Strong's Hebrew · H5324

H5324 nâtsab

נָצַב

naw-tsab'

to stand

Looking for Greek G5324 phantázō? It has the same number in Strong's Greek lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of H5324. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.

nâtsab appears 74 times in Scripture, including Genesis 18:2 and Genesis 21:28. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

to station, in various applications (literally or figuratively)

In the King James Version

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.

Derivation

a primitive root;

Appears 74 times in Scripture

Genesis 21:29

“and Abimelech asked him, “Why have you set apart these seven ewe lambs?””

Genesis 24:43

“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,’”

Genesis 33:20

“There he set up an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.”

Genesis 21:28

“Abraham separated seven ewe lambs from the flock,”

Genesis 18:2

“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.”

Genesis 35:20

“Jacob set up a pillar on her grave; it marks Rachel’s tomb to this day.”

Genesis 28:12

“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.”

Genesis 28:13

“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.”

Genesis 35:14

“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.”

Genesis 37:7

“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.””

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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