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Lexicon :: Strong's H5422 - nāṯaṣ

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נָתַץ
Transliteration
nāṯaṣ
Pronunciation
naw-thats'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1446

Strong’s Definitions

נָתַץ nâthats, naw-thats'; a primitive root; to tear down:—beat down, break down (out), cast down, destroy, overthrow, pull down, throw down.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 42x

The KJV translates Strong's H5422 in the following manner: break down (22x), throw down (5x), destroy (5x), cast down (3x), beat down (3x), pull down (2x), break out (1x), overthrow (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 42x
The KJV translates Strong's H5422 in the following manner: break down (22x), throw down (5x), destroy (5x), cast down (3x), beat down (3x), pull down (2x), break out (1x), overthrow (1x).
  1. to pull down, break down, cast down, throw down, beat down, destroy, overthrow, break out (teeth)

    1. (Qal)

      1. to pull down

      2. to break down, break off

    2. (Niphal) to be pulled or broken down

    3. (Piel) to tear down

    4. (Pual) to be torn down

    5. (Hophal) to be broken, be broken down

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נָתַץ nâthats, naw-thats'; a primitive root; to tear down:—beat down, break down (out), cast down, destroy, overthrow, pull down, throw down.
STRONGS H5422: Abbreviations
נָתַץ verb pull down, break down (Late Hebrew Hoph., and derivatives; compare perhaps Ethiopic bdb068301 (with transposition and weakening of sibilant), destruere, demoliri, excidere Di634); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נ׳ Judges 6:30 +, 3rd person plural נָֽתְצוּ 2 Kings 25:10; Jeremiah 52:14, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִתֹּץ Ezekiel 26:9 + Ezekiel 26:12 (Co, for MT יִתְּצוּ); וַיִּתֹּץ Judges 9:45; 2 Kings 23:7; suffix יִתְּצֵנִי Job 19:10, יִתָּצְךָ Psalm 52:7; 1st person singular אֶתֹּץ Judges 8:9; 3rd person masculine plural וַיִּתְּצוּ 2 Kings 10:27 (twice in verse); 2nd person masculine plural תִּתֹּ֑צוּ Deuteronomy 7:5, תִּתֹּצ֑וּן Exodus 34:13; Judges 2:2; וַתִּתְֿצוּ Isaiah 22:2, etc.; Imperative נְתֹץ Psalm 58:7; Infinitive construct לִנְתֿוֺץ Jeremiah 1:10; Jeremiah 18:7, לִנְתֹֿץ Jeremiah 31:28 (on תֿ see Ges§ 45 g); Passive participle plural הַנְּתֻצִים Jeremiah 33:4; —
1. literally pull down a structure (accusative): altar Judges 2:2; Judges 6:30, 31, 32; Exodus 34:13 (J), Deuteronomy 7:5; 2 Kings 23:12; high place (במה) 2 Kings 23:8, בָּמָה + מִזְבֵּחַ 2 Kings 23:15; מַצֵּבָה 2 Kings 10:27; בֵּית הַבַּעַל 2 Kings 10:27; 2 Kings 11:18 2 Chronicles 23:17, compare 2 Kings 23:7; a tower Judges 8:9, 17, compare Ezekiel 26:9 (בְּחַרְבוֺתָיו); (any) house Isaiah 22:10; Ezekiel 26:12; Leviticus 14:45, so הַנְּחֻצִים Jeremiah 33:4 (strangely + אֶל, compare Gf Gie); city-wall Jeremiah 39:8; 2 Kings 25:10 = Jeremiah 52:14; city Judges 9:45.
2. figurative:
a. pull down a nation, break its power, וּלְהַאֲבִיד וְלִנְתוֺשׁ וְלִנ׳ (וְלַהֲרוֺס) (object not expressed) Jeremiah 1:10 (so Ecclus 49:7b), = Jeremiah 18:7, compare Jeremiah 31:18.
b. an individual, subject God, יִתְּצֵנִי סָבִיב Job 19:10, יִתָּצְךָ Psalm 52:7.
c. jaw-teeth of lions (metaphor) Psalm 58:7 (break down, break off, so only here, but see נָתַע).
Niph. be pulled, broken, down: Perfect 3rd person plural י׳ מִפְּנֵי נִתְּצוּ Jeremiah 4:26 (of cities), so מִמֶּנּוּ נ׳ Nahum 1:6 (of rocks).
Pi. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נִתַּץ 2 Chronicles 33:3; 3rd person plural וְנִתְּצוּ Ezekiel 16:39 (consecutive); 2nd person masculine plural וְנִתַּצְתֶּם Deuteronomy 12:3; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular וַיְנַתֵּץ 2 Chronicles 34:7; 3rd person masculine plural וַיְנַתְּצוּ 2 Chronicles 31:1 + 2 times; — tear down (chiefly late): with accusative altars Deuteronomy 12:3, + בָּמוֺת 2 Chronicles 31:1, + הַחַמָּנִים, etc., 2 Chronicles 34:4, + אֲשֵׁרִים 2 Chronicles 34:7; בָּמוֺת alone 2 Chronicles 33:3, רָמֹתַיִךְ Ezekiel 16:39; city wall 2 Chronicles 36:19.
Pu. be torn down: Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נֻתַּץ Judges 6:28 (of altar + אֲשֵׁרָה).
Hoph. (or Qal passive Ges§ 53 u) be broken down, broken, only Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular ייֻתָּ֑ץ Leviticus 11:35 (of תַּנּוּר, see Dr-WhHpt, and כִּירַיִם, see above).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

34:13; 34:13

Leviticus

11:35; 14:45

Deuteronomy

7:5; 7:5; 12:3; 12:3

Judges

2:2; 2:2; 6:28; 6:30; 6:30; 6:31; 6:32; 8:9; 8:9; 8:17; 9:45; 9:45

2 Kings

10:27; 10:27; 10:27; 11:18; 23:7; 23:7; 23:8; 23:12; 23:15; 25:10; 25:10

2 Chronicles

23:17; 31:1; 31:1; 33:3; 33:3; 34:4; 34:7; 34:7; 36:19

Job

19:10; 19:10

Psalms

52:7; 52:7; 58:7; 58:7

Isaiah

22:2; 22:10

Jeremiah

1:10; 1:10; 4:26; 18:7; 18:7; 31:18; 31:28; 33:4; 33:4; 39:8; 52:14; 52:14

Ezekiel

16:39; 16:39; 26:9; 26:9; 26:12; 26:12

Nahum

1:6

H5422

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5422 matches the Hebrew נָתַץ (nāṯaṣ),
which occurs 42 times in 41 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:13 - “But you shall tear down and destroy their [pagan] altars, smash in pieces their [sacred] pillars (obelisks, images) and cut down their [fn]Asherim
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:35 - ‘Everything that part of their carcass falls on becomes unclean; an oven, or a small stove shall be smashed; they are unclean, and shall be unclean to you.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:45 - “He shall tear down the house—its stones and its timber and all the plaster of the house—and shall take everything outside the city to an unclean place.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:5 - “But this is how you shall deal with them: you shall tear down their altars and smash to pieces their sacred pillars, and cut down their Asherim (symbols of the goddess Asherah), and burn their carved or sculpted images in the fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:3 - “You shall tear down their altars and smash their [idolatrous] pillars and burn their [fn]Asherim in the fire; you shall cut down the carved and sculpted images of their gods and obliterate their name from that place.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:2 - and as for you, you shall not make a covenant with the inhabitants of this land; you shall tear down their altars.’ But you have not [fn]obeyed Me; what is this that you have done?
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:28 -

Early the next morning when the men of the city got up, they discovered that the altar of Baal was torn down, and the Asherah which was beside it was cut down, and the second bull was offered on the altar which had been built.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:30 - Then the men of the city said to Joash, “Bring out your son, so that he may be executed, because he has torn down the altar of Baal and cut down the Asherah which was beside it.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:31 - But Joash said to all who stood against him, “Will you [fn]plead for Baal? Will you save him? Whoever pleads for Baal shall be put to death while it is still morning. If Baal is a god, let him defend himself, because someone has torn down his altar.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:32 - Therefore on that day he named Gideon Jerubbaal, [fn]meaning, “Let Baal plead,” because he had torn down his altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:9 - So Gideon said also to the men of Penuel, “When I come again in peace, I will tear down this tower.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:17 - He tore down the tower of Penuel and killed the men of the city.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:45 - Abimelech fought against the city that entire day. He took the city and killed the people who were in it; he demolished the city and [fn]sowed it with salt.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:27 - They also tore down the sacred pillar of Baal and tore down the house of Baal, and made it into a latrine [forever unclean] [fn]to this day.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:18 - Then all the people of the land went to the house of Baal and tore it down. They utterly smashed his altar and his images to pieces, and they put Mattan the priest of Baal to death in front of the altars. And [Jehoiada] the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:7 - And he tore down the houses of the [male] cult prostitutes, which were at the house (temple) of the LORD, where the women were weaving [tent] hangings for the Asherah [shrines].
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:8 - Then Josiah brought all the [idolatrous] priests from the cities of Judah, and desecrated the high places where the priests had burned incense [to idols], from Geba to Beersheba, [that is, north to south]; and he tore down the high places of the gates which were at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on one’s left at the city gate.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:12 - The altars [dedicated to the starry host of heaven] which were on the roof, the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courtyards of the house of the LORD, the king tore down; and he smashed them there and threw their dust into the Brook Kidron.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:15 -

Further, the altar that was at Bethel, the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin, had made, even that altar and the high place he tore down. Then he demolished its stones, ground them to dust, and burned the Asherah.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:10 - All the army of the Chaldeans (Babylonians) who were with the captain of the bodyguard tore down the walls around Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:17 - Then all the people went to the house of Baal and tore it down, and they smashed its altars and its images to pieces, and killed Mattan, the priest of Baal, in front of the altars.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:1 -

Now when all of this was finished, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah, and smashed the [pagan] pillars (obelisks, memorial stones) in pieces, cut down the Asherim (wooden symbols of a female deity), and tore down the high places and the altars [of idolatry] throughout all Judah and Benjamin, as well as in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them all. Then all the sons (descendants) of Israel returned to their own cities, each to his own property.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:3 - For he rebuilt the [idolatrous] high places which his father Hezekiah had torn down; and he set up altars for the Baals and made the [fn]Asherim, and worshiped all the host of heaven [the sun, the moon, stars and planets] and served them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:4 - They tore down the altars of the Baals in his presence; he cut to pieces the incense altars that were high above them; he also smashed the Asherim and the carved images and the cast images to pieces, and ground them to dust and scattered it on the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:7 - he tore down the altars and beat and crushed the Asherim and the carved images into powder, and cut to pieces all the incense altars throughout the land of Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:19 - Then they burned the house of God and tore down the wall of Jerusalem, and burned all its fortified buildings with fire, and destroyed all its valuable articles.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:10 -

“He breaks me down on every side, and I am gone;

He has uprooted my hope like a tree.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:5 -

But God will break you down forever;

He will take you away and tear you away from your tent,

And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:6 -

O God, break their teeth in their mouth;

Break out the fangs of the young lions, O LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:10 -

Then you counted the houses of Jerusalem

And you tore down the houses [to get materials] to fortify the city wall [by extending it].

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:10 -

“See, I have appointed you this day over the nations and over the kingdoms,

To uproot and break down,

To destroy and to overthrow,

To build and to plant.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:26 -

I looked, and behold, the fertile land was a wilderness,

And all its cities were pulled down

Before the [presence of the] LORD, before His fierce anger.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:7 - “At one moment I might [suddenly] speak concerning a nation or kingdom, that I will uproot and break down and destroy;
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:28 - “It will be that as I have watched over them to uproot and to break down, to overthrow, destroy, and afflict with disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant [with good],” says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:4 - “For thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city and the houses of the kings of Judah which are torn down to make a defense against the siege ramps and against the sword,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:8 - The Chaldeans also burned down the king’s palace and the houses of the people, and they broke down the walls of Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:14 - So all the army of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the guard broke down all the walls around Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:39 - “I will also hand you over to your lovers, and they will tear down your shrines, demolish your high places, strip you of your clothing, take away your jewels, and they will leave you naked and bare.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:9 - “He will direct the [shocking] blow of his battering rams against your walls, and he will tear down your towers with his crowbars.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:12 - “Also they will take your riches as spoil and plunder your merchandise, and tear down your walls and your pleasant houses, and throw your stones and your timber and the debris [from your city] out in the water.
Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:6 -

Who can stand before His indignation [His great wrath]?

And who can stand up and endure the fierceness of His anger?

His wrath is poured out like fire

And the rocks are destroyed by Him.

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