netan (to give) · Rightly

Meaning

To give(P'al)

How it's translated

he will give it 3
they will give 1
to give 1
you will give 1
he will give 1

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

Where it's used most

Daniel 4
Ezra 2

2 books in all.

Related words

Explore in Scripture

Daniel 4:17In contextThis matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.
Daniel 4:25In contextThat they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
Daniel 4:32In contextAnd they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
Ezra 4:13Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls set up again, then will they not pay toll, tribute, and custom, and so thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings.
Ezra 7:20And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God, which thou shalt have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the king’s treasure house.

Aramaic dictionary

נְתַן netan · to give

: give/deliver/send/produce 1) to give 1a) (P'al) 1a1) to give 1a2) to give, allow 1a3) to give, pay

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

GIVE, verb transitive

preterit tense gave; participle passive given. [Heb. to give The sense of give is generally to pass, or to transfer, that is, to send or throw.]

To bestow; to confer; to pass or transfer the title or property of a thing to another person without an equivalent or compensation.
To transmit from himself to another by hand, speech or writing; to deliver.“The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat” Genesis 3:12
To import; to bestow.“GIVE us of your oil, for our lamps are gone out” Matthew 25:8
To communicate; as, to give an opinion; to give counsel or advice; to give notice.

All definitions and other forms of “give”

To pass or deliver the property of a thing to another for an equivalent; to pay.“What shall a man give in exchange for this soul?” Matthew 16:26
To yield; to lend; in the phrase to give ear, which signifies to listen; to hear.
To quit; in the phrase to give place, which signifies to
To confer; to grant.“What wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless?” Genesis 15:2
To expose; to yield to the power of.
To grant; to allow; to permit.
To afford; to supply; to furnish.“Thou must give us also sacrifices and burnt offerings” Exodus 10:25
To empower; to license; to commission.
To pay or render; as, to give praise, applause or approbation.
To render; to pronounce; as, to give sentence or judgment; to give the word of command.
To utter; to vent; as, to give a shout.
To produce; to show; to exhibit as a product or result; as, the number of men divided by the number of ships, gives four hundred to each ship.
To cause to exist; to excite in another; as, to give offense or umbrage; to give pleasure.
To send forth; to emit; as, a stone gives sparks with steel.
To addict; to apply; to devote one's self, followed by the reciprocal pronoun.“GIVE thyself wholly to them” 1 Timothy 4:15
To resign; to yield up; often followed by up.
To pledge; as, I give my word that the debt shall be paid.
To present for taking or acceptance; as, I give you my hand.
To allow or admit by way of supposition.
To addict; to attach to; to abandon.
To despair of recovery; to believe to be lost, or past recovery.
To abandon.
To issue; to send forth; to publish.
To show; to exhibit in false appearance.
To send out; to emit; as, a substance gives out steam or odors.
To surrender; as, to give up a fortress to an enemy.
To relinquish, to cede.
To abandon; as, to give up all hope.
To deliver.“And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people to the king” 2 Samuel 24:9
To resign or devote.
To addict; to abandon.
To fail; to yield or force; to break or fall.
To recede; to make room for.
In seamen's language, give way is an order to a boat's crew to row after ceasing, or to increase their exertions.

GIVE, verb intransitive

giv. To yield to pressure. The earth gives under the feet.

To begin to melt; to thaw; to grow soft, so as to yield to pressure.
To move; to recede.
To cease from exertion; to yield; applied to persons.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.