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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).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 you did not allow me to kiss my sons and my daughters. Now you have done foolishly in so doing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:11 - “but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave, the beasts of the field may eat. In like manner you shall do with your vineyard and your olive grove.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:31 - Now a wind went out from the LORD, and it brought quail from the sea and left them fluttering near the camp, about a day’s journey on this side and about a day’s journey on the other side, all around the camp, and about two cubits above the surface of the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:15 - “But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked;
You grew fat, you grew thick,
You are obese!
Then he forsook God who made him,
And scornfully esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:13 - Gideon said to Him, “O my lord,[fn] if the LORD is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all His miracles which our fathers told us about, saying, ‘Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt?’ But now the LORD has forsaken us and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:9 - Now the Philistines went up, encamped in Judah, and deployed themselves against Lehi.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:2 - Then the Philistines put themselves in battle array against Israel. And when they joined battle, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who killed about four thousand men of the army in the field.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:2 - “When you have departed from me today, you will find two men by Rachel’s tomb in the territory of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say to you, ‘The donkeys which you went to look for have been found. And now your father has ceased caring about the donkeys and is worrying about you, saying, “What shall I do about my son?” ’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:22 - “For the LORD will not forsake His people, for His great name’s sake, because it has pleased the LORD to make you His people.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:20 - So David rose early in the morning, left the sheep with a keeper, and took the things and went as Jesse had commanded him. And he came to the camp as the army was going out to the fight and shouting for the battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:22 - And David left his supplies in the hand of the supply keeper, ran to the army, and came and greeted his brothers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:28 - Now Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab’s anger was aroused against David, and he said, “Why did you come down here? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and the insolence of your heart, for you have come down to see the battle.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:16 - And when he had brought him down, there they were, spread out over all the land, eating and drinking and dancing, because of all the great spoil which they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:18 - The Philistines also went and deployed themselves in the Valley of Rephaim.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 5:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:22 - Then the Philistines went up once again and deployed themselves 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 fathers. May He not leave us nor forsake us,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:14 - ‘So I will forsake the remnant of My inheritance and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become victims of plunder to all their enemies,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 10:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:31 - if the peoples of the land brought wares or any grain to sell on the Sabbath day, we would not buy it from them on the Sabbath, or on a holy day; and we would forego the seventh year’s produce and the exacting of every debt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:9 - Do not hide Your face from me;
Do not turn Your servant away in anger;
You have been my help;
Do not leave me nor forsake me,
O God of my salvation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:60

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:60 - So that He forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh,
The tent He had placed among men,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:14 - For the LORD will not cast off His people,
Nor will He forsake His inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:8 - My son, hear the instruction of your father,
And do not forsake the law of your mother;

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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 the law of your mother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:14 - The beginning of strife is like releasing water;
Therefore stop contention before a quarrel starts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:6 - For You have forsaken Your people, the house of Jacob,
Because they are filled with eastern ways;
They are soothsayers like the Philistines,
And they are pleased with the children of foreigners.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:8 - For the fields of Heshbon languish,
And the vine of Sibmah;
The lords of the nations have broken down its choice plants,
Which have reached to Jazer
And wandered through the wilderness.
Her branches are stretched out,
They are gone over the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 21:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:15 - For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword,
From the bent bow, and from the distress of war.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:14 - Because the palaces will be forsaken,
The bustling city will be deserted.
The forts and towers will become lairs forever,
A joy of wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks—

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:23 - Your tackle is loosed,
They could not strengthen their mast,
They could not spread the sail.

Then the prey of great plunder is divided;
The lame take the prey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:29 - ‘Cut off your hair and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on the desolate heights; for the LORD has rejected and forsaken the generation of His wrath.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:7 - “I have forsaken My house, I have left My heritage;
I have given the dearly beloved of My soul into the hand of her enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:6 - You have forsaken Me,” says the LORD,
“You have gone backward.
Therefore I will stretch out My hand against you and destroy you;
I am weary of relenting!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:33 - “So when these people or the prophet or the priest ask you, saying, ‘What is the oracle of the LORD?’ you shall then say to them, ‘What oracle?’[fn] I will even forsake you,” says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:39 - ‘therefore behold, I, even I, will utterly forget you and forsake you, and the city that I gave you and your fathers, and will cast you out of My presence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:5 - I will leave you in the wilderness,
You and all the fish of your rivers;
You shall fall on the open field;
You shall not be picked up or gathered.[fn]
I have given you as food
To the beasts of the field
And to the birds of the heavens.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:12 - ‘And aliens, the most terrible of the nations, have cut it down and left it; its branches have fallen on the mountains and in all the valleys; its boughs lie broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the peoples of the earth have gone from under its shadow and left it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 32:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:4 - Then I will leave you on the land;
I will cast you out on the open fields,
And cause to settle on you all the birds of the heavens.
And with you I will fill the beasts of the whole earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:14 - Ephraim provoked Him to anger most bitterly;
Therefore his Lord will leave the guilt of his bloodshed upon him,
And return his reproach upon him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:2 - The virgin of Israel has fallen;
She will rise no more.
She lies forsaken on her land;
There is no one to raise her up.
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