Definition
a primitive root; properly, to go forth, i.e. (by implication) to be expelled, and (consequently) desolate; causatively, to lay waste; also (specifically), to quarrel
Traditional renderings: be laid waste, runinous, strive (together).
Traditional renderings: be laid waste, runinous, strive (together).
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders נָצָה:
- ἀνάπτωanaptō“to set fire”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
14 total
- Exodus 2:13נִצִּ֑ים · fightingThe next day Moses went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, “Why are you attacking your companion?”
- Exodus 21:22יִנָּצ֣וּ · who are fightingIf men who are fighting strike a pregnant woman and her child is born prematurely, but there is no further injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman’s husband demands and as the court allows.
- Leviticus 24:10וַיִּנָּצוּ֙ · and a fight broke outNow the son of an Israelite mother and an Egyptian father went out among the Israelites, and a fight broke out in the camp between him and an Israelite.
- Numbers 26:9הִצּ֜וּ · rebelled; בְּהַצֹּתָ֖ם · who rebelled…and the sons of Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. It was Dathan and Abiram, chosen by the congregation, who rebelled against Moses and Aaron with the followers of Korah who rebelled against the LORD.
- Deuteronomy 25:11יִנָּצ֨וּ · are fightingIf two men are fighting, and the wife of one comes to rescue her husband from the one striking him, and she reaches out her hand and grabs his genitals,
- 2 Samuel 14:6וַיִּנָּצ֤וּ · were fightingAnd your maidservant had two sons who were fighting in the field with no one to separate them, and one struck the other and killed him.
- 2 Kings 19:25נִצִּ֖ים · of rubbleHave you not heard? Long ago I ordained it; in days of old I planned it. Now I have brought it to pass, that you should crush fortified cities into piles of rubble.
- Psalm 60:1בְּהַצּוֹת֨וֹ׀ · When he foughtFor the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lily of the Covenant.” A Miktam of David for instruction. When he fought Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah, and Joab returned and struck down 12,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. You have rejected us, O God; You have broken us; You have been angry; restore us!
- Isaiah 37:26נִצִּ֖ים · of rubbleHave you not heard? Long ago I ordained it; in days of old I planned it. Now I have brought it to pass, that you should crush fortified cities into piles of rubble.
- Jeremiah 2:15נִצְּתָה · lie in ruinsThe young lions have roared at him; they have sounded their voices. They have laid waste his land; his cities lie in ruins, without inhabitant.
- Jeremiah 4:7תִּצֶּ֖ינָה · to ruinsA lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his lair to lay waste your land. Your cities will be reduced to ruins and lie uninhabited.
- Jeremiah 9:12נִצְּתָ֥ה · and scorchedWho is the man wise enough to understand this? To whom has the mouth of the LORD spoken, that he may explain it? Why is the land destroyed and scorched like a desert, so no one can pass through it?
- Jeremiah 46:19וְנִצְּתָ֖ה · destroyedPack your bags for exile, O daughter dwelling in Egypt! For Memphis will be laid waste, destroyed and uninhabited.