Usually translated as
set, stand, standing, establish, appointed, deputy, pillar, sharpen, best state, erect, Huzzah, lay, officer, present, rear up, settle
Occurrences
Nâtsab occurs 75 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (12), Exodus (8), Numbers (6), Deuteronomy (2), Joshua (1), Judges (3), Ruth (2), 1 Samuel (9), 2 Samuel (3), 1 Kings (7), 2 Kings (1), 1 Chronicles (1), 2 Chronicles (1), Psalms (7), Proverbs (2), Isaiah (2), Jeremiah (2), Lamentations (2), Amos (2), Nahum (1), Zechariah (1)
- Genesis 18:2 — And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood (נִצָּבִ֖ים) by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,
- Genesis 21:28 — And Abraham set (וַיַּצֵּ֣ב) seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
- Genesis 21:29 — And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set (הִצַּ֖בְתָּ) by themselves?
- Genesis 24:13 — Behold, I stand (נִצָּ֖ב) here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water:
- Genesis 24:43 — Behold, I stand (נִצָּ֖ב) by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;
- Genesis 28:12 — And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up (מֻצָּ֣ב) on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
- Genesis 28:13 — And, behold, the LORD stood (נִצָּ֣ב) above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
- Genesis 33:20 — And he erected (וַיַּצֶּב) there an altar, and called it El-elohe-Israel.
- Genesis 35:14 — And Jacob set up (וַיַּצֵּ֨ב) a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.
- Genesis 35:20 — And Jacob set (וַיַּצֵּ֧ב) a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel’s grave unto this day.
- Genesis 37:7 — For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright (נִצָּ֑בָה); and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.
- Genesis 45:1 — Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood (הַנִּצָּבִים֙) by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren.
- Exodus 5:20 — And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood (נִצָּבִ֖ים) in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh:
- Exodus 7:15 — Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand (וְנִצַּבְתָּ֥) by the river’s brink against he come; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine hand.
- Exodus 15:8 — And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright (נִצְּב֥וּ) as an heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.
- Exodus 17:9 — And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand (נִצָּב֙) on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand.
- Exodus 18:14 — And when Moses’ father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand (נִצָּ֥ב) by thee from morning unto even?
- Exodus 33:8 — And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the tabernacle, that all the people rose up, and stood (וְנִ֨צְּב֔וּ) every man at his tent door, and looked after Moses, until he was gone into the tabernacle.
- Exodus 33:21 — And the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand (וְנִצַּבְתָּ֖) upon a rock:
- Exodus 34:2 — And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself (וְנִצַּבְתָּ֥) there to me in the top of the mount.
- Numbers 16:27 — So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood (נִצָּבִ֗ים) in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children.
- Numbers 22:23 — And the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing (נִצָּ֣ב) in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way.
- Numbers 22:31 — Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing (נִצָּ֣ב) in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and he bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face.
- Numbers 22:34 — And Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD, I have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest (נִצָּ֥ב) in the way against me: now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back again.
- Numbers 23:6 — And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood (נִצָּ֖ב) by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab.
- Numbers 23:17 — And when he came to him, behold, he stood (נִצָּב֙) by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath the LORD spoken?
- Deuteronomy 29:10 — Ye stand (נִצָּבִ֤ים) this day all of you before the LORD your God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the men of Israel,
- Deuteronomy 32:8 — When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set (יַצֵּב֙) the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
- Joshua 6:26 — And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up (יַצִּ֥יב) the gates of it.
- Judges 9:6 — And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar (מֻצָּ֖ב) that was in Shechem.
- Judges 18:16 — And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war, which were of the children of Dan, stood (נִצָּבִ֖ים) by the entering of the gate.
- Judges 18:17 — And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood (נִצָּב֙) in the entering of the gate with the six hundred men that were appointed with weapons of war.
- Ruth 2:5 — Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set (הַנִּצָּ֖ב) over the reapers, Whose damsel is this?
- Ruth 2:6 — And the servant that was set (הַנִּצָּ֥ב) over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab:
- 1 Samuel 1:26 — And she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood (הַנִּצֶּ֤בֶת) by thee here, praying unto the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 4:20 — And about the time of her death the women that stood (הַנִּצָּב֣וֹת) by her said unto her, Fear not; for thou hast born a son. But she answered not, neither did she regard it.
- 1 Samuel 13:21 — Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen (וּלְהַצִּ֖יב) the goads.
- 1 Samuel 15:12 — And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up (מַצִּ֥יב) a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.
- 1 Samuel 19:20 — And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as appointed (נִצָּ֖ב) over them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.
- 1 Samuel 22:6 — When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing (נִצָּבִ֥ים) about him;)
- 1 Samuel 22:7 — Then Saul said unto his servants that stood (הַנִּצָּבִ֣ים) about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds;
- 1 Samuel 22:9 — Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set (נִצָּ֥ב) over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
- 1 Samuel 22:17 — And the king said unto the footmen that stood (הַנִּצָּבִ֨ים) about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the LORD.
- 2 Samuel 13:31 — Then the king arose, and tare his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by (נִצָּבִ֖ים) with their clothes rent.
- 2 Samuel 18:17 — And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid (וַיַּצִּ֧בוּ) a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent.
- 2 Samuel 18:18 — Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up (וַיַּצֶּב) for himself a pillar, which is in the king’s dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom’s place.
- 1 Kings 4:5 — And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers (הַנִּצָּבִ֑ים): and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer, and the king’s friend:
- 1 Kings 4:7 — And Solomon had twelve officers (נִצָּבִים֙) over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision.
- 1 Kings 4:27 — And those officers (הַנִּצָּבִ֨ים) provided victual for king Solomon, and for all that came unto king Solomon’s table, every man in his month: they lacked nothing.
- 1 Kings 5:16 — Beside the chief of Solomon’s officers (הַנִּצָּבִ֤ים) which were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought in the work.