נָדַב
nâdab · naw-dab'
to impel; hence, to volunteer (as a soldier), to present spontaneously
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to impel; hence, to volunteer (as a soldier), to present spontaneously
- to impel
- hence, to volunteer (as a soldier), to present spontaneously
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: offer freely, be (give, make, offer self) willing(-ly).
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › the doorway, the way in › the house, what is within
The seed, life continuing of the doorway, the way in of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נָדַב above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
17 occurrences · 17 OT · 0 NT · 17 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- that giveth it willingly1 · 6%
- made willing1 · 6%
- made them willing1 · 6%
- willingly offered1 · 6%
- that offered themselves willingly1 · 6%
- and who then is willing1 · 6%
- offered willingly1 · 6%
- for that they offered willingly1 · 6%
- they offered willingly1 · 6%
- to offer so willingly1 · 6%
- i have willingly offered1 · 6%
- here, to offer willingly1 · 6%
- who willingly offered1 · 6%
- beside all that was willingly offered1 · 6%
- offered freely1 · 6%
- and of every one that willingly offered1 · 6%
- that willingly offered1 · 6%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.