נָטַף nataph

Hebrew word for “to drip/prophesy” · Strong’s H5197 · used 18 times in 14 verses

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Meaning

1) to drop, drip, distil, prophesy, preach, discourse; 1a) (Qal) to drop, drip; 1b) (Hiphil); 1b1) to drip; 1b2) to drop (prophecy)

How it is translated

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

• dropped 4
• prophesy 3
• drip 2
• will drip 2
• will prophesy 2
• dripped 1
• dripping 1
• must prophesy 1
• prophesy ! 1
• prophesier 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Song of Solomon 5 (2), Micah 2 (2), Judges 5 (1), Job 29 (1), Psalms 68 (1), Proverbs 5 (1), Song of Solomon 4 (1), Ezekiel 20 (1), Ezekiel 21 (1), Joel 3 (1)

Forms

• נטפו 4
• תטפנה 2
• והטף 2
• יטפו 2
• תטף 1
• נטפות 1
• תטיף 1
• והטיפו 1
• תטפו 1
• יטיפון 1

Words used with it

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

• נֹפֶת nophet “honey” 2
• עָסִיס asis “sweet” 2
• נָבָא nava “to prophesy” 3
• מֹר mor “myrrh” 2
• שָׂפָה saphah “lips” 3
• רָעַשׁ raash “to shake” 2
• חָלָב chalav “milk” 2
• גִּבְעָה givah “hill” 2
• שָׂדֶה sadeh “land” 2
• שָׁמַיִם shamayim “heaven” 2
• הַר har “mountain” 2
• עָבַר avar “to pass” 2

Key verses

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

• Judges 5:4 — LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water.
• Psalms 68:8 — The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
• Proverbs 5:3 — For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
• Song of Solomon 4:11 — Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
• Song of Solomon 5:13 — His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.
• Ezekiel 20:46 — Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field;
• Ezekiel 21:2 — Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,
• Joel 3:18 — And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow…
• Amos 7:16 — Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac.
• Amos 9:13 — Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop…
• Micah 2:6 — Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame.
• Micah 2:11 — If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.

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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.