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To stand

נָצַבStrong’s H5324

natsav (na-tsav)

Appears in 75 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Natsav is the Hebrew word usually translated “standing”, “overseers” and “set up”. It appears in 75 verses of the Old Testament.

“For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces.”
Zechariah 11:16 KJV
Meaning
  1. To stand, take one's stand, stand upright, be set (over), establish(Niphal) · (Hiphil) · (Hophal) to be fixed, be determined, be stationary
How it's translated
  • standing 21
  • the overseers 5
  • and he set up 3
  • and you will stand 2
  • set up 2
  • who was appointed 2
  • who were standing 2
  • taking his stand 2

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

Where it's used most
  • Genesis 12
  • 1 Samuel 9
  • Exodus 8
  • 1 Kings 7
  • Psalms 7
  • Numbers 6

21 books in all.

Related words
Explore in Scripture
All 75 verses, by book
Deuteronomy 2
29:1032:8
Joshua 1
6:26
Ruth 2
2:52:6
2 Samuel 3
13:3118:1718:18
2 Kings 1
17:10
1 Chronicles 1
18:3
2 Chronicles 1
8:10
Proverbs 2
8:215:25
Isaiah 2
3:1321:8
Jeremiah 2
5:2631:21
Lamentations 2
2:43:12
Amos 2
7:79:1
Nahum 1
2:7
Zechariah 1
11:16
Hebrew dictionary

נָצַב natsav · to stand

1) to stand, take one's stand, stand upright, be set (over), establish 1a) (Niphal) 1a1) to station oneself, take one's stand 1a2) to stand, be stationed 1a3) to stand, take an upright position 1a4) to be stationed, be appointed 1a5) deputy, prefect, appointed, deputed (subst) 1a6) to stand firm 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to station, set 1b2) to set up, erect 1b3) to cause to stand erect 1b4) to fix, establish 1c) (Hophal) to be fixed, be determined, be stationary

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

STAND, verb intransitive

preterit tense and participle passive stood. [This verb, if from the root of G., is a derivative from the noun, which is formed from the participle of the original verb. In this case, the noun should properly precede the verb. It may be here remarked that if stan is the radical word, stand and Latin Sto cannot be from the same stock. But stand in the preterit tense is stood, and sto forms steti. This induces a suspicion that stan is not the root of stand but that n is casual. I am inclined however to believe these words to be from different roots. The Russ. Stoyu, to stand is the Latin sto, but it signifies also to be, to exist, being the substantive verb.]

  1. To be upon the feet, as an animal; not to sit, kneel or lie.“And the king turned his face about and blessed all the congregation of Israel, and all the congregation of Israel stood” 1 Kings 8:14
  2. To be erect, supported by the roots, as a tree or other plant.
  3. To be on its foundation; not to be overthrown or demolished; as, an old castle is yet standing.
  4. To be placed or situated; to have a certain position or location.
All definitions and other forms of “stand”
  1. To remain upright, in a moral sense; not to fall.
  2. To become erect.
  3. To stop; to halt; not to proceed.
  4. To stop; to be at a stationary point.
  5. To be in a state of fixedness; hence, to continue; to endure.
  6. To be fixed or steady; not to vacillate.
  7. To be in or to maintain a posture of resistance or defense.“The king granted the Jews to stand for their life” Esther 8:11
  8. To be placed with regard to order or rank.
  9. To be in particular state; to be, emphatically expressed, that is, to be fixed or set; the primary sense of the substantive verb.
  10. To continue unchanged or valid; not to fail or become void.“My mercy will I keep for him, and my covenant shall stand fast with him” Psalms 89:28
  11. To consist; to have its being and essence.“Sacrifices--which stood only in meats and drinks” Hebrews 9:10
  12. To have a place.
  13. To be in any state.
  14. To be in particular respect or relation; as, to stand godfather to one.
  15. To be, with regard to state of mind.“STAND in awe, and sin not” Psalms 4:4
  16. To succeed; to maintain ones ground; not to fail; to be acquitted; to be safe.
  17. To hold a course at sea; as, to stand from the shore; to stand for the harbor.
  18. To have a direction.
  19. To offer ones self as a candidate.
  20. To place ones self; to be placed.“I stood between the Lord and you at that time--” Deuteronomy 5:5
  21. To stagnate; not to flow.
  22. To be satisfied or convinced.
  23. To make delay.
  24. To persist; to persevere.
  25. To adhere; to abide.
  26. To be permanent; to endure; not to vanish or fade; as, the color will stand
  27. To be near; to be a spectator; to be present.
  28. To be aside; to be placed aside with disregard.
  29. To maintain; to defend; to support; not to desert.
  30. To rest on for support; to be supported.
  31. To offer ones self as a candidate.
  32. To side with; to support; to maintain, or to profess or attempt to maintain.
  33. To be in the place of; to be the substitute or representative of.
  34. In seamens language, to direct the course towards.
  35. To keep at a distance.
  36. Not to comply.
  37. To keep at a distance in friendship or social intercourse; to forbear intimacy.
  38. To appear prominent; to have relief.
  39. To project; to be prominent.
  40. To persist in opposition or resistance; not to yield or comply; not to give way or recede.
  41. With seamen, to direct the course from land or a harbor.
  42. To ply; to urge efforts; to persevere.
  43. To remain fixed in a purpose or opinion.
  44. To abide by; to adhere; as to a contract, assertion, promise, etc.; as, to stand to an award; to stand to ones word.
  45. Not to yield; not to fly; to maintain the ground.
  46. To rise from sitting; to be on the feet.
  47. To arise in order to gain notice.“Against whom when the accusers stood up, they brought no accusation of such things as I supposed” Acts 25:18
  48. To make a party.
  49. To concern; to interest.
  50. To value; to pride.
  51. To insist; as, to stand upon security.

STAND, verb transitive

  1. To endure; to sustain; to bear.
  2. To endure; to resist without yielding or receding.
  3. To await; to suffer; to abide by.

STAND, noun

  1. A stop; a halt; as, to make a stand; to come to a stand either in walking or in any progressive business.
  2. A station; a place or post where one stands; or a place convenient for persons to remain for any purpose.
  3. Rank; post; station.
  4. The act of opposing.
  5. The highest point; or the ultimate point of progression, where a stop is made, and regressive motion commences.
  6. A young tree, usually reserved when the other trees are cut. [English.]
  7. A small table; as a candle-stand; or any frame on which vessels and utensils may be laid.
  8. In commerce, a weight of from two hundred and a half to three hundred of pitch.
  9. Something on which a thing rests or is laid; as a hay-stand.

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.