Strongs Number: H5203
- Hebrew Word
- נָטַשׁ
- Transliteration
- nâṭash
- Phonetic
- naw-tash'
- Part of Speech
- Verb
- Strongs Definition
-
properly to {pound} that {is} smite; by implication (as if beating {out} and thus expanding) to disperse; {also} to thrust {off} {down} out or upon (including {reject} let {alone} permit: {remit} etc.)
- BDB Definition
-
1. to leave, permit, forsake, cast off or away, reject, suffer, join, spread out or abroad, be loosed, cease, abandon, quit, hang loose, cast down, make a raid, lie fallow, let fall, forgo, draw
a. (Qal)
1. to leave, let alone, lie fallow, entrust to
2. to forsake, abandon
3. to permit
b. (Niphal)
1. to be forsaken
2. to be loosened, be loose
3. to be let go, spread abroad
c. (Pual) to be abandoned, be deserted
- Origin
- A primitive root
- Bible Usage
- cast {off} {drawn} let {fall} {forsake} join {[battle]} leave ({off}) lie {still} {loose} spread (self) {abroad} stretch {out} suffer.