Nâtsal — H5337

H5337 · Hebrew — נצל

Pronunciation: naw-tsal'

Definition

verb

to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense

  1. to snatch away, deliver, rescue, save, strip, plunder
    1. (Niphal)
      1. to tear oneself away, deliver oneself
      2. to be torn out or away, be delivered
    2. (Piel)
      1. to strip off, spoil
      2. to deliver
    3. (Hiphil)
      1. to take away, snatch away
      2. to rescue, recover
      3. to deliver (from enemies or troubles or death)
      4. to deliver from sin and guilt
    4. (Hophal) to be plucked out
    5. (Hithpael) to strip oneself

Usually translated as

deliver, recover, rid, at all, escape, part, rescue, spoil, take, defend, without fail, pluck, preserve, save, strip, surely

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Nâtsal occurs 211 times in 192 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (6), Exodus (12), Numbers (1), Deuteronomy (4), Joshua (4), Judges (6), 1 Samuel (14), 2 Samuel (9), 2 Kings (10), 1 Chronicles (2), 2 Chronicles (7), Ezra (1), Nehemiah (1), Job (3), Psalms (42), Proverbs (12), Isaiah (19), Jeremiah (10), Ezekiel (14), Daniel (2), Hosea (3), Amos (2), Jonah (1), Micah (3), Habakkuk (1), Zephaniah (1), Zechariah (2)

Strong's Lexicon — N