Strong's Definition
properly, to go forth, i.e. (by implication) to be expelled, and (consequently) desolate; causatively, to lay waste; also (specifically), to quarrel
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: be laid waste, runinous, strive (together).
TWOT Reference: 1399,1400,1401
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) (Qal) to fly
2) to struggle
2a) (Niphal) to struggle
2b) (Hiphil) to struggle
3) to strip off, make desolate, fall in ruins
3a) (Qal) to fall in ruins
3b) (Niphal) desolated, ruined heaps (participle)
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
נָצָה
nâtsâh
BDB Definition:
1) (Qal) to fly
2) to struggle
2a) (Niphal) to struggle
2b) (Hiphil) to struggle
3) to strip off, make desolate, fall in ruins
3a) (Qal) to fall in ruins
3b) (Niphal) desolated, ruined heaps (participle)
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1399, 1400, 1401
Total KJV Occurrences: 11