Strong's Definition
a primitive root; to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows)
KJV Usage: + 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
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
נָטָה (na.tah) — to stretch. 1) to stretch out, extend, spread out, pitch, turn, pervert, incline, bend, bow 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to stretch out, extend, stretch, offer 1a2) to spread out, pitch (tent) 1a3) to bend, turn, incline 1a3a) to turn aside, incline, decline, bend down 1a3b) to bend, bow 1a3c) to hold out, extend (fig.) 1b) (Niphal) to be stretched out 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to stretch out 1c2) to spread out 1c3) to turn, incline, influence, bend down, hold out, extend, thrust aside, thrust away
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · מֻטֶּה
Shape | verb qal ptc.pass
to be bowed, to be leaning = state in which a relatively straight object is shaped into a curve
Shape | verb qal, verb hif
to bend = causative action by which deities cause a relatively straight object into a curve
Hear | verb hif
Collocation: נטה אֹזֶן
to incline (one's) ear, to listen literally: to bend (one's) ear; hence: = action by which humans or deities make a conscious effort to listen to what (other) humans say
2KI 19:16 · PSA 17:6 · PSA 31:3 · PSA 45:11 · PSA 49:5 · PSA 71:2 · PSA 78:1 · PSA 86:1 · PSA 88:3 · PSA 102:3 · PSA 116:2 · PRO 4:20 · PRO 5:1 · PRO 5:13 · PRO 22:17 · ISA 37:17 · ISA 55:3 · JER 7:24 · JER 7:26 · JER 11:8 · JER 17:23 · JER 25:4 · JER 34:14 · JER 35:15 · JER 44:5 · DAN 9:18
Low | verb hif
to let down, to lower literally: to bend down; hence: = causative action by which humans hold an object at an angle
Stance | verb qal
to incline, to bend down = action by which humans or deities lean forward ► in order to reach out to those in need of their intervention
Insignificant | verb qal
Collocation: נטה בָּאֶרֶץ
to cause to bow down literally: to bend to the ground; exact meaning unsure; possibly: = causative action by which humans cause other humans to suffer humiliation
Stance | verb qal
Collocation: נטה שְׁכֶם
to bow the shoulder, to submit literally: to bend (one's) shoulder; hence: = action by which humans bend their shoulders forward a little bit in order to be able to carry a heavy load there
Think | verb qal
to plan, to devise literally: to bend; hence: = action by which humans exercise their minds in order to achieve an evil purpose
Time | verb qal
Collocation: יֹום נטה
afternoon literally: the day bends down; hence: = the time of day when the sun begins to go down, which is past noon
Unsafe | verb hif
Collocation: נטה דֶּרֶךְ
to twist (someone's) cause literally: to bend (someone's) way; hence: = causative action by which humans cause other humans to suffer
Wrong | verb hif
Collocation: נטה מִשְׁפָּט
to pervert justice literally: to bend justice; hence: = causative action by which humans alter their way of behavior in such a way that it no longer conforms to established norms and patterns
EXO 23:2 · EXO 23:6 · DEU 16:19 · DEU 24:17 · DEU 27:19 · 1SA 8:3 · PRO 17:23 · LAM 3:35
verb · מִטָּה · מַטֶּה · מַטָּה · מֻטָּה
Shape | verb qal
to stretch out literally: to stretch out; hence: = causative action by which humans or deities causes an area to be covered with something with the shape and the flexibility of a large piece of cloth
2SA 21:10 · JOB 9:8 · JOB 26:7 · PSA 104:2 · ISA 40:22 · ISA 42:5 · ISA 44:24 · ISA 45:12 · ISA 51:13 · ISA 54:2 · JER 10:12 · JER 43:10 · JER 51:15 · EZK 1:22 · ZEC 12:1
Chastise | verb qal, verb hif | ≈ שֶׁפֶט
Collocation: נטה יָד
to sytretch out (one's) hand (to punish) literally: to stretch out (one's) arm; hence: = action by which deities prepare to punish humans
EXO 6:6 · EXO 7:5 · EXO 15:12 · ISA 5:25 · ISA 5:25 · ISA 9:11 · ISA 9:16 · ISA 9:20 · ISA 10:4 · ISA 14:26 · ISA 14:27 · ISA 31:3 · JER 6:12 · JER 15:6 · JER 51:25 · EZK 6:14 · EZK 14:9 · EZK 14:13 · EZK 16:27 · EZK 25:7 · EZK 25:13 · EZK 25:16 · EZK 30:25 · EZK 35:3 · ZEP 1:4 · ZEP 2:13
Confident | verb qal | ≈ גבר
Collocation: נטה יָד
to stretch out (one's) hand, to defy literally: to stretch out (one's) hand (against someone); hence: = action by which humans openly show resistance to someone else
Happen | verb qal, verb hif
to extend, to offer literally: to stretch out (one's hand and hold out before someone); hence: = causative action by which deities cause good things to happen to humans as an act of kindness
Large | verb qal, verb nif
to extend itself, to become long literally: to stretch itself; hence: = process in which an object becomes larger
2KI 20:10 · PSA 102:12 · PSA 109:23 · JER 6:4
Space | verb qal, verb nif
to extend literally: to stretch itself; hence: = state in which one of the boundaries of an area is as far as a certain location
Measure | verb qal
Collocation: נטה קַו
to stretch out a measuring line literally: to stretch out a measuring-line (over something); hence: = action by which humans or deities determine the measurements of an area as part of a construction or demolition job
2KI 21:13 · JOB 38:5 · ISA 34:11 · ISA 44:13 · LAM 2:8 · ZEC 1:16
Space | verb qal
Collocation: נטה אֹהֶל
to pitch a tent literally: to stretch out (one's) tent; hence: = causative action by which humans erect their tent by stretching out the tent curtains over a structure of poles
GEN 12:8 · GEN 26:25 · GEN 33:19 · GEN 35:21 · EXO 33:7 · JDG 4:11 · 2SA 6:17 · 2SA 16:22 · 1CH 15:1 · 1CH 16:1 · 2CH 1:4 · JER 10:20
Stance | verb hif
to stretch (oneself) out literally: to stretch oneself out; hence: = action by which humans lie down in a certain place
Stance | verb qal
to stretch out (part of one's body) literally: to stretch out (one's hand or neck); hence: = action by which humans straighten part of their body, such as their hands or necks
EXO 7:19 · EXO 8:1 · EXO 8:2 · EXO 8:12 · EXO 8:13 · EXO 9:22 · EXO 9:23 · EXO 10:12 · EXO 10:13 · EXO 10:21 · EXO 10:22 · EXO 14:16 · EXO 14:21 · EXO 14:26 · EXO 14:27 · JOS 8:18 · JOS 8:18 · JOS 8:19 · JOS 8:26 · JDG 16:30 · 1CH 21:16 · PRO 1:24 · ISA 3:16 · ISA 23:11
Strong | verb qal | ≈ חָזָק · יָד · כֹּחַ
Collocation: אֶזְרֹועַ נְטוּיָה · זְרֹועַ נְטוּיָה
to stretch out (one's) arm literally: outstretched arm or hand; hence: = action by which deities exert strength and power
DEU 4:34 · DEU 5:15 · DEU 7:19 · DEU 9:29 · DEU 11:2 · DEU 26:8 · 1KI 8:42 · 2KI 17:36 · 2CH 6:32 · PSA 136:12 · JER 21:5 · JER 27:5 · JER 32:17 · JER 32:21 · EZK 20:33 · EZK 20:34
verb
Move | verb qal
to turn aside = action by which humans leave the main road to interrupt their journey or take a side road
GEN 38:16 · NUM 20:17 · NUM 20:21 · NUM 21:22 · NUM 22:23 · NUM 22:26 · NUM 22:33 · NUM 22:33 · 2SA 2:19 · 2SA 2:21 · JER 14:8
Move | verb hif
to cause to turn aside = causative action by which humans cause (other) humans or animals to leave the main road to interrupt their journey or take a side road
Act | verb qal, verb hif
to turn (from the right way) literally: to turn aside (from the right way); hence: = action by which humans deviate from what is considered to be the right way to conduct their lives
1SA 8:3 · JOB 23:11 · JOB 31:7 · PSA 44:19 · PSA 73:2 · PSA 125:5 · PRO 4:27 · ISA 30:11
Act | verb hif
to cause (others) to turn (from the right way) literally: to cause (someone) to turn aside (from the right way); hence: = causative action by which humans cause (other) humans to deviate from what is considered to be the right way to conduct their lives
Dwell | verb qal
to camp literally: to turn aside; hence: = action by which humans settle down in a place away from their original community
Engage | verb qal
to go ahead literally: to turn (to a certain activity); hence: = action by which humans engage in a certain activity
Non-Happen | verb hif
to turn away literally: to turn (an event) away; hence: = causative action by which humans prevent certain events from taking place
Think | verb qal
Collocation: לֵבָב נטה
(one's) heart turns (in a certain direction), to focus (one's) attention literally: (one's) heart turns (in a certain direction); hence: = action by which humans focus their thoughts and attention on a person, deity, or activity
Think | verb qal, verb hif
Collocation: נטה לֵבָב
to turn (one's) heart (in a certain direction), to focus (one's) attention literally: to turn (one's) heart (in a certain direction); hence: = action by which humans focus their thoughts and attention on a person, deity, or activity
Think | verb hif
Collocation: נטה לֵב · נטה לֵבָב
to cause (someone's) heart to turn, to cause (someone) to focus their attention literally: to cause (someone's) heart to turn aside; hence: = causative action by which humans or deities cause (other) humans to focus their thoughts and attention on a person, deity or activity
JOS 24:23 · 2SA 19:15 · 1KI 8:58 · 1KI 11:2 · 1KI 11:3 · 1KI 11:4 · PSA 119:36 · PSA 141:4 · PRO 7:21 · PRO 21:1
Unwilling | verb qal
to turn (one's) heart (in a certain direction), to focus (one's) attention literally: to turn (from something); hence: = action by which humans stop focusing their thoughts and attention on a certain activity
1 1SA 14:7 LXX "ὃ ἐὰν ἡ καρδία σου ἐκκλίνῃ" RSV NRSV | MT NIV "Go ahead" NJPS "you go first" ESV "Do as you wish" 2 JDG 16:30 The text does not include the direct object of נטה.
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
נָטָה 215 vb. stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend Qal
stretch out, extend, hand, rod
stretch line and plummet
= offer
Spread out, i.e. pitch, tent
Bend, turn, incline
Niph. be stretched out
Hiph. rarely stretch out, hand
rarely spread out cloth on rock
usu. turn, incline
base