נְתַר
nᵉthar · neth-ar'
{to jump, i.e. be violently agitated; causatively, to terrify, shake off, untie}
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H5425 (נָתַר)
{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: shake off.
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 נְתַר 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
1 occurrences · 1 OT · 0 NT · 1 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- shake off1 · 100%
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.