Strong's H5203 (Hebrew)[edit | edit source]

Lemma: נָטַשׁ (nâṭash)

Pronunciation: naw-tash'

POS: naw-tash' Morph: v

Exegesis: a primitive root;

Definition: 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.

KJV Usage: cast off, drawn, let fall, forsake, join (battle), leave (off), lie still, loose, spread (self) abroad, stretch out, suffer.

Senses[edit | edit source]

• 1. 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
• 2. 1a) (Qal)
• 3. 1a1) to leave, let alone, lie fallow, entrust to
• 4. 1a2) to forsake, abandon
• 5. 1a3) to permit
• 6. 1b) (Niphal)
• 7. 1b1) to be forsaken
• 8. 1b2) to be loosened, be loose
• 9. 1b3) to be let go, spread abroad
• 10. 1c) (Pual) to be abandoned, be deserted

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