נָצַב natsav

Hebrew word for “to stand” · Strong’s H5324 · used 75 times in 75 verses

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Meaning

1) to stand, take one's stand, stand upright, be set (over), establish;

How it is translated

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

• standing 20
• set up 7
• overseers 6
• set 2
• have set 2
• will stand 2
• who was appointed 2
• who were standing 2
• taking his stand 2
• placed 1
• stood upright 1
• those standing 1

Where it is used

Also in 9 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

1 Samuel 22 (4), Numbers 22 (3), 1 Kings 4 (3), Genesis 21 (2), Genesis 24 (2), Genesis 28 (2), Genesis 35 (2), Exodus 33 (2), Numbers 23 (2), Judges 18 (2)

Forms

• נצב 22
• נצבים 8
• הנצבים 8
• ויצב 7
• נצבה 3
• ונצבת 3
• הצבת 2
• מצב 2
• הנצב 2
• ויצבו 2

Words used with it

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

• הִנֵּה hinneh “behold” 14
• מַצֶּבֶת matstsevet “pillar” 3
• קָרָא qara “to encounter” 5
• יָצָא yatsa “to come out” 8
• פֶּתַח petach “entrance” 5
• שַׂר sar “ruler” 6
• מַלְאָךְ maleakh “messenger” 5
• רָאָה raah “to see” 8
• מֵאָה meah “hundred” 6
• אֱנוֹשׁ enosh “human” 6
• רֹאשׁ rosh “head” 6
• שְׁלֹמֹה shelomoh “Solomon” 5

Key verses

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

• Genesis 18:2 — And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the…
• Genesis 28:12 — And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
• Genesis 28:13 — And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give…
• Deuteronomy 29:10 — Ye stand this day all of you before the LORD your God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the men of Israel,
• Deuteronomy 32:8 — When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the…
• 1 Samuel 22:7 — Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you…
• Psalms 39:5 — Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
• Psalms 45:9 — Kings’ daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
• Psalms 82:1 — [A Psalm of Asaph.] God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.
• Jeremiah 5:26 — For among my people are found wicked they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
• Lamentations 2:4 — He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter…
• Amos 9:1 — I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will…

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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.