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Hebrew proper noun (a person) · H5416

נָתָן

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Nathan

41 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: Nâthân

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5416is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 6 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 18
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H5416

Nathan, the name of five Israelites

The King James renders it: Nathan.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

Nathan is rendered "Nathan". It stands 41 times in the Hebrew text, across six books.

  • Thirteen of the uses stand in 2 Samuel, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.2 Samuel 5:14These are the names of the children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,
  • The Greek text spells it eighteen different ways.

The first use

These are the names of the children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,

2 Samuel 5:14וְנָתָ֖ן

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Thirteen of the word's forty-one uses are in 2 Samuel.

The other 33 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • Nathan29
  • and Nathan10
  • and for Nathan1
  • and to Nathan1

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

נָתָסnathasto breakUses1

All 41, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

18 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • נָתָ֖ן8
  • נָתָ֣ן7
  • נָתָן֙4
  • נָתָ֔ן4
  • וְנָתָ֖ן3
  • וְנָתָ֤ן2
  • נָתָ֛ן2
  • וּלְנָתָ֣ן1
  • וּלְנָתָ֛ן1
  • וְנָתָ֥ן1
  • וְנָתָ֧ן1
  • וְנָתָ֨ן1

and 6 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • proper noun (a name)29HNpm
  • conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)10HC/Npm
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)2HC/R/Npm

2 Samuel

thirteen uses
  • These are the names of the children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,

    2 Samuel 5:14

    • וְנָתָ֖ןvenatanconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Nathan
  • he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.”

    2 Samuel 7:2

    • נָתָ֣ןnatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Nathan
  • And Nathan replied to the king, “Go and do all that is in your heart, for the LORD is with you.”

    2 Samuel 7:3

    • נָתָן֙natanproper noun (a name)tagged: Nathan
  • But that night the word of the LORD came to Nathan, saying,

    2 Samuel 7:4

    • נָתָ֖ןnatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Nathan
  • So Nathan relayed to David all the words of this entire vision.

    2 Samuel 7:17

    • נָתָ֖ןnatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Nathan
  • 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.

    2 Samuel 12:1

    • נָתָ֖ןnatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Nathan
  • 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!

    2 Samuel 12:5

    • נָתָ֔ןnatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Nathan
  • 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.

    2 Samuel 12:7

    • נָתָ֛ןnatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Nathan
  • Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” “The LORD has taken away your sin,” Nathan replied. “You will not die.

    2 Samuel 12:13

    • נָתָ֔ןnatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Nathan
    • נָתָ֜ןnatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Nathan
  • After Nathan had gone home, the LORD struck the child that Uriah’s wife had borne to David, and he became ill.

    2 Samuel 12:15

    • נָתָ֖ןnatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Nathan
  • and sent word through Nathan the prophet to name him Jedidiah because the LORD loved him.

    2 Samuel 12:25

    • נָתָ֣ןnatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Nathan
  • Igal son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite,

    2 Samuel 23:36

    • נָתָן֙natanproper noun (a name)tagged: Nathan

1 Kings

thirteen uses
  • But Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and David’s mighty men would not join Adonijah.

    1 Kings 1:8

    • וְנָתָ֤ןvenatanconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Nathan
  • But he did not invite Nathan the prophet, Benaiah, the mighty men, or his brother Solomon.

    1 Kings 1:10

    • נָתָן֩natanproper noun (a name)tagged: Nathan
  • 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?

    1 Kings 1:11

    • נָתָ֗ןnatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Nathan
  • And just then, while Bathsheba was still speaking with the king, Nathan the prophet arrived.

    1 Kings 1:22

    • וְנָתָ֥ןvenatanconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Nathan
  • So the king was told, “Nathan the prophet is here.” And Nathan went in and bowed facedown before the king.

    1 Kings 1:23

    • נָתָ֣ןnatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Nathan
  • “My lord the king,” said Nathan, “did you say, ‘Adonijah will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne’?

    1 Kings 1:24

    • נָתָן֒natanproper noun (a name)tagged: Nathan
  • 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.

    1 Kings 1:32

    • וּלְנָתָ֣ןulenatanconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: and to Nathan
  • 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!’

    1 Kings 1:34

    • וְנָתָ֧ןvenatanconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Nathan
  • 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.

    1 Kings 1:38

    • וְנָתָ֨ןvenatanconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Nathan
  • 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.

    1 Kings 1:44

    • נָתָ֣ןnatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Nathan
  • 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.

    1 Kings 1:45

    • וְנָתָן֩venatanconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Nathan
  • Azariah son of Nathan was in charge of the governors; Zabud son of Nathan was a priest and adviser to the king;

    1 Kings 4:5

    • נָתָ֖ןnatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Nathan
    • נָתָ֛ןnatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Nathan

1 Chronicles

ten uses
  • Attai was the father of Nathan, Nathan was the father of Zabad,

    1 Chronicles 2:36

    • נָתָ֔ןnatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Nathan
    • וְנָתָ֖ןvenatanconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Nathan
  • 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.

    1 Chronicles 3:5

    • וְנָתָ֤ןvenatanconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Nathan
  • Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar son of Hagri,

    1 Chronicles 11:38

    • נָתָ֔ןnatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Nathan
  • These are the names of the children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,

    1 Chronicles 14:4

    • נָתָ֖ןnatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Nathan
  • 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.”

    1 Chronicles 17:1

    • נָתָ֣ןnatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Nathan
  • And Nathan replied to David, “Do all that is in your heart, for God is with you.”

    1 Chronicles 17:2

    • נָתָן֙natanproper noun (a name)tagged: Nathan
  • But that night the word of God came to Nathan, saying,

    1 Chronicles 17:3

    • נָתָ֖ןnatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Nathan
  • So Nathan relayed to David all the words of this entire vision.

    1 Chronicles 17:15

    • נָתָ֖ןnatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Nathan
  • 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,

    1 Chronicles 29:29

    • נָתָ֣ןnatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Nathan

2 Chronicles

two uses
  • 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?

    2 Chronicles 9:29

    • נָתָ֣ןnatanproper noun (a name)tagged: Nathan
  • 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.

    2 Chronicles 29:25

    • וְנָתָ֣ןvenatanconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Nathan

Ezra

two uses
  • Then I summoned the leaders: Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, as well as the teachers Joiarib and Elnathan.

    Ezra 8:16

    • וּלְנָתָ֛ןulenatanconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: and for Nathan
  • Shimei, Shelemiah, Nathan, Adaiah,

    Ezra 10:39

    • וְנָתָ֖ןvenatanconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Nathan

Zechariah

one use
  • The land will mourn, each clan on its own: the clan of the house of David and their wives, the clan of the house of Nathan and their wives,

    Zechariah 12:12

    • נָתָן֙natanproper noun (a name)tagged: Nathan

The letters

Gematria 500· 1,150 mispar gadol

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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