נָטָה natah

Hebrew word for “to stretch” · Strong’s H5186 · used 214 times in 207 verses

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Meaning

1) to stretch out, extend, spread out, pitch, turn, pervert, incline, bend, bow;

How it is translated

Glosses given for natah in context, with how often each is used:

• stretched out 23
• incline 18
• outstretched 17
• turned aside 15
• turn aside 14
• will stretch out 13
• stretch out 11
• inclined 9
• pitched 6
• had turned aside 6
• had pitched 5
• will turn aside 5

Where it is used

Also in 14 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Exodus 8 (4), Exodus 10 (4), Exodus 14 (4), 1 Kings 11 (4), Psalms 119 (4), Numbers 22 (3), Joshua 8 (3), Proverbs 4 (3), Isaiah 9 (3), Isaiah 44 (3)

Forms

• נטה 36
• ויט 27
• נטויה 16
• הטו 12
• הטה 10
• הנטויה 9
• ונטיתי 7
• ונטה 6
• הט 6
• נטיתי 6

Words used with it

Words that share verses with natah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• אֹזֶן ozen “ear” 28
• זְרוֹעַ zeroa “arm” 17
• שָׁמַיִם shamayim “heaven” 20
• מִצְרַיִם mitsrayim “Egypt” 22
• חָזָק chazaq “strong” 12
• אֹהֶל ohel “tent” 15
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 21
• שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 18
• שׁוּב shuv “to return” 16
• דֶּרֶךְ derekh “way” 14
• אֲנִי ani “I” 15
• מִן־ min “from” 16

Key verses

The verses using natah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 23:2 — Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest
• Deuteronomy 4:34 — Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand,…
• Psalms 125:5 — As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.
• Proverbs 21:1 — The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
• Isaiah 5:25 — Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills did…
• Isaiah 44:24 — Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that…
• Isaiah 51:13 — And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because…
• Isaiah 55:3 — Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
• Jeremiah 27:5 — I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet…
• Jeremiah 32:17 — Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:
• Zechariah 12:1 — The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the…
• Malachi 3:5 — And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.