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נָצָה H5327
H5327 is the Hebrew word נָצָה, transliterated nâtsâh and said naw-tsaw'. The King James Version most often renders it strove.
What it means
properly, to go forth, i.e. (by implication) to be expelled, and (consequently) desolate; causatively, to lay waste; also (specifically), to quarrel.
Where it comes from
a primitive root.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 11 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: be laid waste, runinous, strive (together).
Verses using נָצָה
All 10 verses, quoted in full.
Exodus 2:13 · KJV
And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?
Exodus 21:22 · KJV
If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman’s husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.
Leviticus 24:10 · KJV
And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel: and this son of the Israelitish woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp;
Numbers 26:9 · KJV
And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that Dathan and Abiram, which were famous in the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the LORD:
Deuteronomy 25:11 · KJV
When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets:
2 Samuel 14:6 · KJV
And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him.
2 Kings 19:25 · KJV
Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps.
Psalm 60:1 · KJV
O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again.
Isaiah 37:26 · KJV
Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps.
Jeremiah 4:7 · KJV
The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.
Common questions
What does Strong's H5327 mean?
H5327 is the Hebrew word נָצָה (nâtsâh), meaning properly, to go forth, i.e. (by implication) to be expelled, and (consequently) desolate; causatively, to lay waste; also (specifically), to quarrel.
How is H5327 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it strove (4 times), strive (2 times), strove together (2 times), ruinous (2 times), laid waste (1 time).
How many times does H5327 appear in the Bible?
נָצָה (nâtsâh) is tagged in 10 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H5327 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.
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