נָצַל natsal

Hebrew word for “to rescue” · Strong’s H5337 · used 213 times in 194 verses

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Meaning

1) to snatch away, deliver, rescue, save, strip, plunder;

How it is translated

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

• deliver 46
• will deliver 38
• delivered 22
• have delivered 11
• deliverer 11
• rescued 8
• delivers 8
• will rescue 6
• has delivered 5
• rescue 4
• certainly 4
• will be delivered 4

Where it is used

Also in 15 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

2 Kings 18 (6), 2 Chronicles 32 (5), Isaiah 36 (5), Exodus 18 (4), Ezekiel 14 (4), 1 Samuel 12 (3), 1 Samuel 30 (3), 2 Samuel 22 (3), Psalms 18 (3), Psalms 34 (3)

Forms

• מציל 17
• הצילני 15
• להציל 11
• הציל 10
• הצילו 9
• ויצל 7
• והצלתי 7
• יצילנו 7
• יצילו 7
• יציל 7

Words used with it

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

• נֶפֶשׁ nephesh “soul” 24
• אֹיֵב oyev “enemy” 19
• אַיִן ayin “nothing” 20
• כַּף kaph “palm” 12
• אַשּׁוּר ashshur “Assyria” 11
• אַל al “not” 14
• אֲנִי ani “I” 15
• אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 16
• יָכֹל yakhol “be able” 10
• חִזְקִיָּהוּ chizqiyyah “Hezekiah” 9
• יָשַׁע yasah “to save” 10
• נְאֻם neum “utterance” 11

Key verses

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

• Exodus 3:8 — And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing…
• Deuteronomy 32:39 — See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
• 1 Samuel 7:3 — And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from…
• Psalms 18:1 — [To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from…
• Psalms 33:16 — There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
• Psalms 34:19 — Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
• Psalms 97:10 — Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.
• Isaiah 44:20 — He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
• Isaiah 50:2 — Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to…
• Jeremiah 21:12 — O house of David, thus saith the LORD; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out…
• Jeremiah 22:3 — Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the…
• Zephaniah 1:18 — Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD’s wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his…

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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.