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To flee

נָצָאStrong’s H5323

natsa (na-tsa)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Natsa is the Hebrew word usually translated “flying”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein.”
Jeremiah 48:9 KJV
Meaning
  1. (Qal) to fly
How it's translated
  • flying 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Jeremiah 1

1 book in all.

Related words
Explore in Scripture
    Hebrew dictionary

    נָצָא natsa · to flee

    (Qal) to fly

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “flee” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    FLEE, verb intransitive

    1. To run with rapidity, as from danger; to attempt to escape; to hasten from danger or expected evil.“Arise, take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt” Matthew 2:13
    2. To depart; to leave; to hasten away.“Resist the devil, and he will flee from you” James 4:7
    3. To avoid; to keep at a distance from.“FLEE fornication; flee from idolatry” 1 Corinthians 10:14

    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.