נָצָה
nâtsâh · naw-tsaw'
properly, to go forth, i.e. (by implication) to be expelled, and (consequently) desolate; causatively, to lay waste; also (specifically), to quarrel
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to go forth, i.e. (by implication) to be expelled, and (consequently) desolate; causatively, to lay waste; also (specifically), to quarrel
- properly, to go forth, i.e. (by implication) to be expelled, and (consequently) desolate
- causatively, to lay waste
- also, (specifically), to quarrel
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: be laid waste, runinous, strive (together).
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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › to pursue the straight path › to reveal, behold
The seed, life continuing that works to pursue the straight path that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נָצָה 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
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- strive2 · 18%
- strove together2 · 18%
- into ruinous2 · 18%
- strove1 · 9%
- who strove1 · 9%
- when they strove1 · 9%
- when he strove1 · 9%
- shall be laid waste1 · 9%
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.