Word Study · Strong's H5416 · Hebrew
נָתָן
Nathan
naw-thawn'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Nâthân
“Nathan, the name of five Israelites”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Nathan, the name of five Israelites
Rendered in the KJV as
Nathan.
- 41occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 6 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 18inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 41 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 18
- נָתָ֖ן8
- נָתָ֣ן7
- נָתָן֙4
- נָתָ֔ן4
- וְנָתָ֖ן3
- וְנָתָ֤ן2
- נָתָ֛ן2
- וּלְנָתָ֣ן1
- וּלְנָתָ֛ן1
- וְנָתָ֥ן1
- וְנָתָ֧ן1
- וְנָתָ֨ן1
and 6 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 4
- Nathan29
- and Nathan10
- and for Nathan1
- and to Nathan1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- proper noun (a name)29
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)10
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)2
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 29
- HC/Npm · 10
- HC/R/Npm · 2
All 41, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- 2 Samuel13 of 41 · 32%
- 1 Kings13 of 41 · 32%
- 1 Chronicles10 of 41 · 24%
- 2 Chronicles2 of 41 · 5%
- Ezra2 of 41 · 5%
2 Samuel carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
2 Samuel13 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 5:14וְנָתָ֖ןvenatanconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)These are the names of the children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,here: and Nathan
- 2 Samuel 7:2נָתָ֣ןnatanproper noun (a name)he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.”here: Nathan
- 2 Samuel 7:3נָתָן֙natanproper noun (a name)And Nathan replied to the king, “Go and do all that is in your heart, for the LORD is with you.”here: Nathan
- 2 Samuel 7:4נָתָ֖ןnatanproper noun (a name)But that night the word of the LORD came to Nathan, saying,here: Nathan
- 2 Samuel 7:17נָתָ֖ןnatanproper noun (a name)So Nathan relayed to David all the words of this entire vision.here: Nathan
- 2 Samuel 12:1נָתָ֖ןnatanproper noun (a name)Then the LORD sent Nathan to David, and when he arrived, he said, “There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the other poor.here: Nathan
- 2 Samuel 12:5נָתָ֔ןnatanproper noun (a name)David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan: “As surely as the LORD lives, the man who did this deserves to die!here: Nathan
- 2 Samuel 12:7נָתָ֛ןnatanproper noun (a name)Then Nathan said to David, “You are that man! This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.here: Nathan
- 2 Samuel 12:13נָתָ֔ןnatanproper noun (a name)Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” “The LORD has taken away your sin,” Nathan replied. “You will not die.here: Nathan
- 2 Samuel 12:13נָתָ֜ןnatanproper noun (a name)Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” “The LORD has taken away your sin,” Nathan replied. “You will not die.here: Nathan
- 2 Samuel 12:15נָתָ֖ןnatanproper noun (a name)After Nathan had gone home, the LORD struck the child that Uriah’s wife had borne to David, and he became ill.here: Nathan
- 2 Samuel 12:25נָתָ֣ןnatanproper noun (a name)and sent word through Nathan the prophet to name him Jedidiah because the LORD loved him.here: Nathan
- 2 Samuel 23:36נָתָן֙natanproper noun (a name)Igal son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite,here: Nathan
1 Kings13 occurrences
- 1 Kings 1:8וְנָתָ֤ןvenatanconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)But Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and David’s mighty men would not join Adonijah.here: and Nathan
- 1 Kings 1:10נָתָן֩natanproper noun (a name)But he did not invite Nathan the prophet, Benaiah, the mighty men, or his brother Solomon.here: Nathan
- 1 Kings 1:11נָתָ֗ןnatanproper noun (a name)Then Nathan said to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, “Have you not heard that Adonijah son of Haggith has become king, and our lord David does not know it?here: Nathan
- 1 Kings 1:22וְנָתָ֥ןvenatanconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)And just then, while Bathsheba was still speaking with the king, Nathan the prophet arrived.here: and Nathan
- 1 Kings 1:23נָתָ֣ןnatanproper noun (a name)So the king was told, “Nathan the prophet is here.” And Nathan went in and bowed facedown before the king.here: Nathan
- 1 Kings 1:24נָתָן֒natanproper noun (a name)“My lord the king,” said Nathan, “did you say, ‘Adonijah will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne’?here: Nathan
- 1 Kings 1:32וּלְנָתָ֣ןulenatanconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)Then King David said, “Call in for me Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada.” So they came before the king.here: and to Nathan
- 1 Kings 1:34וְנָתָ֧ןvenatanconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)There Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet are to anoint him king over Israel. You are to blow the ram’s horn and declare, ‘Long live King Solomon!’here: and Nathan
- 1 Kings 1:38וְנָתָ֨ןvenatanconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Then Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, along with the Cherethites and Pelethites, went down and set Solomon on King David’s mule, and they escorted him to Gihon.here: and Nathan
- 1 Kings 1:44נָתָ֣ןnatanproper noun (a name)And with Solomon, the king has sent Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, along with the Cherethites and Pelethites, and they have set him on the king’s mule.here: Nathan
- 1 Kings 1:45וְנָתָן֩venatanconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at Gihon, and they have gone up from there with rejoicing that rings out in the city. That is the noise you hear.here: and Nathan
- 1 Kings 4:5נָתָ֖ןnatanproper noun (a name)Azariah son of Nathan was in charge of the governors; Zabud son of Nathan was a priest and adviser to the king;here: Nathan
- 1 Kings 4:5נָתָ֛ןnatanproper noun (a name)Azariah son of Nathan was in charge of the governors; Zabud son of Nathan was a priest and adviser to the king;here: Nathan
1 Chronicles10 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 2:36נָתָ֔ןnatanproper noun (a name)Attai was the father of Nathan, Nathan was the father of Zabad,here: Nathan
- 1 Chronicles 2:36וְנָתָ֖ןvenatanconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Attai was the father of Nathan, Nathan was the father of Zabad,here: and Nathan
- 1 Chronicles 3:5וְנָתָ֤ןvenatanconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)and these sons were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon. These four were born to him by Bathsheba daughter of Ammiel.here: and Nathan
- 1 Chronicles 11:38נָתָ֔ןnatanproper noun (a name)Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar son of Hagri,here: Nathan
- 1 Chronicles 14:4נָתָ֖ןnatanproper noun (a name)These are the names of the children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,here: Nathan
- 1 Chronicles 17:1נָתָ֣ןnatanproper noun (a name)After David had settled into his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under a tent.”here: Nathan
- 1 Chronicles 17:2נָתָן֙natanproper noun (a name)And Nathan replied to David, “Do all that is in your heart, for God is with you.”here: Nathan
- 1 Chronicles 17:3נָתָ֖ןnatanproper noun (a name)But that night the word of God came to Nathan, saying,here: Nathan
- 1 Chronicles 17:15נָתָ֖ןnatanproper noun (a name)So Nathan relayed to David all the words of this entire vision.here: Nathan
- 1 Chronicles 29:29נָתָ֣ןnatanproper noun (a name)Now the acts of King David, from first to last, are indeed written in the Chronicles of Samuel the Seer, the Chronicles of Nathan the Prophet, and the Chronicles of Gad the Seer,here: Nathan
2 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 9:29נָתָ֣ןnatanproper noun (a name)As for the rest of the acts of Solomon, from beginning to end, are they not written in the Records of Nathan the Prophet, in the Prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the Visions of Iddo the Seer concerning Jeroboam son of Nebat?here: Nathan
- 2 Chronicles 29:25וְנָתָ֣ןvenatanconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres according to the command of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet. For the command had come from the LORD through His prophets.here: and Nathan
Ezra2 occurrences
- Ezra 8:16וּלְנָתָ֛ןulenatanconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)Then I summoned the leaders: Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, as well as the teachers Joiarib and Elnathan.here: and for Nathan
- Ezra 10:39וְנָתָ֖ןvenatanconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Shimei, Shelemiah, Nathan, Adaiah,here: and Nathan