:14; Passive participle feminine נְטוּשָׁה Isaiah 21:15; masculine plural נְטֻשִׁים 1 Samuel 30:16; —
1. leave, let alone Exodus 23:11 (E; = let field lie fallow, || שָׁמַט), compare וְנִטּשׁ אֶתהַֿשָּׁנָה הַשְּׁכִיעִיתּ וּמַשָּׁא כָליָֿ֑ד Nehemiah 10:32 (i.e. leave field fallow and debts unclaimed); object quails, let them lie, (עַל location) Numbers 11:31 (JE), of Amalekites פָל־הָאָרֶץ עַל־פְּנֵי נְטֻשִׁים 1 Samuel 30:16 left to themselves over all the land; וְדָמָיו עָלָיו יִטּוֺשׁ Hosea 12:15 and his mortal guilt shall he leave upon him; leave in charge of, entrust to (עַל person): sheep 1 Samuel 17:20, 28; baggage 1 Samuel 17:22.
2. usually forsake, abandon, דִּבְרֵי הָאֲחֹנוֺת נ׳ 1 Samuel 10:2 thy father hath abandoned the matter of the asses (ceased to be concerned about them); הָרִיב נְטוֺשׁ Proverbs 17:14 abandon contention; often subject י׳ with accusative of person Judges 6:13; Isaiah 2:6; 1 Samuel 12:22; 1 Kings 8:57 (|| עָזַב) 2 Kings 21:14; Jeremiah 7:29; Jeremiah 12:7 (|| עָזַב), Jeremiah 23:33, 39; Psalm 27:9 (|| עָזַב), Psalm 94:14 (|| id.); of י׳ leaving Phar. forsaken (on ground, compare Niph. 1) Ezekiel 29:5 (+ ה locative), Ezekiel 32:4 (+ ב location); abandoning the sanctuary at Shiloh Psalm 78:60; of men forsaking God Deuteronomy 32:15 (poem), Jeremiah 15:6; compare אַלחִֿטּשׁ תּוֺרַת אִמֶּ֑ךָ Proverbs 1:8; Proverbs 6:20; of men abandoning king (under figure of cedar) Ezekiel 31:12 (twice in verse).
3. permit, only וְלֹא נְטַשְׁתַּנִי לְנַשֵּׁק לְבָנַי וגו׳ Genesis 31:28 (E) and hast not permitted me to kiss my sons, etc. — For וַתִּטּשׁ הַמִּלְחָמָה 1 Samuel 4:2 read probably וַתֵּט (Greek Version of the LXX ἔκλινεν) Dr Klo Bu, or < (קשׁה) וַתִּקֶשׁ grew fierce HPS (Löhr proposes תִּנָּטֵשׁ compare Judges 15:9 etc.). For חֶרֶב נְטוּטָה Isaiah 21:15 (|| קֶשֶׁת דְּרוּכָה) read perhaps לְטוּשָׁה ח׳.
Niph. Perfect 3rd person feminine singular נִטְּשָׁה Amos 5:2; 3rd person plural נִטְּשׁוּ Isaiah 16:8; Isaiah 33:23; Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural וַיָּֽטְשׁוּ Judges 15:9 + 2 times; —
1. be forsaken, Amos 5:2 she (Israel) lieth forsaken (עַל location).
2. be loosened or loose (properly be let alone, left to hang down) of ship's tackle Isaiah 33:23.
3. be let go, spread abroad, of warriors, Judges 15:19; 2 Samuel 5:18, 22 (all with ב location, for purpose of plunder); of tendrils of vine Isaiah 16:8 (figurative of Moab).
Pu. Perfect only אַדְמוֺן נֻטָּ֑שׁ Isaiah 32:14 palaces are abandoned, deserted (|| הֲמוֺן עִיר עֻזָּ֑ב).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

31:28; 31:28

Exodus

23:11; 23:11

Numbers

11:31

Deuteronomy

32:15

Judges

6:13; 6:13; 15:9; 15:9; 15:19

1 Samuel

4:2; 10:2; 10:2; 12:22; 12:22; 17:20; 17:22; 17:28; 17:28; 30:16; 30:16

2 Samuel

5:18; 5:22

1 Kings

8:57; 8:57

2 Kings

21:14

Nehemiah

10:32; 10:32

Psalms

27:9; 78:60; 94:14; 94:14

Proverbs

1:8; 6:20; 17:14; 17:14

Isaiah

2:6; 2:6; 16:8; 16:8; 21:15; 21:15; 32:14; 33:23; 33:23

Jeremiah

7:29; 12:7; 15:6; 23:33; 23:39

Ezekiel

29:5; 31:12; 32:4

Amos

5:2; 5:2

H5203

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5203 matches the Hebrew נָטַשׁ (nāṭaš),
which occurs 40 times in 39 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:28 - and did not allow H5203 me to kiss H5401 my sons H1121 and my daughters? H1323 Now H6258 you have done H5528 H6213 foolishly. H5528

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:11 - but on the seventh H7637 year H7637 you shall let H8058 it [fn]rest H8058 and lie H5203 fallow, H5203 so that the needy H34 of your people H5971 may eat; H398 and whatever they leave H3499 the beast H2416 of the field H7704 may eat. H398 You are to do H6213 the same H3651 with your vineyard H3754 and your olive H2132 grove. H2132

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:31 - Now there went H5265 forth H5265 a wind H7307 from the LORD H3068 and it brought H1468 quail H7958 from the sea, H3220 and let them fall H5203 beside H5921 the camp, H4264 about a day’s H3117 journey H1870 on this H3541 side H3541 and a day’s H3117 journey H1870 on the other H3541 side, H3541 all H5439 around H5439 the camp H4264 and [fn]about two [fn]cubits H520 deep on the surface H6440 of the ground. H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:15 - “But [fn]Jeshurun H3484 grew H8080 fat H8080 and kicked H1163—
You are grown H8080 fat, H8080 thick, H5666 and sleek H3780—
Then he forsook H5203 God H433 who made H6213 him,
And scorned H5034 the Rock H6697 of his salvation. H3444

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:13 - Then Gideon H1439 said H559 to him, “O H994 my lord, H113 if the LORD H3068 is with us, why H4100 then has all H3605 this H2088 happened H4672 to us? And where H346 are all H3605 His miracles H6381 which H834 our fathers H1 told H5608 us about, saying, H559 ‘Did not the LORD H3068 bring H5927 us up from Egypt?’ H4714 But now H6258 the LORD H3068 has abandoned H5203 us and given H5414 us into the hand H3709 of Midian.” H4080

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:9 - Then the Philistines H6430 went H5927 up and camped H2583 in Judah, H3063 and spread H6566 out in Lehi. H3896

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:2 - The Philistines H6430 drew H6186 up in battle H6186 array to meet H7122 Israel. H3478 When the battle H4421 spread, H5203 Israel H3478 was [fn]defeated H5062 before H6440 the Philistines H6430 who killed H5221 about four H702 thousand H505 men H376 on the battlefield. H4634 H7704

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:2 - “When you go H1980 from me today, H3117 then you will find H4672 two H8147 men H376 close H5973 to Rachel’s H7354 tomb H6900 in the territory H1366 of Benjamin H1144 at Zelzah; H6766 and they will say H559 to you, ‘The donkeys H860 which H834 you went H1980 to look H1245 for have been found. H4672 Now behold, H2009 your father H1 has [fn]ceased H5203 to be concerned H1697 about the donkeys H860 and is anxious H1672 for you, saying, H559 “What H4100 shall I do H6213 about my son?”’ H1121

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:22 - “For the LORD H3068 will not abandon H5203 His people H5971 on account H5668 of His great H1419 name, H8034 because H3588 the LORD H3068 has been pleased H3190 H2974 to make H6213 you a people H5971 for Himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:20 - So David H1732 arose H7925 early H7925 in the morning H1242 and left H5203 the flock H6629 with a keeper H8104 and took H5375 the supplies and went H1980 as Jesse H3448 had commanded H6680 him. And he came H935 to the circle H4570 of the camp H4570 while the army H2428 was going H3318 out in battle H4634 array H4634 shouting H7321 the war H4421 cry. H7321

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:22 - Then David H1732 left H5203 his baggage H3627 in the [fn]care H3027 of the baggage H3627 keeper, H8104 and ran H7323 to the battle H4634 line H4634 and entered H935 in order to greet H7592 H7965 his brothers. H251

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:28 - Now Eliab H446 his oldest H1419 brother H251 heard H8085 when he spoke H1696 to the men; H376 and Eliab’s H446 anger H639 burned H2734 against David H1732 and he said, H559 “Why H4100 have you come H3381 down? H3381 And with whom H4310 have you left H5203 those H2007 few H4592 sheep H6629 in the wilderness? H4057 I know H3045 your insolence H2087 and the wickedness H7455 of your heart; H3824 for you have come H3381 down H3381 in order H4616 to see H7200 the battle.” H4421

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:16 - When he had brought H3381 him down, H3381 behold, H2009 they were [fn]spread H5203 over H5921 all H3605 the land, H776 eating H398 and drinking H8354 and [fn]dancing H2287 because of all H3605 the great H1419 spoil H7998 that they had taken H3947 from the land H776 of the Philistines H6430 and from the land H776 of Judah. H3063

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:18 - Now the Philistines H6430 came H935 and spread H5203 themselves out in the valley H6010 of Rephaim. H7497

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:22 - Now the Philistines H6430 came H5927 up once H3254 H5750 again H3254 and spread H5203 themselves out in the valley H6010 of Rephaim. H7497

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:57 - “May the LORD H3068 our God H430 be with us, as He was with our fathers; H1 may He not leave H5800 us or forsake H5203 us,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:14 - ‘I will abandon H5203 the remnant H7611 of My inheritance H5159 and deliver H5414 them into the hand H3027 of their enemies, H340 and they will become H1961 as plunder H957 and spoil H4933 to all H3605 their enemies; H340

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:31 - As for the peoples H5971 of the land H776 who bring H935 wares H4728 or any H3605 grain H7668 on the sabbath H7676 day H3117 to sell, H4376 we will not buy H3947 from them on the sabbath H7676 or a holy H6944 day; H3117 and we will forego H5203 the crops the seventh H7637 year H8141 and the exaction H4855 of every H3605 debt. H3027

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:9 - Do not hide H5641 Your face H6440 from me,
Do not turn H5186 Your servant H5650 away H5186 in anger; H639
You have been H1961 my help; H5833
Do not abandon H5203 me nor H408 forsake H5800 me,
O God H430 of my salvation! H3468

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:60 - So that He abandoned H5203 the dwelling H4908 place H4908 at Shiloh, H7887
The tent H168 [fn]which He had pitched H7931 among men, H120

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:14 - For the LORD H3068 will not abandon H5203 His people, H5971
Nor H3808 will He forsake H5800 His inheritance. H5159

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:8 - Hear, H8085 my son, H1121 your father’s H1 instruction H4148
And do not forsake H5203 your mother’s H517 teaching; H8451

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:20 - My son, H1121 observe H5341 the commandment H4687 of your father H1
And do not forsake H5203 the [fn]teaching H8451 of your mother; H517

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:14 - The beginning H7225 of strife H4066 is like letting H6362 out water, H4325
So abandon H5203 the quarrel H7379 before H6440 it breaks H1566 out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:6 - For You have abandoned H5203 Your people, H5971 the house H1004 of Jacob, H3290
Because H3588 they are filled H4390 with influences from the east, H6924
And they are soothsayers H6049 like the Philistines, H6430
And they strike H5606 bargains with the children H3206 of foreigners. H5237

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:8 - For the fields H7709 of Heshbon H2809 have [fn]withered, H535 the vines H1612 of Sibmah H7643 as well;
The lords H1167 of the nations H1471 have trampled H1986 down H1986 its choice H8291 clusters H8291
Which reached H5060 as far H5704 as Jazer H3270 and wandered H8582 to the deserts; H4057
Its tendrils H7976 spread H5203 themselves out and passed H5674 over H5674 the sea. H3220

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:15 - For they have fled H5074 from the swords, H2719
From the drawn H5203 sword, H2719 and from the bent H1869 bow H7198
And from the press H3514 of battle. H4421

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:14 - Because H3588 the palace H759 has been abandoned, H5203 the [fn]populated H1995 city H5892 forsaken. H5800
[fn]Hill H6076 and watch-tower H975 have become H1961 caves H4631 forever, H5704 H5769
A delight H4885 for wild H6501 donkeys, H6501 a pasture H4829 for flocks; H5739

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:23 - Your tackle H2256 hangs H5203 slack; H5203
It cannot H1077 hold H2388 the base H3653 of its mast H8650 firmly, H2388
Nor H1077 spread H6566 out the sail. H5251
Then H227 the prey H5706 of an abundant H4766 spoil H7998 will be divided; H2505
The lame H6455 will take H962 the plunder. H957

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:29 - ‘Cut H1494 off H1494 [fn]your hair H5145 and cast H7993 it away, H7993
And take H5375 up a lamentation H7015 on the bare H8205 heights; H8205
For the LORD H3068 has rejected H3988 and forsaken H5203
The generation H1755 of His wrath.’ H5678

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:7 - “I have forsaken H5800 My house, H1004
I have abandoned H5203 My inheritance; H5159
I have given H5414 the beloved H3033 of My soul H5315
Into the hand H3709 of her enemies. H340

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:6 - “You who have forsaken H5203 Me,” declares H5002 the LORD, H3068
“You keep going H1980 backward. H268
So I will stretch H5186 out My hand H3027 against H5921 you and destroy H7843 you;
I am tired H3811 of relenting! H5162

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:33 - “Now when H3588 this H2088 people H5971 or H176 the prophet H5030 or H176 a priest H3548 asks H7592 you saying, H559 ‘What H4100 is the [fn]oracle H4853 of the LORD?’ H3068 then you shall say H559 to them, ‘What H4100 [fn]oracle?’ H4853 The LORD H3068 declares, H5002 ‘I will abandon H5203 you.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:39 - “Therefore H3651 behold, H2009 I will surely H5382 forget H5382 you and cast H5203 you away H5203 from My presence, H6440 along with the city H5892 which H834 I gave H5414 you and your fathers. H1

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:5 - “I will abandon H5203 you to the wilderness, H4057 you and all H3605 the fish H1710 of your [fn]rivers; H2975
You will fall H5307 on the [fn]open H6440 field; H7704 you will not be brought H622 together H622 or [fn]gathered. H6908
I have given H5414 you for food H402 to the beasts H2416 of the earth H776 and to the birds H5775 of the sky. H8064

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:12 - “Alien H2114 tyrants H6184 of the nations H1471 have cut H3772 it down H3772 and left H5203 it; on the mountains H2022 and in all H3605 the valleys H1516 its branches H1808 have fallen H5307 and its boughs H6288 have been broken H7665 in all H3605 the ravines H650 of the land. H776 And all H3605 the peoples H5971 of the earth H776 have gone H3381 down H3381 from its shade H6738 and left H5203 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:4 - “I will leave H5203 you on the land; H776
I will cast H2904 you on the [fn]open H6440 field. H7704
And I will cause all H3605 the birds H5775 of the heavens H8064 to dwell H7931 on you,
And I will satisfy H7646 the beasts H2416 of the whole H3605 earth H776 [fn]with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:14 - Ephraim H669 has provoked H3707 to bitter H8563 anger; H3707
So his Lord H136 will leave H5203 his bloodguilt H1818 on him
And bring H7725 back H7725 his reproach H2781 to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:2 - She has fallen, H5307 she will not rise H6965 again H3254—
The virgin H1330 Israel. H3478
She lies neglected H5203 on her land; H127
There H369 is none H369 to raise H6965 her up.
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