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נָצַב

na.tsavto standHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb74 occurrences20 books74 verses

Definition

a primitive root; to station, in various applications (literally or figuratively)
Traditional renderings: appointed, deputy, erect, establish, × Huzzah (by mistake for a proper name), lay, officer, pillar, present, rear up, set (over, up), settle, sharpen, establish, (make to) stand(-ing, still, up, upright), best state.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders נָצַב:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

74 total
  1. Genesis 18:2נִצָּבִ֖ים · standing
    And Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.
  2. Genesis 21:28וַיַּצֵּ֣ב · separated
    Abraham separated seven ewe lambs from the flock,
  3. Genesis 21:29הִצַּ֖בְתָּ · have you set apart
    …and Abimelech asked him, “Why have you set apart these seven ewe lambs?”
  4. Genesis 24:13נִצָּ֖ב · standing
    Here I am, standing beside the spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water.
  5. Genesis 24:43נִצָּ֖ב · standing
    Here I am, standing beside this spring. Now if a maiden comes out to draw water and I say to her, ‘Please let me drink a little water from your jar,’
  6. Genesis 28:12מֻצָּ֣ב · that rested
    And Jacob had a dream about a ladder that rested on the earth with its top reaching up to heaven, and God’s angels were going up and down the ladder.
  7. Genesis 28:13נִצָּ֣ב · was standing
    And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie.
  8. Genesis 33:20וַיַּצֶּב־ · he set up
    There he set up an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.
  9. Genesis 35:14וַיַּצֵּ֨ב · set up
    So Jacob set up a pillar in the place where God had spoken with him—a stone marker—and he poured out a drink offering on it and anointed it with oil.
  10. Genesis 35:20וַיַּצֵּ֧ב · set up
    Jacob set up a pillar on her grave; it marks Rachel’s tomb to this day.
  11. Genesis 37:7נִצָּ֑בָה · stood upright
    We were binding sheaves of grain in the field, and suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to mine.”
  12. Genesis 45:1הַנִּצָּבִים֙ · his attendants
    Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he cried out, “Send everyone away from me!” So none of them were with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers.
  13. Exodus 5:20נִצָּבִ֖ים · who stood
    When they left Pharaoh, they confronted Moses and Aaron, who stood waiting to meet them.
  14. Exodus 7:15וְנִצַּבְתָּ֥ · Wait
    Go to Pharaoh in the morning as you see him walking out to the water. Wait on the bank of the Nile to meet him, and take in your hand the staff that was changed into a snake.
  15. Exodus 15:8נִצְּב֥וּ · stood firm
    At the blast of Your nostrils the waters piled up; like a wall the currents stood firm; the depths congealed in the heart of the sea.
  16. Exodus 17:9נִצָּב֙ · will stand
    So Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on the hilltop with the staff of God in my hand.”
  17. Exodus 18:14נִצָּ֥ב · standing
    When his father-in-law saw all that Moses was doing for the people, he asked, “What is this that you are doing for the people? Why do you sit alone as judge, with all the people standing around you from morning till evening?”
  18. Exodus 33:8וְנִ֨צְּב֔וּ
    Then, whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people would stand at the entrances to their own tents and watch Moses until he entered the tent.
  19. Exodus 33:21וְנִצַּבְתָּ֖ · where you are to stand
    The LORD continued, “There is a place near Me where you are to stand upon a rock,
  20. Exodus 34:2וְנִצַּבְתָּ֥ · to present yourself
    Be ready in the morning, and come up on Mount Sinai to present yourself before Me on the mountaintop.
  21. Numbers 16:27נִצָּבִ֗ים · and stood
    So they moved away from the dwellings of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. Meanwhile, Dathan and Abiram had come out and stood at the entrances to their tents with their wives and children and infants.
  22. Numbers 22:23נִצָּ֣ב · standing
    When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand, she turned off the path and went into a field. So Balaam beat her to return her to the path.
  23. Numbers 22:31נִצָּ֣ב · standing
    Then the LORD opened Balaam’s eyes, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand. And Balaam bowed low and fell facedown.
  24. Numbers 22:34נִצָּ֥ב · were standing
    “I have sinned,” Balaam said to the angel of the LORD, “for I did not realize that you were standing in the road to confront me. And now, if this is displeasing in your sight, I will go back home.”
  25. Numbers 23:6נִצָּ֖ב · was standing
    So he returned to Balak, who was standing there beside his burnt offering, with all the princes of Moab.
  26. Numbers 23:17נִצָּב֙ · who was standing
    So he returned to Balak, who was standing there by his burnt offering with the princes of Moab. “What did the LORD say?” Balak asked.
  27. Deuteronomy 29:10נִצָּבִ֤ים · are standing
    All of you are standing today before the LORD your God—you leaders of tribes, elders, officials, and all the men of Israel,
  28. Deuteronomy 32:8יַצֵּב֙ · He set
    When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when He divided the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God.
  29. Joshua 6:26יַצִּ֥יב · he will set up
    At that time Joshua invoked this solemn oath: “Cursed before the LORD is the man who rises up and rebuilds this city, Jericho; at the cost of his firstborn he will lay its foundations; at the cost of his youngest he will set up its gates.”
  30. Judges 9:6מֻצָּ֖ב · at the pillar
    Then all the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo gathered beside the oak at the pillar in Shechem and proceeded to make Abimelech their king.
  31. Judges 18:16נִצָּבִ֖ים · stood
    The six hundred Danites stood at the entrance of the gate, armed with their weapons of war.
  32. Judges 18:17נִצָּב֙ · stood
    And the five men who had gone to spy out the land went inside and took the graven image, the ephod, the household idols, and the molten idol, while the priest stood at the entrance of the gate with the six hundred armed men.
  33. Ruth 2:5הַנִּצָּ֖ב
    And Boaz asked the foreman of his harvesters, “Whose young woman is this?”
  34. Ruth 2:6הַנִּצָּ֥ב
    The foreman answered, “She is the Moabitess who returned with Naomi from the land of Moab.
  35. 1 Samuel 1:26הַנִּצֶּ֤בֶת · who stood
    “Please, my lord,” said Hannah, “as surely as you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the LORD.
  36. 1 Samuel 4:20הַנִּצָּב֣וֹת · the women attending
    As she was dying, the women attending to her said, “Do not be afraid, for you have given birth to a son!” But she did not respond or pay any heed.
  37. 1 Samuel 13:21וּלְהַצִּ֖יב · and [a third of a shekel] for repointing
    The charge was a pim for sharpening a plowshare or mattock, a third of a shekel for sharpening a pitchfork or an axe, and a third of a shekel for repointing an oxgoad.
  38. 1 Samuel 15:12מַצִּ֥יב · he has set up
    Early in the morning Samuel got up to confront Saul, but he was told, “Saul has gone to Carmel, and behold, he has set up a monument for himself and has turned and gone down to Gilgal.”
  39. 1 Samuel 19:20נִצָּ֖ב · leading them
    …he sent messengers to seize him. But when they saw the group of prophets prophesying, with Samuel leading them, the Spirit of God came upon them, and Saul’s messengers also began to prophesy.
  40. 1 Samuel 22:6נִצָּבִ֥ים · standing
    Soon Saul learned that David and his men had been discovered. At that time Saul was sitting under the tamarisk tree on the hill at Gibeah, with his spear in hand and all his servants standing around him.
  41. 1 Samuel 22:7הַנִּצָּבִ֣ים
    Then Saul said to his servants, “Listen, men of Benjamin! Is the son of Jesse giving all of you fields and vineyards and making you commanders of thousands or hundreds?
  42. 1 Samuel 22:9נִצָּ֥ב · had stationed himself
    But Doeg the Edomite, who had stationed himself with Saul’s servants, answered: “I saw the son of Jesse come to Ahimelech son of Ahitub at Nob.
  43. 1 Samuel 22:17הַנִּצָּבִ֨ים · at his side
    Then the king ordered the guards at his side, “Turn and kill the priests of the LORD, because they too sided with David. For they knew he was fleeing, but they did not tell me.” But the king’s servants would not lift a hand to strike the priests of the LORD.
  44. 2 Samuel 13:31נִצָּבִ֖ים · stood
    Then the king stood up, tore his clothes, and lay down on the ground. And all his servants stood by with their clothes torn.
  45. 2 Samuel 18:17וַיַּצִּ֧בוּ · and piled
    They took Absalom, cast him into a large pit in the forest, and piled a huge mound of stones over him. Meanwhile, all the Israelites fled, each to his home.
  46. 2 Samuel 18:18וַיַּצֶּב־ · had set up
    During his lifetime, Absalom had set up for himself a pillar in the King’s Valley, for he had said, “I have no son to preserve the memory of my name.” So he gave the pillar his name, and to this day it is called Absalom’s Monument.
  47. 1 Kings 4:5הַנִּצָּבִ֑ים · the governors
    Azariah son of Nathan was in charge of the governors; Zabud son of Nathan was a priest and adviser to the king;
  48. 1 Kings 4:7נִצָּבִים֙ · governors
    Solomon had twelve governors over all Israel to provide food for the king and his household. Each one would arrange provisions for one month of the year,
  49. 1 Kings 4:27הַנִּצָּבִ֨ים · the governors
    Each month the governors in turn provided food for King Solomon and all who came to his table. They saw to it that nothing was lacking.
  50. 1 Kings 5:16הַנִּצָּבִ֤ים
    …not including his 3,300 foremen who supervised the workers.