נָצַב
nâtsab · naw-tsab'
to station, in various applications (literally or figuratively)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to station, in various applications (literally or figuratively)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: appointed, deputy, erect, establish, [idiom] Huzzah (by mistake for a proper name), lay, officer, pillar, present, rear up, set (over, up), settle, sharpen, establish, (make to) stand(-ing, still, up, upright), best state.
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- 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 › to pursue the straight path › the house, what is within
The seed, life continuing that works to pursue the straight path of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נָצַב 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
75 occurrences · 75 OT · 0 NT · 51 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- stood6 · 15%
- standing3 · 7%
- that stood3 · 7%
- officers3 · 7%
- behold, i stand2 · 5%
- set up2 · 5%
- and stood2 · 5%
- set2 · 5%
- that was set2 · 5%
- who stood1 · 2%
- ye stand1 · 2%
- himself before all them that stood1 · 2%
- and also stood upright1 · 2%
- and thou shalt stand1 · 2%
- unto him, and, lo, he stood1 · 2%
- not that thou stoodest1 · 2%
- and present1 · 2%
- by me, and thou shalt stand1 · 2%
- stand1 · 2%
- i will stand1 · 2%
- stood upright1 · 2%
- to him, behold, he stood1 · 2%
- and he erected1 · 2%
- he set1 · 2%
- which thou hast set1 · 2%
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.