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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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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 - and hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? -- now thou hast acted foolishly in doing so;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:11 - and the seventh thou dost release it, and hast left it, and the needy of thy people have eaten, and their leaving doth the beast of the field eat; so dost thou to thy vineyard -- to thine olive-yard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:31 - And a spirit hath journeyed from Jehovah, and cutteth off quails from the sea, and leaveth by the camp, as a day's journey here, and as a day's journey there, round about the camp, and about two cubits, on the face of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:15 - And Jeshurun waxeth fat, and doth kick: Thou hast been fat -- thou hast been thick, Thou hast been covered. And he leaveth God who made him, And dishonoureth the Rock of his salvation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:13 - And Gideon saith unto him, 'O, my lord -- and Jehovah is with us! -- and why hath all this found us? and where are all His wonders which our fathers recounted to us, saying, Hath not Jehovah brought us up out of Egypt? and now Jehovah hath left us, and doth give us into the hand of Midian.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:9 - And the Philistines go up, and encamp in Judah, and are spread out in Lehi,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:2 - and the Philistines set themselves in array to meet Israel, and the battle spreadeth itself, and Israel is smitten before the Philistines, and they smite among the ranks in the field about four thousand men.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:2 - In thy going to-day from me -- then thou hast found two men by the grave of Rachel, in the border of Benjamin, at Zelzah, and they have said unto thee, The asses have been found which thou hast gone to seek; and lo, thy father hath left the matter of the asses, and hath sorrowed for you, saying, What do I do for my son?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:22 - for Jehovah doth not leave His people, on account of His great name; for Jehovah hath been pleased to make you to Him for a people.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:20 - And David riseth early in the morning, and leaveth the flock to a keeper, and lifteth up, and goeth, as Jesse commanded him, and he cometh in to the path, and to the force which is going out unto the rank, and they have shouted for battle;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:22 - And David letteth down the goods from off him on the hand of a keeper of the goods, and runneth into the rank, and cometh and asketh of his brethren of welfare.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:28 - And Eliab, his eldest brother, heareth when he speaketh unto the men, and the anger of Eliab burneth against David, and he saith, 'Why is this -- thou hast come down! and to whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I have known thy pride, and the evil of thy heart -- for, to see the battle thou hast come down.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:16 - And he bringeth him down, and lo, they are spread out over the face of all the earth, eating, and drinking, and feasting, with all the great spoil which they have taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 5:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:18 - and the Philistines have come, and are spread out in the valley of Rephaim.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 5:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:22 - And the Philistines add again to come up, and are spread out in the valley of Rephaim,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:57

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:57 - 'Jehovah our God is with us as He hath been with our fathers; He doth not forsake us nor leave us;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 21:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:14 - 'And I have left the remnant of Mine inheritance, and given them into the hand of their enemies, and they have been for a prey and for a spoil to all their enemies,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 10:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:31 - and the peoples of the land who are bringing in the wares and any corn on the sabbath-day to sell, we receive not of them on the sabbath, and on a holy day, and we leave the seventh year, and usury on every hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:9 - Hide not Thy face from me, Turn not aside in anger Thy servant, My help Thou hast been. Leave me not, nor forsake me, O God of my salvation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:60

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:60 - And He leaveth 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 Jehovah leaveth not His people, And His inheritance forsaketh not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:8 - Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:20 - Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:14 - The beginning of contention is a letting out of waters, And before it is meddled with leave the strife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:6 - For Thou hast left Thy people, the house of Jacob. For they have been filled from the east, And are sorcerers like the Philistines, And with the children of strangers strike hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:8 - Because fields of Heshbon languish, The vine of Sibmah, Lords of nations did beat her choice vines, Unto Jazer they have come, They have wandered in a wilderness, Her plants have spread themselves, They have passed over a sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 21:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:15 - For from the face of destructions they fled, From the face of a stretched-out sword, And from the face of a trodden bow, And from the face of the grievousness of battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:14 - Surely the palace hath been left, The multitude of the city forsaken, Fort and watch-tower hath been for dens unto the age, A joy of wild asses -- a pasture of herds;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:23 - Left have been thy ropes, They strengthen not rightly their mast, They have not spread out a sail, Then apportioned hath been a prey of much spoil, The lame have taken spoil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:29 - Cut off thy crown, and cast it away, And lift up on high places lamentation, For Jehovah hath rejected, And He leaveth the generation of His wrath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:7 - I have forsaken My house, I have left Mine inheritance, I have given the 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 - Thou -- thou hast left Me -- an affirmation of Jehovah, Backward thou goest, And I stretch out My hand against thee, And I destroy thee, I have been weary of repenting,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:33 - And when this people, or the prophet, Or a priest, doth ask thee, saying, What is the burden of Jehovah? Then thou hast said unto them: Ye are the burden, and I have left you, An affirmation of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:39 - Therefore, lo, I -- I have taken you utterly away, And I have sent you out, And the city that I gave to you, And to your fathers, from before My face,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:5 - And I have left thee in the wilderness, Thou and every fish of thy floods, On the face of the field thou dost fall, Thou art not gathered nor assembled, To the beast of the earth and to the fowl of the heavens I have given thee for food.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:12 - And cut him off do strangers, The terrible of nations, and they leave him, On the mountains and in all valleys have his thin shoots fallen, And broken are his boughs at all streams of the land, And go down from his shade do all peoples of the land, and they leave him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 32:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:4 - And I have left thee in the land, On the face of the field I do cast thee out, And have caused to dwell upon thee every fowl of the heavens, And have satisfied out of thee the beasts of the whole earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:14 - Ephraim hath provoked most bitterly, And his blood on himself he leaveth, And his reproach turn back to him doth his Lord!

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:2 - 'Fallen, not again to rise, hath the virgin of Israel, Left on her land -- she hath no raiser up.'
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