נָצַל
nâtsal · naw-tsal'
to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [idiom] at all, defend, deliver (self), escape, [idiom] without fail, part, pluck, preserve, recover, rescue, rid, save, spoil, strip, [idiom] surely, take (out).
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
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › to pursue the straight path › authority, the one who leads
The seed, life continuing that works to pursue the straight path of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נָצַל 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
213 occurrences · 213 OT · 0 NT · 157 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- deliver21 · 19%
- to deliver19 · 18%
- and delivered8 · 7%
- delivered7 · 6%
- and deliver7 · 6%
- shall deliver5 · 5%
- delivereth4 · 4%
- they shall deliver3 · 3%
- and i will deliver3 · 3%
- me, and deliver3 · 3%
- he delivered2 · 2%
- who hath delivered2 · 2%
- at all2 · 2%
- against me: thou hast delivered2 · 2%
- and i delivered2 · 2%
- for he hath delivered2 · 2%
- and shalt thou be delivered2 · 2%
- should deliver2 · 2%
- that have delivered2 · 2%
- will deliver2 · 2%
- will surely2 · 2%
- but thou hast delivered2 · 2%
- and he shall deliver2 · 2%
- hath taken1 · 1%
- hath taken away1 · 1%
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.