נָתַר
nâthar · naw-thar'
to jump, i.e. be violently agitated; causatively, to terrify, shake off, untie
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to jump, i.e. be violently agitated; causatively, to terrify, shake off, untie
- to jump, i.e. be violently agitated
- causatively, to terrify, shake off, untie
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: drive asunder, leap, (let) loose, [idiom] make, move, undo.
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
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › the mark, the covenant sign › the head, the highest
The seed, life continuing of the mark, the covenant sign of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נָתַר 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
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- to leap1 · 13%
- and he maketh1 · 13%
- me; that he would let loose1 · 13%
- and is moved out1 · 13%
- and loosed1 · 13%
- looseth1 · 13%
- to undo1 · 13%
- and drove asunder1 · 13%
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.