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נָטַר

natar · keep, bear a grudge

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5201 · appears 9 times in the Bible

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What it means

natar (נָטַר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “keep, bear a grudge”.

Keep, take care of (a vineyard); keep anger, bear a grudge.

How to say it

na·tar

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 look after something, like a vineyard.
  2. To nurse anger, hold resentment against someone.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

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

  • keep ×4
  • bear a grudge ×2
  • holds it ×1
  • keepers ×1
  • kept ×1

Related words

Words that come from it

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

Where it appears

  • Leviticus 19:18

    You shall not take vengeance, and you shall not bear a grudge against the sons of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am YHWH.

  • Psalms 103:9

    He will not always contend, nor forever will he bear a grudge.

  • Song of Songs 1:6

    Do not look at me because I am dark, because the sun has scorched me. The sons of my mother were angry with me; they set me to keep the vineyards; my vineyard, my own, I have not kept.

  • Song of Songs 8:11

    Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; he gave the vineyard to keepers; each would bring for its fruit a thousand shekels of silver.

  • Song of Songs 8:12

    My vineyard, my own, is before me; the thousand are for you, Solomon, and two hundred for those who keep its fruit.

  • Jeremiah 3:5

    Will he keep it forever? Will he retain it to the end?’ Look, so you have spoken, but you have done evil things and have had your way.

  • Jeremiah 3:12

    Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, ‘Return, apostate Israel, declares YHWH; I will not make my face fall on you, for I am faithful, declares YHWH; I will not keep it forever.

  • Nahum 1:2

    A jealous and avenging El is YHWH; avenging is YHWH and a master of fury; avenging is YHWH on his adversaries, and he holds it against his enemies.

And 1 more times.