Word Study · Strong's H5324 · Hebrew
נָצַב
natsab
naw-tsab'
Strong's 1890 spelling: nâtsab
“to station, in various applications (literally or figuratively)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to station, in various applications (literally or figuratively)
Rendered in the KJV as
appointed, deputy, erect, establish, [idiom] 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.
- 75occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 21 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 51inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 75 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 51
- נִצָּ֥ב8
- נִצָּ֖ב6
- נִצָּ֣ב4
- נִצָּבִ֖ים4
- נִצָּב֙3
- הַנִּצָּבִ֨ים2
- וַיַּצֶּב־2
- וַיַּצִּ֧בוּ2
- וְנִצַּבְתָּ֥2
- הַנִּצָּ֖ב1
- הַנִּצָּ֥ב1
- הַנִּצָּבָה֙1
and 39 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 51
- [was] standing5
- [were] standing5
- standing5
- the overseers5
- and he set up3
- [am] standing2
- [is] taking his stand2
- and you will stand2
- set up2
- who was appointed2
- who were standing2
- [am] stationed1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 27
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular22
- the definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural8
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural8
- Hc/Vhw3ms6
- Hc/VNq2ms3
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person feminine singular3
- Hc/Vhw3mp2
- the definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · feminine singular2
- the definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular2
- verb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 2nd person masculine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)1
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HVNrmsa · 22
- HTd/VNrmpa · 8
- HVNrmpa · 8
- Hc/Vhw3ms · 6
- Hc/VNq2ms · 3
- HVNp3fs · 3
- Hc/Vhw3mp · 2
- HTd/VNrfsa · 2
- HTd/VNrmsa · 2
- HVhp2ms · 2
- HC/R/Vhcc · 1
- HC/Vhj3ms · 1
All 75, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Genesis12 occurrences
- Genesis 18:2נִצָּבִ֖יםnitzavimverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralAnd 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.here: [were] standing
- Genesis 21:28וַיַּצֵּ֣בvaiyatzevHc/Vhw3msAbraham separated seven ewe lambs from the flock,here: and he set
- Genesis 21:29הִצַּ֖בְתָּhitzavtaverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 2nd person masculine singularand Abimelech asked him, “Why have you set apart these seven ewe lambs?”here: you have set
- Genesis 24:13נִצָּ֖בnitzavverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularHere I am, standing beside the spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water.here: [am] standing
- Genesis 24:43נִצָּ֖בnitzavverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularHere 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,’here: [am] standing
- Genesis 28:12מֻצָּ֣בmutzavverb · causative passive (hophal), passive participle · masculine singularAnd 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.here: [was] placed
- Genesis 28:13נִצָּ֣בnitzavverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularAnd 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.here: [was] standing
- Genesis 33:20וַיַּצֶּב־vaiyatzev-Hc/Vhw3msThere he set up an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.here: and he set up
- Genesis 35:14וַיַּצֵּ֨בvaiyatzevHc/Vhw3msSo 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.here: and he set up
- Genesis 35:20וַיַּצֵּ֧בvaiyatzevHc/Vhw3msJacob set up a pillar on her grave; it marks Rachel’s tomb to this day.here: and he set up
- Genesis 37:7נִצָּ֑בָהnitzavahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person feminine singularWe 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.”here: it stood upright
- Genesis 45:1הַנִּצָּבִים֙hanitzavimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralThen Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he cried out, “Send everyone away from me!” So none of them were with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers.here: those standing
Exodus8 occurrences
- Exodus 5:20נִצָּבִ֖יםnitzavimverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralWhen they left Pharaoh, they confronted Moses and Aaron, who stood waiting to meet them.here: standing
- Exodus 7:15וְנִצַּבְתָּ֥venitzavtaHc/VNq2msGo to Pharaoh in the morning as you see him walking out to the water. Wait on the bank of the Nile to meet him, and take in your hand the staff that was changed into a snake.here: and you will stand
- Exodus 15:8נִצְּב֥וּnitzevuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralAt the blast of Your nostrils the waters piled up; like a wall the currents stood firm; the depths congealed in the heart of the sea.here: they stood up
- Exodus 17:9נִצָּב֙nitzavverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularSo Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on the hilltop with the staff of God in my hand.”here: [will be] standing
- Exodus 18:14נִצָּ֥בnitzavverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularWhen his father-in-law saw all that Moses was doing for the people, he asked, “What is this that you are doing for the people? Why do you sit alone as judge, with all the people standing around you from morning till evening?”here: [is] standing
- Exodus 33:8וְנִ֨צְּב֔וּvenitzevuHc/VNq3cpThen, whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people would stand at the entrances to their own tents and watch Moses until he entered the tent.here: and they stood
- Exodus 33:21וְנִצַּבְתָּ֖venitzavtaHc/VNq2msThe LORD continued, “There is a place near Me where you are to stand upon a rock,here: and you will stand
- Exodus 34:2וְנִצַּבְתָּ֥venitzavtaHc/VNq2msBe ready in the morning, and come up on Mount Sinai to present yourself before Me on the mountaintop.here: and you will station yourself
Numbers6 occurrences
- Numbers 16:27נִצָּבִ֗יםnitzavimverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralSo they moved away from the dwellings of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. Meanwhile, Dathan and Abiram had come out and stood at the entrances to their tents with their wives and children and infants.here: standing
- Numbers 22:23נִצָּ֣בnitzavverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularWhen the donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand, she turned off the path and went into a field. So Balaam beat her to return her to the path.here: standing
- Numbers 22:31נִצָּ֣בnitzavverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularThen the LORD opened Balaam’s eyes, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand. And Balaam bowed low and fell facedown.here: standing
- Numbers 22:34נִצָּ֥בnitzavverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular“I have sinned,” Balaam said to the angel of the LORD, “for I did not realize that you were standing in the road to confront me. And now, if this is displeasing in your sight, I will go back home.”here: [were] standing
- Numbers 23:6נִצָּ֖בnitzavverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularSo he returned to Balak, who was standing there beside his burnt offering, with all the princes of Moab.here: [he was] standing
- Numbers 23:17נִצָּב֙nitzavverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularSo he returned to Balak, who was standing there by his burnt offering with the princes of Moab. “What did the LORD say?” Balak asked.here: [was] standing
Deuteronomy2 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 29:10נִצָּבִ֤יםnitzavimverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralAll of you are standing today before the LORD your God—you leaders of tribes, elders, officials, and all the men of Israel,here: [are] standing
- Deuteronomy 32:8יַצֵּב֙yatzevverb · causative (hiphil), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singularWhen the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when He divided the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God.here: he fixed
Judges3 occurrences
- Judges 9:6מֻצָּ֖בmutzavnoun · masculine singularThen all the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo gathered beside the oak at the pillar in Shechem and proceeded to make Abimelech their king.here: set up
- Judges 18:16נִצָּבִ֖יםnitzavimverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralThe six hundred Danites stood at the entrance of the gate, armed with their weapons of war.here: [were] standing
- Judges 18:17נִצָּב֙nitzavverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularAnd the five men who had gone to spy out the land went inside and took the graven image, the ephod, the household idols, and the molten idol, while the priest stood at the entrance of the gate with the six hundred armed men.here: [was] standing
Ruth2 occurrences
- Ruth 2:5הַנִּצָּ֖בhanitzavthe definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularAnd Boaz asked the foreman of his harvesters, “Whose young woman is this?”here: who was appointed
- Ruth 2:6הַנִּצָּ֥בhanitzavthe definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularThe foreman answered, “She is the Moabitess who returned with Naomi from the land of Moab.here: who was appointed
1 Samuel9 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 1:26הַנִּצֶּ֤בֶתhanitzevetthe definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · feminine singular“Please, my lord,” said Hannah, “as surely as you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the LORD.here: who stood
- 1 Samuel 4:20הַנִּצָּב֣וֹתhanitzavotthe definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · feminine pluralAs she was dying, the women attending to her said, “Do not be afraid, for you have given birth to a son!” But she did not respond or pay any heed.here: those [who] were standing
- 1 Samuel 13:21וּלְהַצִּ֖יבulehatzivconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)The charge was a pim for sharpening a plowshare or mattock, a third of a shekel for sharpening a pitchfork or an axe, and a third of a shekel for repointing an oxgoad.here: and to make straight
- 1 Samuel 15:12מַצִּ֥יבmatzivverb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularEarly in the morning Samuel got up to confront Saul, but he was told, “Saul has gone to Carmel, and behold, he has set up a monument for himself and has turned and gone down to Gilgal.”here: [he was] setting up
- 1 Samuel 19:20נִצָּ֖בnitzavverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularhe sent messengers to capture him. But when they saw the group of prophets prophesying, with Samuel leading them, the Spirit of God came upon them, and Saul’s messengers also began to prophesy.here: chief
- 1 Samuel 22:6נִצָּבִ֥יםnitzavimverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralSoon Saul learned that David and his men had been discovered. At that time Saul was in Gibeah, sitting under the tamarisk tree on the hill at Gibeah, with his spear in hand and all his servants standing around him.here: [were] standing
- 1 Samuel 22:7הַנִּצָּבִ֣יםhanitzavimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralThen Saul said to his servants, “Listen, men of Benjamin! Is the son of Jesse giving all of you fields and vineyards and making you commanders of thousands or hundreds?here: who were standing
- 1 Samuel 22:9נִצָּ֥בnitzavverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularBut Doeg the Edomite, who had stationed himself with Saul’s servants, answered: “I saw the son of Jesse come to Ahimelech son of Ahitub at Nob.here: [was] standing
- 1 Samuel 22:17הַנִּצָּבִ֨יםhanitzavimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralThen the king ordered the guards at his side, “Turn and kill the priests of the LORD, because they too sided with David. For they knew he was fleeing, but they did not tell me.” But the king’s servants would not lift a hand to strike the priests of the LORD.here: who were standing
2 Samuel3 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 13:31נִצָּבִ֖יםnitzavimverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralThen the king stood up, tore his clothes, and lay down on the ground; and all his servants stood by with their clothes torn.here: [were] standing
- 2 Samuel 18:17וַיַּצִּ֧בוּvaiyatzivuHc/Vhw3mpThey took Absalom, cast him into a large pit in the forest, and piled a huge mound of stones over him. Meanwhile, all the Israelites fled, each to his home.here: and they set up
- 2 Samuel 18:18וַיַּצֶּב־vaiyatzev-Hc/Vhw3msDuring his lifetime, Absalom had set up for himself a pillar in the King’s Valley, for he had said, “I have no son to preserve the memory of my name.” So he gave the pillar his name, and to this day it is called Absalom’s Monument.here: and he had set up
1 Kings7 occurrences
- 1 Kings 4:5הַנִּצָּבִ֑יםhanitzavimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralAzariah son of Nathan was in charge of the governors; Zabud son of Nathan was a priest and adviser to the king;here: the overseers
- 1 Kings 4:7נִצָּבִים֙nitzavimverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralSolomon had twelve governors over all Israel to provide food for the king and his household. Each one would arrange provisions for one month of the year,here: overseers
- 1 Kings 4:27הַנִּצָּבִ֨יםhanitzavimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralEach month the governors in turn provided food for King Solomon and all who came to his table. They saw to it that nothing was lacking.here: the overseers
- 1 Kings 5:16הַנִּצָּבִ֤יםhanitzavimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralnot including his 3,300 foremen who supervised the workers.here: the overseers
- 1 Kings 9:23הַנִּצָּבִ֗יםhanitzavimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralThey were also the chief officers over Solomon’s projects: 550 supervisors over the people who did the work.here: the overseers
- 1 Kings 16:34הִצִּ֣יבhitzivverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularIn Ahab’s days, Hiel the Bethelite rebuilt Jericho. At the cost of Abiram his firstborn he laid its foundation, and at the cost of Segub his youngest he set up its gates, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through Joshua son of Nun.here: he set up
- 1 Kings 22:47נִצָּ֥בnitzavverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularAnd there was no king in Edom; a deputy served as king.here: a deputy
Psalms7 occurrences
- Psalms 39:5נִצָּ֥בnitzavverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularYou, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selahhere: [which] stands
- Psalms 41:12וַתַּצִּיבֵ֖נִיvatatziveniHc/Vhw2ms/Sp1bsIn my integrity You uphold me and set me in Your presence forever.here: and you have set me
- Psalms 45:9נִצְּבָ֥הnitzevahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person feminine singularThe daughters of kings are among your honored women; the queen stands at your right hand, adorned with the gold of Ophir.here: she stands
- Psalms 74:17הִ֭צַּבְתָּhitzavtaverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 2nd person masculine singularYou set all the boundaries of the earth; You made the summer and winter.here: you established
- Psalms 78:13וַֽיַּצֶּב־vaiyatzev-Hc/Vhw3msHe split the sea and brought them through; He set the waters upright like a wall.here: and he made to stand up
- Psalms 82:1נִצָּ֥בnitzavverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularGod presides in the divine assembly; He renders judgment among the gods:here: [is] taking his stand
- Psalms 119:89נִצָּ֥בnitzavverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularYour word, O LORD, is everlasting; it is firmly fixed in the heavens.here: [is] standing firm
Proverbs2 occurrences
- Proverbs 8:2נִצָּֽבָה׃nitzavahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person feminine singularOn the heights overlooking the road, at the crossroads she takes her stand.here: she stations herself
- Proverbs 15:25וְ֝יַצֵּ֗בveyatzevconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singularThe LORD tears down the house of the proud, but He protects the boundaries of the widow.here: and he will establish
Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 3:13נִצָּ֥בnitzavverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularThe LORD arises to contend; He stands to judge the people.here: [is] taking his stand
- Isaiah 21:8נִצָּ֖בnitzavverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularThen the lookout shouted: “Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower; night after night I stay at my post.here: [am] stationed
Jeremiah2 occurrences
- Jeremiah 5:26הִצִּ֥יבוּhitzivuverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person common pluralFor among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.here: they set
- Jeremiah 31:21הַצִּ֧יבִיhatziviverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person feminine singular“Set up the roadmarks, establish the signposts. Keep the highway in mind, the road you have traveled. Return, O Virgin Israel, return to these cities of yours.here: set up
Lamentations2 occurrences
- Lamentations 2:4נִצָּ֤בnitzavverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularHe has bent His bow like an enemy; His right hand is positioned. Like a foe He has killed all who were pleasing to the eye; He has poured out His wrath like fire on the tent of the Daughter of Zion.here: [he has] taken a stand
- Lamentations 3:12וַיַּצִּיבֵ֔נִיvaiyatziveniHc/Vhw3ms/Sp1bsHe bent His bow and set me as the target for His arrow.here: and he has set up me
Amos2 occurrences
- Amos 7:7נִצָּ֖בnitzavverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularThis is what He showed me: Behold, the Lord was standing by a wall true to plumb, with a plumb line in His hand.here: [was] standing
- Amos 9:1נִצָּ֣בnitzavverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularI saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Topple them on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the rest with the sword. None of those who flee will get away; none of the fugitives will escape.here: standing