נָטָה

Strong’s Definition

to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV Usage

[phrase] afternoon, apply, bow (down, -ing), carry aside, decline, deliver, extend, go down, be gone, incline, intend, lay, let down, offer, outstretched, overthrown, pervert, pitch, prolong, put away, shew, spread (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to stretch out, extend, spread out, pitch, turn, pervert, incline, bend, bow
• 2.(qal)
• 3.(niphal) to be stretched out
• 4.(hiphil)

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: nâṭâh; Pronunciation: naw-taw'