Nâthar — H5425

Definition

verb

to jump, i.e. be violently agitated; causatively, to terrify, shake off, untie

1. to start up, tremble, shake, spring up
1. (Qal) to start up
2. (Piel) to leap
3. (Hiphil) to cause to start up
2. to loose, let loose, undo, be free, be loose
1. (Hiphil)
1. to unfasten, loosen
2. to set free, unbind

Usually translated as

drive asunder, leap, loose, undo, make, move

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• dialýō (G1262)
• diaménō (G1265)
• exaírō (G1808)
• lýō (G3089)
• phylássō (G5442)

Occurrences

Nâthar occurs 8 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Leviticus (1), 2 Samuel (1), Job (2), Psalms (2), Isaiah (1), Habakkuk (1)

• Leviticus 11:21 — Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap (לְנַתֵּ֥ר) withal upon the earth;
• 2 Samuel 22:33 — God is my strength and power: and he maketh (וַיַּתֵּ֥ר) my way perfect.
• Job 6:9 — Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose (יַתֵּ֥ר) his hand, and cut me off!
• Job 37:1 — At this also my heart trembleth, and is moved (וְ֝יִתַּ֗ר) out of his place.
• Psalms 105:20 — The king sent and loosed (וַיַּתִּירֵ֑הוּ) him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free.
• Psalms 146:7 — Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth (מַתִּ֥יר) the prisoners:
• Isaiah 58:6 — Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo (הַתֵּ֖ר) the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
• Habakkuk 3:6 — He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder (וַיַּתֵּ֣ר) the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting.