נָתַן
nâthan · naw-than'
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] without fail, fasten, frame, [idiom] get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), [idiom] have, [idiom] indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), [phrase] lie, lift up, make, [phrase] O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, [idiom] pull, put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), [phrase] sing, [phrase] slander, strike, (sub-) mit, suffer, [idiom] surely, [idiom] take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, [phrase] weep, [phrase] willingly, [phrase] withdraw, [phrase] would (to) God, yield.
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › the mark, the covenant sign › the seed, life continuing
The seed, life continuing of the mark, the covenant sign of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נָתַן 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
2011 occurrences · 2011 OT · 0 NT · 708 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- gave93 · 14%
- give64 · 10%
- and put59 · 9%
- to give56 · 8%
- and gave43 · 6%
- giveth41 · 6%
- hath given33 · 5%
- and i will give29 · 4%
- and give25 · 4%
- delivered24 · 4%
- and i will make18 · 3%
- hath delivered17 · 3%
- put15 · 2%
- he gave15 · 2%
- and he gave15 · 2%
- which i have given14 · 2%
- i have given13 · 2%
- and they gave13 · 2%
- and thou shalt put13 · 2%
- will i give12 · 2%
- oh that11 · 2%
- i will give11 · 2%
- deliver10 · 2%
- shall give10 · 2%
- and i gave10 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
- Genesis150
- Exodus115
- Leviticus86
- Numbers120
- Deuteronomy176
- Joshua89
- Judges69
- Ruth8
- 1 Samuel72
- 2 Samuel30
- 1 Kings111
- 2 Kings60
- 1 Chronicles40
- 2 Chronicles114
- Ezra19
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.