Word

נְדַב

nᵉdab · H5069 · Aramaic · 4 occurrences

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Meanings

to offer oneself freely, to offer oneself willingly, to volunteer

Literally: to impel oneself; hence: state in which humans are willing to perform a certain task and show that by their actions

Examples
Ezra 7:13 I have issued a decree that any of the people of Israel and their priests and the Levites in my kingdom who are willing to go to Jerusalem, may go with you.
to offer willingly, to give willingly

Action by which humans show their willingness to give to God by presenting a generous offering

Examples
Ezra 7:15 and to bring the silver and gold, which the king and his advisers have voluntarily given to the God of Israel, whose dwelling is in Jerusalem,
Ezra 7:16 with all the silver and gold which you find in the entire province of Babylon, along with the voluntary offering of the people and of the priests, who offered willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem;

How it’s used In 5 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

3 occurrences in 3 groups

Not stated (participle) 2
יְעַטcounsellor 1
מֶלֶךְking 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

3 occurrences in 7 groups

מִןfrom+ כָּהֵןpriest 1
מִןfrom+ לֵוִיLevite 1
מִןfrom+ עַםpeople 1
בin/on/with+ מַלְכוּkingdom, reign 1
לto/for+ בַּיִתhouse 1
לto/for+ הוּךְbring again 1

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

1 occurrences in 2 groups

כָּהֵןpriest 1
עַםpeople 1

What it doesIt is the subject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

הוּךְbring again 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

עִםby 2

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 2 words

ἑκουσίως hekousíōs · G1596 · willing, willingly, of one’s own free will: Greek adverb expressing the voluntary, willing nature of an action, directly corresponding to the Aramaic verb's core sense of offering or acting freely/willingly.
προαιρέομαι proairéomai · G4255 · to decide beforehand, to determine ahead of time, to decide upon ahead of time: Greek verb denoting voluntary choice or willing determination, semantically equivalent to the Aramaic verb's sense of being minded to offer freely.

Semantic domains 2 entries

Urge002003003023: This Urge code is inherited from the shared lemma-cluster grouping's “to impel; to urge; to incite” sense; this word's own occurrences describe people offering freely and willingly, never being impelled or incited by another.
Willing002001002028: Ezra 7:16 recounts “the silver and gold which you find in the entire province of Babylon, along with the voluntary offering of the people and of the priests, who offered willingly for the house of their God.”

Word family 5 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

נָדַב nâdab · H5068 · to impel, to urge, to incite · 17×נְדָבָה nᵉdâbâh · H5071 · out of free will, willingly, in abundance · 26×נָדִיב nâdîyb · H5081 · willing, noble person · 25×נְדַבnᵉdab · H5069נְדִיבָה nᵉdîybâh · H5082 · dignity, noble deed · 4×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H5069. nedab [נְדַב] verb Hithpa`el volunteer, offer freely (ᵑ7 Biblical Hebrew נָדַב); —…

H5069. nedab
[נְדַב] verb Hithpa`el volunteer, offer freely (ᵑ7 Biblical Hebrew נָדַב); — Perfect3masculine plural הִתְנַדַּ֫בוּ Ezr 7:15; Infinitive הִתְנַדָּבוּת Ezr 7:16; Participle Ezr 7:13; plural מִתְנַדַּב Ezr 7:13; plural דְּבִין- Ezr 7:16; —
1 volunteer, followed by infinitive, Ezr 7:13.
2 give, or offer freely, Ezr 7:15, accusative of thing + ל of God; Ezr 7:16, with ל of temple; freewill gift (infinitive, properly freewill giving) Ezr 7:16.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0