נָטָה
To stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows) · to bow/lay down
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Words in this compound — expand to study each participant
נָטָה H5186 to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows)
κλίνω G2827 to bow/lay down
What does נָטָה (natah) mean in the Bible?
נָטָה · κλίνω is a Hebrew word meaning "to stretch out, incline, direct".
Full entry for נָטָה (H5186, G2827) · Browse the biblical lexicon
Meaning
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 77×
Hiphil causative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action 48×
Niphal passive or reflexive — the subject receives or experiences the action 3×
Hebrew Verb Forms
How this verb appears across 128 occurrences in the Hebrew OT (OSHB Leningrad Codex).
Aspect in Hebrew reflects grammatical form, not tense. "Perfect" (Perfective) typically denotes completed action; "Imperfect" (Imperfective) denotes incomplete or ongoing action. Stem modifies the action type (Qal=simple, Niphal=passive, Piel=intensive, etc.).
Morphology: OSHB WLC (Open Scriptures, CC BY 4.0) · STEPBible TEHMC (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0)
Word Pictures (Robertson)
A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.
A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain