cast off, drawn, let fall, forsake, join battle, leave off, lie still, loose,
A primitive root; properly, to pound, i.e. Smite; by implication (as if beating out, and thus expanding) to disperse; also, to thrust off, down, out or upon (inclusively, reject, let alone, permit, remit, etc.) -- cast off, drawn, let fall, forsake, join (battle), leave (off), lie still, loose, spread (self) abroad, stretch out, suffer.
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
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to leave, let alone, lie fallow, entrust to
1a2) to forsake, abandon
1a3) to permit
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be forsaken
1b2) to be loosened, be loose
1b3) to be let go, spread abroad
1c) (Pual) to be abandoned, be deserted
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1357
נָטַשׁverbleave, forsake, permit (
ᵑ7forsake; draw off skin of dead animal; Arabic
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QalPerfect3masculine singular ׳נ1 Samuel 10:2, suffix 1plural נְטָשָׁ֫נוּJudges 6:13; 2masculine singular נָטַשְׁתָּ1 Samuel 17:28, נָטַשְׁתָּהIsaiah 2:6, suffix נְטַשְׁתַּ֫נִיGenesis 31:28, וּנְטַשְׁתָּהּ consecutive Exodus 23:11, etc.; Imperfectיִטּשׁ1 Samuel 12:22; Psalm 94:14, יִטּוֺשׁHosea 12:15, suffix 1plural יִטְּשֵׁנוּ1 Kings 8:57; 1plural נִטּשׁNehemiah 10:32, etc.; ImperativeנְטוֺשׁProverbs 17:14; Passive participle feminine נְטוּשָׁהIsaiah 21:15; masculine plural נְטֻשִׁים1 Samuel 30:16; —
1leave, let aloneExodus 23:11 (E;=let field lie fallow, "" שָׁמַט), compare וְנִטּשׁ אֶתהַֿשָּׁנָההַשְּׁכִיעִיתּ וּמַשָּׁא כָליָֿ֑דNehemiah 10:32 (i.e. leave field fallow and debts unclaimed); object quails, let them lie, (עַל location) Numbers 11:31 (JE), of Amalekites נְטֻשִׁים עַלמְּֿנֵי פָלהָֿאָרֶץ1 Samuel 30:16left to themselves over all the land; וְדָמָיו עָלָיו יִטּוֺשׁHosea 12:15 and his mortal guilt shall he leave upon him; leave in charge of, entrust to (עַל person): sheep 1 Samuel 17:20,28; baggage 1 Samuel 17:22.
2 usually forsake, abandon, דִּבְרֵי הָאֲחֹנוֺת׳נ1 Samuel 10:2 thy father hath abandoned the matter of the asses (ceased to be concerned about them); הָרִיב נְטוֺשׁProverbs 17:14abandon contention; often subject ׳י with accusative of person Judges 6:13; Isaiah 2:6; 1 Samuel 12:22; 1 Kings 8:57 ("" עָזַב) 2 Kings 21:14; Jeremiah 7:29; Jeremiah 12:7 ("" עָזַב), Jeremiah 23:33,39; Psalm 27:9 ("" עָזַב), Psalm 94:14 ("" id.); of ׳י leaving Phar. forsaken (on ground, compare Niph`al 1)Ezekiel 29:5 (+ ה locative), Ezekiel 32:4 (+ ב location); abandoning the sanctuary at Shiloh Psalm 78:60; of men forsaking God Deuteronomy 32:15 (poem), Jeremiah 15:6; compare אַלחִֿטּשׁ תּוֺרַת אִמֶּ֑ךָProverbs 1:8; Proverbs 6:20; of men abandoning king (under figure of cedar) Ezekiel 31:12 (twice in verse).
3permit, only וְלֹא נְטַשְׁתַּנִי לְנַשֵּׁק׳לְבָנַי וגוGenesis 31:28 (E) and hast not permitted me to kiss my sons, etc. — For וַתִּטּשׁ הַמִּלְחָמָה1 Samuel 4:2 read probably וַתֵּט (ᵐ5ἔκλινεν) Dr Klo Bu, or < (קשׁה) וַתִּקֶשׁgrew fierce HPS (Löhr proposes תִּנָּטֵשׁ compare Judges 15:9 etc.). For חֶרֶב נְטוּטָהIsaiah 21:15 ("" קֶשֶׁת דְּרוּכָה) read perhaps לְטוּשָׁה׳ח.
Niph`alPerfect3feminine singular נִטְּשָׁהAmos 5:2; 3plural נִטְּשׁוּIsaiah 16:8; Isaiah 33:23; Imperfect3masculine plural וַיִּנָָּֽטְשׁוּJudges 15:9 2t.; —
1be forsaken, Amos 5:2she (Israel) lieth forsaken (עַל location).
2be loosened or loose (properly be let alone, left to hang down) of ship's tackle Isaiah 33:23.
3be let go, spread abroad, of warriors, Judges 15:19; 2 Samuel 5:18,22 (all with ב location, for purpose of plunder); of tendrils of vine Isaiah 16:8 (figurative of Moab).
Pu`alPerfect only אַדְמוֺן נֻטָּ֑שׁIsaiah 32:14palaces are abandoned, deserted ("" הֲמוֺן עִיר עֻזָּ֑ב).
Strong's Hebrew: 5203. נָטַשׁ (natash) — 40 Occurrences
Genesis 31:28
HEB: וְלֹ֣א נְטַשְׁתַּ֔נִי לְנַשֵּׁ֥ק לְבָנַ֖י
NAS:and did not allow me to kiss my sons
KJV:And hast not suffered me to kiss
INT: and did not allow to kiss my sons
Exodus 23:11
HEB:וְהַשְּׁבִיעִ֞ת תִּשְׁמְטֶ֣נָּה וּנְטַשְׁתָּ֗הּ וְאָֽכְלוּ֙ אֶבְיֹנֵ֣י
NAS: you shall let it rest and lie fallow, so that the needy
KJV: [year] thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor
INT: but the seventh shall let and lie may eat the needy
Numbers 11:31
HEB:מִן־ הַיָּם֒ וַיִּטֹּ֨שׁ עַל־ הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֜ה
NAS: from the sea, and let [them] fall beside
KJV: from the sea, and let [them] fall by the camp,
INT: from the sea and let fall beside the camp
Deuteronomy 32:15
HEB:עָבִ֣יתָ כָּשִׂ֑יתָ וַיִּטֹּשׁ֙ אֱל֣וֹהַ עָשָׂ֔הוּ
NAS: and sleek-- Then he forsook God
KJV: thou art covered [with fatness]; then he forsook God
INT: thick and sleek forsook God made
Judges 6:13
HEB:יְהוָ֔ה וְעַתָּה֙ נְטָשָׁ֣נוּ יְהוָ֔ה וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֖נוּ
NAS: the LORD has abandoned us and given
KJV: but now the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered
INT: the LORD henceforth has abandoned the LORD and given
Judges 15:9
HEB:וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ בִּיהוּדָ֑ה וַיִּנָּטְשׁ֖וּ בַּלֶּֽחִי׃
KJV: in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.
INT: and camped Judah and spread Lehi
1 Samuel 4:2
HEB:לִקְרַ֣את יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל וַתִּטֹּשׁ֙ הַמִּלְחָמָ֔ה וַיִּנָּ֥גֶף
NAS: When the battle spread, Israel
KJV: Israel: and when they joined battle,
INT: to meet Israel spread the battle was defeated
1 Samuel 10:2
HEB:לְבַקֵּ֔שׁ וְהִנֵּ֨ה נָטַ֤שׁ אָבִ֙יךָ֙ אֶת־
NAS: your father has ceased to be concerned
KJV: and, lo, thy father hath left the care
INT: to look now behold has ceased your father to be concerned
1 Samuel 12:22
HEB:כִּ֠י לֹֽא־ יִטֹּ֤שׁ יְהוָה֙ אֶת־
NAS: For the LORD will not abandon His people
KJV: For the LORD will not forsake his people
INT: because will not abandon the LORD his people
1 Samuel 17:20
HEB:דָּוִ֜ד בַּבֹּ֗קֶר וַיִּטֹּ֤שׁ אֶת־ הַצֹּאן֙
NAS: in the morning and left the flock
KJV: in the morning, and left the sheep
INT: David the morning and left the flock with
1 Samuel 17:22
HEB: וַיִּטֹּשׁ֩ דָּוִ֨ד אֶת־
NAS: Then David left his baggage
KJV: And David left his carriage
INT:left David his baggage
1 Samuel 17:28
HEB:וְעַל־ מִ֨י נָטַ֜שְׁתָּ מְעַ֨ט הַצֹּ֤אן
NAS: And with whom have you left those
KJV: Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those
INT: and have you left few sheep
1 Samuel 30:16
HEB:וַיֹּ֣רִדֵ֔הוּ וְהִנֵּ֥ה נְטֻשִׁ֖ים עַל־ פְּנֵ֣י
NAS: behold, they were spread over
KJV: And when he had brought him down, behold, [they were] spread abroad upon all
INT: had brought behold were spread over all
2 Samuel 5:18
HEB:וּפְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים בָּ֑אוּ וַיִּנָּטְשׁ֖וּ בְּעֵ֥מֶק רְפָאִֽים׃
NAS: came and spread themselves out in the valley
KJV: also came and spread themselves in the valley
INT: now the Philistines came and spread the valley of Rephaim
2 Samuel 5:22
HEB:פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים לַֽעֲל֑וֹת וַיִּנָּֽטְשׁ֖וּ בְּעֵ֥מֶק רְפָאִֽים׃
NAS: again and spread themselves out in the valley
KJV: yet again, and spread themselves in the valley
INT: now the Philistines came and spread the valley of Rephaim
1 Kings 8:57
HEB:יַעַזְבֵ֖נוּ וְאַֽל־ יִטְּשֵֽׁנוּ׃
NAS: may He not leave us or forsake us,
KJV: let him not leave us, nor forsake us:
INT: leave or forsake
2 Kings 21:14
HEB: וְנָטַשְׁתִּ֗י אֵ֚ת שְׁאֵרִ֣ית
NAS:I will abandon the remnant
KJV:And I will forsake the remnant
INT:will abandon the remnant of my inheritance
Nehemiah 10:31
HEB:וּבְי֣וֹם קֹ֑דֶשׁ וְנִטֹּ֛שׁ אֶת־ הַשָּׁנָ֥ה
NAS: day; and we will forego [the crops] the seventh
KJV: day: and [that] we would leave the seventh
INT: day A holy will forego year the seventh
Psalm 27:9
HEB:הָיִ֑יתָ אַֽל־ תִּטְּשֵׁ֥נִי וְאַל־ תַּֽ֝עַזְבֵ֗נִי
NAS: my help; Do not abandon me nor
KJV: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake
INT: have been nor abandon nor forsake
Psalm 78:60
HEB: וַ֭יִּטֹּשׁ מִשְׁכַּ֣ן שִׁל֑וֹ
NAS:So that He abandoned the dwelling place
KJV:So that he forsook the tabernacle
INT:abandoned the dwelling Shiloh
Psalm 94:14
HEB:כִּ֤י ׀ לֹא־ יִטֹּ֣שׁ יְהוָ֣ה עַמּ֑וֹ
NAS: For the LORD will not abandon His people,
KJV: For the LORD will not cast off his people,
INT: for Nor abandon the LORD his people
Proverbs 1:8
HEB:אָבִ֑יךָ וְאַל־ תִּ֝טֹּ֗שׁ תּוֹרַ֥ת אִמֶּֽךָ׃
NAS: instruction And do not forsake your mother's
KJV: of thy father, and forsake not the law
INT: your father's not forsake teaching your mother's
Proverbs 6:20
HEB:אָבִ֑יךָ וְאַל־ תִּ֝טֹּ֗שׁ תּוֹרַ֥ת אִמֶּֽךָ׃
NAS: of your father And do not forsake the teaching
KJV: commandment, and forsake not the law
INT: of your father not forsake the teaching of your mother
Proverbs 17:14
HEB:הִ֝תְגַּלַּ֗ע הָרִ֥יב נְטֽוֹשׁ׃
NAS: out water, So abandon the quarrel
KJV: water: therefore leave off contention,
INT: breaks the quarrel abandon
Isaiah 2:6
HEB: כִּ֣י נָטַ֗שְׁתָּה עַמְּךָ֙ בֵּ֣ית
NAS:For You have abandoned Your people,
KJV:Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people
INT: Because have abandoned your people the house
Isaiah 16:8
HEB:מִדְבָּ֑ר שְׁלֻ֣חוֹתֶ֔יהָ נִטְּשׁ֖וּ עָ֥בְרוּ יָֽם׃
NAS: Its tendrils spread themselves out [and] passed over
KJV: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over
INT: to the deserts tendrils spread out passed the sea
Isaiah 21:15
HEB:מִפְּנֵ֣י ׀ חֶ֣רֶב נְטוּשָׁ֗ה וּמִפְּנֵי֙ קֶ֣שֶׁת
NAS: from the swords, From the drawn sword,
KJV: from the drawn sword,
INT: from sword the drawn and from bow
Isaiah 32:14
HEB:כִּֽי־ אַרְמ֣וֹן נֻטָּ֔שׁ הֲמ֥וֹן עִ֖יר
NAS: the palace has been abandoned, the populated
KJV: Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude
INT: Because the palace has been abandoned the populated city
Isaiah 33:23
HEB: נִטְּשׁ֖וּ חֲבָלָ֑יִךְ בַּל־
NAS: Your tackle hangs slack; It cannot
KJV: Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well
INT:hangs your tackle cannot
Jeremiah 7:29
HEB:מָאַ֣ס יְהוָ֔ה וַיִּטֹּ֖שׁ אֶת־ דּ֥וֹר
NAS: has rejected and forsaken The generation
KJV: hath rejected and forsaken the generation
INT: has rejected the LORD and forsaken the generation of his wrath
Jeremiah 12:7
HEB:אֶת־ בֵּיתִ֔י נָטַ֖שְׁתִּי אֶת־ נַחֲלָתִ֑י
NAS: My house, I have abandoned My inheritance;
KJV: mine house, I have left mine heritage;
INT: have forsaken my house have abandoned my inheritance have given
Jeremiah 15:6
HEB: אַ֣תְּ נָטַ֥שְׁתְּ אֹתִ֛י נְאֻם־
NAS:You who have forsaken Me, declares
KJV:Thou hast forsaken me, saith the LORD,
INT: who have forsaken declares the LORD
Jeremiah 23:33
HEB:מַה־ מַשָּׂ֔א וְנָטַשְׁתִּ֥י אֶתְכֶ֖ם נְאֻם־
NAS: declares, I will abandon you.'
KJV: unto them, What burden? I will even forsake you, saith
INT: What is the oracle will abandon declares Jehovah
Jeremiah 23:39
HEB:אֶתְכֶ֖ם נָשֹׁ֑א וְנָטַשְׁתִּ֣י אֶתְכֶ֗ם וְאֶת־
NAS: I will surely forget you and cast you away from My presence,
KJV: forget you, and I will forsake you, and the city
INT: will surely will utterly and cast the city which
Ezekiel 29:5
HEB: וּנְטַשְׁתִּ֣יךָ הַמִּדְבָּ֗רָה אוֹתְךָ֙
NAS:I will abandon you to the wilderness,
KJV:And I will leave thee [thrown] into the wilderness,
INT:will abandon to the wilderness and all
Ezekiel 31:12
HEB:עָרִיצֵ֥י גוֹיִ֖ם וַֽיִּטְּשֻׁ֑הוּ אֶל־ הֶ֠הָרִים
NAS: have cut it down and left it; on the mountains
KJV: have cut him off, and have left him: upon the mountains
INT: tyrants of the nations and left on the mountains
Ezekiel 31:12
HEB:עַמֵּ֥י הָאָ֖רֶץ וַֽיִּטְּשֻֽׁהוּ׃
NAS: from its shade and left it.
KJV: from his shadow, and have left him.
INT: the peoples of the earth and left
Ezekiel 32:4
HEB: וּנְטַשְׁתִּ֣יךָ בָאָ֔רֶץ עַל־
NAS:I will leave you on the land;
KJV:Then will I leave thee upon the land,
INT:will leave the land on
Hosea 12:14
HEB:וְדָמָיו֙ עָלָ֣יו יִטּ֔וֹשׁ וְחֶ֨רְפָּת֔וֹ יָשִׁ֥יב
NAS: So his Lord will leave his bloodguilt
KJV: most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood
INT: his bloodguilt and will leave his reproach and bring
Amos 5:2
HEB:בְּתוּלַ֖ת יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל נִטְּשָׁ֥ה עַל־ אַדְמָתָ֖הּ
NAS: Israel. She [lies] neglected on her land;
KJV: rise: she is forsaken upon her land;
INT: the virgin Israel She neglected on her land
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