nadav · volunteer

What it means

nadav (נָדַב) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “volunteer”.

Be moved from within to give or to offer oneself willingly.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To move the heart to give.
2. To give oneself gladly.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• offered themselves willingly ×3
• moved ×2
• offered willingly ×2
• they had offered willingly ×2
• moves him ×1
• offer willingly ×1
• offered freely ×1
• offering willingly ×1
• offers willingly ×1
• was freely offered ×1
• others ×2

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Exodus×3
• Judges×2
• 1 Chronicles×7
• 2 Chronicles×1
• Ezra×3
• Nehemiah×1

• Exodus 25:2

  “Speak to the sons of Israel, that they take for me a contribution; from every man whose heart moves him you shall take my contribution.

• Exodus 35:21

  And they came, every man whose heart stirred him, and everyone whose spirit moved him, and they brought the contribution of YHWH for the work of the tent of meeting, and for all its service, and for the holy garments.

• Exodus 35:29

  Every man and woman whose heart moved them to bring something for all the work that YHWH had commanded to be done through Moses, the sons of Israel brought a freewill offering to YHWH.

• Judges 5:2

  “Because the leaders took the lead in Israel, because the people offered themselves willingly, bless YHWH!

• Judges 5:9

  My heart is with those who command Israel, with those who offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless YHWH!

• 1 Chronicles 29:5

  the gold for the things of gold and the silver for the things of silver, and for all the work by the hand of the craftsmen. Who then offers willingly to fill his hand today for YHWH?”

• 1 Chronicles 29:6

  The chiefs of the fathers’ houses, the chiefs of the tribes of Israel, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and the chiefs of the king’s work offered willingly;

• 1 Chronicles 29:9

  The people rejoiced that they had offered willingly, for with a whole heart they had offered willingly to YHWH; and also David the king rejoiced with great joy.

• 1 Chronicles 29:14

  For who am I, and who are my people, that we should have strength to offer willingly like this? For from you comes everything, and from your hand we have given to you.

• 1 Chronicles 29:17

  I know, my Elohim, that you test the heart and take pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have offered willingly all these things; and now I have seen with joy your people who are present here offering willingly to you.

• 2 Chronicles 17:16

  and next to him Amasiah son of Zichri, who had offered himself willingly to YHWH, and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valor.

• Ezra 1:6

  And all those around them strengthened their hands with utensils of silver, with gold, with goods, with livestock, and with precious things, besides all that was freely offered.

• Ezra 2:68

  And some of the heads of the fathers’ houses, when they came to the house of YHWH which is in Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of Elohim, to set it up on its base.

• Ezra 3:5

  and after that the continual burnt offering, and those for the new moons and for all the appointed times of YHWH that were sanctified, and for everyone who freely offered a freewill offering to YHWH.

• Nehemiah 11:2

  And the people blessed all the men who offered themselves willingly to live in Jerusalem.

And 2 more times.