Nâthân — H5416

Definition

masculine proper noun

Nathan, the name of five Israelites

1. Nathan = "giver"
2. a son of David by Bathsheba
3. the eminent prophet in the time of David and Solomon
4. a man of Zobah, father of one of David's mighty warriors
5. father of Azariah who was over the officers of Solomon
6. son of Attai and father of Zabad of the tribe of Judah
7. brother of Joel of the tribe of Judah
8. one of the head men who returned from Babylon with Ezra
9. a man with a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
10. head of a family of Israel who shall mourn when they look on Him whom they pierced

Usually translated as

Nathan

Origin

from H5414; given

• Derived from Nâthan (H5414)

Greek equivalents

• Nathán (G3481)

Occurrences

Nâthân occurs 41 times in 38 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Samuel (12), 1 Kings (12), 1 Chronicles (9), 2 Chronicles (2), Ezra (2), Zechariah (1)

• 2 Samuel 5:14 — And these be the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan (וְנָתָ֖ן), and Solomon,
• 2 Samuel 7:2 — That the king said unto Nathan (נָתָ֣ן) the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.
• 2 Samuel 7:3 — And Nathan (נָתָן֙) said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart; for the LORD is with thee.
• 2 Samuel 7:4 — And it came to pass that night, that the word of the LORD came unto Nathan (נָתָ֖ן), saying,
• 2 Samuel 7:17 — According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan (נָתָ֖ן) speak unto David.
• 2 Samuel 12:1 — And the LORD sent Nathan (נָתָ֖ן) unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.
• 2 Samuel 12:5 — And David’s anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan (נָתָ֔ן), As the LORD liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die:
• 2 Samuel 12:7 — And Nathan (נָתָ֛ן) said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;
• 2 Samuel 12:13 — And David said unto Nathan (נָתָ֔ן), I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.
• 2 Samuel 12:13 — And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan (נָתָ֜ן) said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.
• 2 Samuel 12:15 — And Nathan (נָתָ֖ן) departed unto his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah’s wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.
• 2 Samuel 12:25 — And he sent by the hand of Nathan (נָתָ֣ן) the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD.
• 2 Samuel 23:36 — Igal the son of Nathan (נָתָן֙) of Zobah, Bani the Gadite,
• 1 Kings 1:8 — But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan (וְנָתָ֤ן) the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.
• 1 Kings 1:10 — But Nathan (נָתָן֩) the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he called not.
• 1 Kings 1:11 — Wherefore Nathan (נָתָ֗ן) spake unto Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not?
• 1 Kings 1:22 — And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan (וְנָתָ֥ן) the prophet also came in.
• 1 Kings 1:23 — And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan (נָתָ֣ן) the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.
• 1 Kings 1:24 — And Nathan (נָתָן֒) said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?
• 1 Kings 1:32 — And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan (וּלְנָתָ֣ן) the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king.
• 1 Kings 1:34 — And let Zadok the priest and Nathan (וְנָתָ֧ן) the prophet anoint him there king over Israel: and blow ye with the trumpet, and say, God save king Solomon.
• 1 Kings 1:38 — So Zadok the priest, and Nathan (וְנָתָ֨ן) the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David’s mule, and brought him to Gihon.
• 1 Kings 1:44 — And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan (נָתָ֣ן) the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king’s mule:
• 1 Kings 1:45 — And Zadok the priest and Nathan (וְנָתָן֩) the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard.
• 1 Kings 4:5 — And Azariah the son of Nathan (נָתָ֖ן) was over the officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer, and the king’s friend:
• 1 Kings 4:5 — And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan (נָתָ֛ן) was principal officer, and the king’s friend:
• 1 Chronicles 2:36 — And Attai begat Nathan (נָתָ֔ן), and Nathan begat Zabad,
• 1 Chronicles 2:36 — And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan (וְנָתָ֖ן) begat Zabad,
• 1 Chronicles 3:5 — And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan (וְנָתָ֤ן), and Solomon, four, of Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel:
• 1 Chronicles 11:38 — Joel the brother of Nathan (נָתָ֔ן), Mibhar the son of Haggeri,
• 1 Chronicles 14:4 — Now these are the names of his children which he had in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan (נָתָ֖ן), and Solomon,
• 1 Chronicles 17:1 — Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan (נָתָ֣ן) the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD remaineth under curtains.
• 1 Chronicles 17:2 — Then Nathan (נָתָן֙) said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God is with thee.
• 1 Chronicles 17:3 — And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan (נָתָ֖ן), saying,
• 1 Chronicles 17:15 — According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan (נָתָ֖ן) speak unto David.
• 1 Chronicles 29:29 — Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan (נָתָ֣ן) the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer,
• 2 Chronicles 9:29 — Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan (נָתָ֣ן) the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat?
• 2 Chronicles 29:25 — And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king’s seer, and Nathan (וְנָתָ֣ן) the prophet: for so was the commandment of the LORD by his prophets.
• Ezra 8:16 — Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan (וּלְנָתָ֛ן), and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding.
• Ezra 10:39 — And Shelemiah, and Nathan (וְנָתָ֖ן), and Adaiah,
• Zechariah 12:12 — And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan (נָתָן֙) apart, and their wives apart;