Word

נָתַץ

nâthats · H5422 · Hebrew · 42 occurrences

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Meanings

to tear down, to pull down, to break down

Causative action by which humans destroy a construction by removing all its parts

Examples
Exodus 34:13 “But rather, you are to tear down their altars and smash their memorial stones, and cut down their Asherim
Leviticus 11:35 ‘Moreover, everything on which part of their carcass may fall becomes unclean; an oven or a stove shall be smashed; they are unclean and shall continue as unclean to you.
Leviticus 14:45 “The owner shall therefore tear down the house, its stones, its timbers, and all the plaster of the house, and he shall take them outside the city to an unclean place.
to tear down, to bring destruction, to cause suffering

Literally: to tear down; hence: causative action by which deities bring destruction and hardship to individuals and kingdoms

Examples
Job 19:10 “He breaks me down on every side, and I am gone; And He has uprooted my hope like a tree.
Psalm 52:5 But God will break you down forever; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent, And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
Jeremiah 1:10 “See, I have appointed you this day over the nations and over the kingdoms, To root out and to tear down, To destroy and to overthrow, To build and to plant.”

How it’s used In 4 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

42 occurrences in 16 groups

Not stated: he, she or it 12
Not stated: they 10
Not stated: you (more than one) 5
Not stated (infinitive) 3
Other words · 12 groups that occur once or twice (13) 13

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

33 occurrences in 12 groups

מִזְבֵּחַaltar 13
בַּיִתhouse, household 5
חוֹמָהwall 4
מִגְדָּלtower 3
Other words · 8 groups that occur once or twice (10) 10

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

8 occurrences in 8 groups

מִןfrom+ פָּנִיםface, presence, before 2
מִןfrom+ וֹhim 1
עַדto, as far as, until+ כָּלָהto be finished 1
בin/on/with+ חֶרֶבsword 1
בin/on/with+ שׁוּבto return, to turn back 1
לto/for+ בָּצַרto gather (grapes) 1

With adverbsAdverbs

1 occurrences in 1 groups

סָבִיבround about, around, on every side 1

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 1 word

καθαιρέω kathairéō · G2507 · to bring down, to lower, to take down: Greek καθαιρέω renders Hebrew נָתַץ in contexts of violent demolition or tearing down, sharing the core sense of forceful destruction of structures.

Semantic domains 1 entry

Impact002001001024: The word describes breaking down or demolishing, as altars, high places, and city walls are torn down in acts of judgment or reform (2 Kings 23:8, 23:12, 25:10), tying the word to this forceful structural destruction.

Word family 2 words

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

נָתַץnâthats · H5422נָתַע nâthaʻ · H5421 · to break out · 1×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H5422. nathats נָתַץ verb pull down, break down (Late Hebrew Hoph`al, and derivatives;…

H5422. nathats
נָתַץ verb pull down, break down (Late Hebrew Hoph`al, and derivatives; compare perhaps Ethiopic (with transposition and weakening of sibilant), destruere, demoliri, excidere Di634); —
Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳נ Jdg 6:30 +, 3 plural נָָֽתְצוּ 2Ki 25:10; Jer 52:14, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular יִתֹּץ Eze 26:9 + Eze 26:12 (Co, for יִתְּצוּ ᵑ0); וַיִּתֹּץ Jdg 9:45; 2Ki 23:7; suffix יִתְּצֵנִי Job 19:10, יִתָּצְךָ Psa 52:7; Psa 52:1singular אֶתֹּץ Jdg 8:9; Jdg 8:3masculine plural וַיִּתְּצוּ 2Ki 10:27 (twice in verse); 2masculine plural תִּתֹּ֑צוּ Deu 7:5, תִּתֹּצ֑וּן Exo 34:13; Jdg 2:2; וַתִּתְֿצוּ Isa 22:2, etc.; Imperative נְתֹץ Psa 58:7; Infinitive construct לִנְתֿוֺץ Jer 1:10; Jer 18:7, לִנְתֹֿץ Jer 31:28 (on תֿ see Ges§ 45g); Passive participle plural הַנְּתֻצִים Jer 33:4; —
1 literally pull down a structure (accusative): altar Jdg 2:2; Jdg 6:30-31, Jdg 6:32; Exo 34:13 (J), Deu 7:5; 2Ki 23:12; high place (במה) 2Ki 23:8, בָּמָה + מִזְבֵּחַ 2Ki 23:15; מַצֵּבָה 2Ki 10:27; הַבַּעַל בֵּית 2Ki 10:27; 2Ki 11:18 2Ch 23:17, compare 2Ki 23:7; a tower Jdg 8:9, Jdg 8:17, compare Eze 26:9 (בְּחַרְבוֺתָיו); (any) house Isa 22:10; Eze 26:12; Lev 14:45, so הַנְּחֻצִים Jer 33:4 (strangely + אֶל, compare Gf Gie); city-wall Jer 39:8; 2Ki 25:10 = Jer 52:14; city Jdg 9:45. 2 figurative:
a. pull down a nation, break its power, וְלִנ ׳וְלִנְתוֺשׁ וּלְהַאֲבִיד (וְלַהֲרוֺס) (object not expressed) Jer 1:10 (so Ecclus 49:7b), = Jer 18:7, compare Jer 31:18.
b. an individual, subject God, סָבִיב יִתְּצֵנִי Job 19:10, יִתָּצְךָ Psa 52:7.
c. jaw-teeth of lions (metaphor) Psa 58:7 (break down, break off, so only here, but see נָתַע).
Niph`al be pulled, broken, down: Perfect3plural י מִמְּנֵי ׳נִתְּצוּ Jer 4:26 (of cities), so ׳נ מִמֶּנּוּ Nah 1:6 (of rocks).
Pi`el Perfect3masculine singular נִתַּץ2Ch 33:3; 2Ch 33:3 plural וְנִתְּצוּ Eze 16:39 (consecutive); 2 masculine plural וְנִתַּצְתֶּם Deu 12:3; Imperfect3masculine singular וַיְנַתֵּץ2Ch 34:7; 2Ch 34:3 masculine plural וַיְנַתְּצוּ2Ch 31:1-2t.; — tear down (chiefly late): with accusative altars Deu 12:3, + בָּמוֺת2Ch 31:1, + הַחַמָּנִים, etc., 2Ch 34:4, + אֲשֵׁרִים 2Ch 34:7; בָּמוֺת alone 2Ch 33:3, רָמֹתַיִךְ Eze 16:39; city wall 2Ch 36:19.
Pu`al be torn down: Perfect3masculine singular נֻתַּץ Jdg 6:28 (of altar + אֲשֵׁרָה).
Hoph`al (or
Qal passive Ges§ 53u) be broken down, broken, only Imperfect3masculine singular ייֻתָּ֑ץ Lev 11:35 (of תַּנּוּר, see Dr-WhHpt, and כִּירַיִם, see above).

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

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Impact42 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

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