נְתַנְיָה
Nᵉthanyâh · neth-an-yaw'
Nethanjah, the name of four Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: or נְתַנְיָהוּ; from H5414 (נָתַן) and H3050 (יָהּ); given of Jah;
Nethanjah, the name of four Israelites
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Nethaniah.
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
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- 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 › the mark, the covenant sign › the seed, life continuing › the hand that works › to reveal, behold
The seed, life continuing of the mark, the covenant sign of the seed, life continuing of the hand that works that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נְתַנְיָה 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
20 occurrences · 20 OT · 0 NT · 16 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of nethaniah17 · 85%
- and nethaniah2 · 10%
- to nethaniah1 · 5%
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.