נְתִיבָה netivah

Hebrew word for “path” · Strong’s H5410 · used 26 times in 26 verses

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Meaning

1) trodden with the feet, path, pathway; 2) path, pathway, traveller; Also means: na.tiv (נָתִיב "path" H5410A)

Senses in the lexicon

• path (20)
• path (6)

How it is translated

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

• paths 11
• path 6
• pathway 5
• pathways 4

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Psalms 119 (2), Proverbs 8 (2), Judges 5 (1), Job 18 (1), Job 19 (1), Job 24 (1), Job 28 (1), Job 30 (1), Job 38 (1), Job 41 (1)

Forms

• נתיבות 6
• נתיב 4
• נתיבתי 3
• נתיבה 2
• נתיבותי 1
• בנתיבתיו 1
• לנתיבתי 1
• מנתיבתם 1
• נתיבותיה 1
• בנתיבותיה 1

Words used with it

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

• דֶּרֶךְ derekh “way” 13
• גָּדַר gadar “to wall up/off” 4
• אֹרַח orach “way” 5
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 7
• דָּרַךְ darakh “to tread” 3
• אוֹר or “light” 3
• טָמַן taman “to hide” 2
• יָדַע yada “to know” 4
• עוֹלָם olam “forever” 3
• אַל al “not” 3
• מָוֶת mavet “death” 2
• צְדָקָה tsedaqah “righteousness” 2

Key verses

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

• Job 19:8 — He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
• Job 24:13 — They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
• Psalms 119:35 — Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
• Psalms 142:3 — When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.
• Proverbs 1:15 — My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
• Proverbs 3:17 — Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
• Proverbs 8:20 — I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:
• Isaiah 42:16 — And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked…
• Isaiah 43:16 — Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;
• Isaiah 58:12 — And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The…
• Jeremiah 6:16 — Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls.…
• Jeremiah 18:15 — Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in…

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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.