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Lexicon :: Strong's H5203 - nāṭaš

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נָטַשׁ
Transliteration
nāṭaš
Pronunciation
naw-tash'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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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 Box Gen 31:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:28 - You didn’t even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye. You have done a foolish thing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:11 - but during the seventh year let the land lie unplowed and unused. Then the poor among your people may get food from it, and the wild animals may eat what is left. Do the same with your vineyard and your olive grove.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:31 - Now a wind went out from the LORD and drove quail in from the sea. It scattered them up to two cubits[fn] deep all around the camp, as far as a day’s walk in any direction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:15 - Jeshurun[fn] grew fat and kicked; filled with food, they became heavy and sleek. They abandoned the God who made them and rejected the Rock their Savior.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:13 - “Pardon me, my lord,” Gideon replied, “but if the LORD is with us, why has all this happened to us? Where are all his wonders that our ancestors told us about when they said, ‘Did not the LORD bring us up out of Egypt?’ But now the LORD has abandoned us and given us into the hand of Midian.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:9 - The Philistines went up and camped in Judah, spreading out near Lehi.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:2 - The Philistines deployed their forces to meet Israel, and as the battle spread, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who killed about four thousand of them on the battlefield.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:2 - When you leave me today, you will meet two men near Rachel’s tomb, at Zelzah on the border of Benjamin. They will say to you, ‘The donkeys you set out to look for have been found. And now your father has stopped thinking about them and is worried about you. He is asking, “What shall I do about my son?” ’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:22 - For the sake of his great name the LORD will not reject his people, because the LORD was pleased to make you his own.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:20 - Early in the morning David left the flock in the care of a shepherd, loaded up and set out, as Jesse had directed. He reached the camp as the army was going out to its battle positions, shouting the war cry.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:22 - David left his things with the keeper of supplies, ran to the battle lines and asked his brothers how they were.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:28 - When Eliab, David’s oldest brother, heard him speaking with the men, he burned with anger at him and asked, “Why have you come down here? And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know how conceited you are and how wicked your heart is; you came down only to watch the battle.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:16 - He led David down, and there they were, scattered over the countryside, eating, drinking and reveling because of the great amount of plunder they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 5:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:18 - Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 5:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:22 - Once more the Philistines came up and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:57

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:57 - May the LORD our God be with us as he was with our ancestors; may he never leave us nor forsake us.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 21:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:14 - I will forsake the remnant of my inheritance and give them into the hands of enemies. They will be looted and plundered by all their enemies;

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 10:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:31 - “When the neighboring peoples bring merchandise or grain to sell on the Sabbath, we will not buy from them on the Sabbath or on any holy day. Every seventh year we will forgo working the land and will cancel all debts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:9 - Do not hide your face from me, do not turn your servant away in anger; you have been my helper. Do not reject me or forsake me, God my Savior.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:60

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:60 - He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent he had set up among humans.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:14 - For the LORD will not reject his people; he will never forsake his inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:8 - Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:20 - My son, keep your father’s command and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:14 - Starting a quarrel is like breaching a dam; so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:6 - You, LORD, have abandoned your people, the descendants of Jacob. They are full of superstitions from the East; they practice divination like the Philistines and embrace pagan customs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:8 - The fields of Heshbon wither, the vines of Sibmah also. The rulers of the nations have trampled down the choicest vines, which once reached Jazer and spread toward the desert. Their shoots spread out and went as far as the sea.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 21:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:15 - They flee from the sword, from the drawn sword, from the bent bow and from the heat of battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:14 - The fortress will be abandoned, the noisy city deserted; citadel and watchtower will become a wasteland forever, the delight of donkeys, a pasture for flocks,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:23 - Your rigging hangs loose: The mast is not held secure, the sail is not spread. Then an abundance of spoils will be divided and even the lame will carry off plunder.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:29 - “ ‘Cut off your hair and throw it away; take up a lament on the barren heights, for the LORD has rejected and abandoned this generation that is under his wrath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:7 - “I will forsake my house, abandon my inheritance; I will give the one I love into the hands of her enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:6 - You have rejected me,” declares the LORD. “You keep on backsliding. So I will reach out and destroy you; I am tired of holding back.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:33 - “When these people, or a prophet or a priest, ask you, ‘What is the message from the LORD?’ say to them, ‘What message? I will forsake you, declares the LORD.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:39 - Therefore, I will surely forget you and cast you out of my presence along with the city I gave to you and your ancestors.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:5 - I will leave you in the desert, you and all the fish of your streams. You will fall on the open field and not be gathered or picked up. I will give you as food to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the sky.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:12 - and the most ruthless of foreign nations cut it down and left it. Its boughs fell on the mountains and in all the valleys; its branches lay broken in all the ravines of the land. All the nations of the earth came out from under its shade and left it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 32:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:4 - I will throw you on the land and hurl you on the open field. I will let all the birds of the sky settle on you and all the animals of the wild gorge themselves on you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:14 - But Ephraim has aroused his bitter anger; his Lord will leave on him the guilt of his bloodshed and will repay him for his contempt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:2 - “Fallen is Virgin Israel, never to rise again, deserted in her own land, with no one to lift her up.”
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