נָתַשׁ
nâthash · naw-thash'
to tear away
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to tear away
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: destroy, forsake, pluck (out, up, by the roots), pull up, root out (up), [idiom] utterly. s
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
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › the mark, the covenant sign › to consume, to destroy
The seed, life continuing of the mark, the covenant sign that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נָתַשׁ 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
21 occurrences · 21 OT · 0 NT · 20 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- rooted1 · 5%
- and he shall root up1 · 5%
- then will i pluck them up by the roots1 · 5%
- and thou hast destroyed1 · 5%
- to root out1 · 5%
- behold, i will pluck them out1 · 5%
- and pluck out1 · 5%
- that i have plucked them out1 · 5%
- i will utterly1 · 5%
- pluck up1 · 5%
- to pluck up1 · 5%
- be forsaken1 · 5%
- them, and not pluck them up1 · 5%
- them, to pluck up1 · 5%
- it shall not be plucked up1 · 5%
- you, and not pluck you up1 · 5%
- i will pluck up1 · 5%
- but she was plucked up1 · 5%
- shall be plucked up1 · 5%
- and they shall no more be pulled up1 · 5%
- and i will pluck up1 · 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.