Voluntariness
נְדָבָהStrong’s H5071nedavah (ne-da-vah)
Appears in 25 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Nedavah is the Hebrew word usually translated “freewill offering”, “freewill offerings your” and “voluntariness”. It appears in 25 verses of the Old Testament.
“The children of Israel brought a willing offering unto the LORD, every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all manner of work, which the LORD had commanded to be made by the hand of Moses.”
Meaning
- Voluntariness, free-will offeringvoluntariness · freewill, voluntary, offering
How it's translated
- a freewill offering 9
- and freewill offerings your 3
- voluntariness 3
- to a freewill offering 2
- freewill offerings of 2
- freewill offerings 2
- freewill offerings their 1
- freewill offerings your 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Leviticus 5
- Deuteronomy 4
- Psalms 4
- Ezra 3
- Exodus 2
- Numbers 2
10 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 36:3And they received of Moses all the offering, which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it withal. And they brought yet unto him free offerings every morning.
- Leviticus 7:16But if the sacrifice of his offering be a vow, or a voluntary offering, it shall be eaten the same day that he offereth his sacrifice: and on the morrow also the remainder of it shall be eaten:
- Leviticus 22:18Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them, Whatsoever he be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers in Israel, that will offer his oblation for all his vows, and for all his freewill offerings, which they will offer unto the LORD for a burnt offering;
- Leviticus 22:21And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD to accomplish his vow, or a freewill offering in beeves or sheep, it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein.
- Leviticus 22:23Either a bullock or a lamb that hath any thing superfluous or lacking in his parts, that mayest thou offer for a freewill offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted.
- Leviticus 23:38Beside the sabbaths of the LORD, and beside your gifts, and beside all your vows, and beside all your freewill offerings, which ye give unto the LORD.
Hebrew dictionary
נְדָבָה nedavah · voluntariness
1) voluntariness, free-will offering 1a) voluntariness 1b) freewill, voluntary, offering
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “voluntariness” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
VOL'UNTARINESS, noun
The state of being voluntary or optional.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.