נָתָן
na.tan
Nathan
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
Explored# Analysis of Nathan (H5416) The Hebrew word *nathan* appears 32 times in the biblical text and functions as a proper name rather than a common noun. Based on the lexicon classification provided, this term identifies a specific person or entity within the biblical narrative, distinguishing it from verb forms or descriptive words. The consistent application across 32 occurrences suggests this name appears in multiple contexts throughout the Hebrew scriptures. Without additional lexicon data on the etymology, theological associations, or narrative contexts where *nathan* appears, the present evidence permits only the observation that this is a frequently attested proper name in biblical Hebrew. The moderate frequency of occurrence—32 times—indicates the person or entity bearing this name held sufficient importance to warrant multiple textual references, though determining the specific roles, relationships, or significance of this figure requires contextual information beyond the lexicon entry itself.
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Occurrences in Scripture
32 total occurrences across the text
He set the Levites in Yahweh’s house with cymbals, with stringed instruments, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and Nathan the prophet; for the commandment was from Yahweh by his prophets.
Psalms 51:0to the/ choirmaster a psalm of/ David when/ came to/ him Nathan the/ prophet just/ when he had gone into Bath- -sheba
2 Samuel 7:2the king said to Nathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but God’s ark dwells within curtains.”
2 Samuel 7:3Nathan said to the king, “Go, do all that is in your heart; for Yahweh is with you.”
2 Samuel 7:4That same night, Yahweh’s word came to Nathan, saying,
2 Samuel 7:17Nathan spoke to David all these words, and according to all this vision.
2 Samuel 12:1Yahweh sent Nathan to David. He came to him, and said to him, “There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.
2 Samuel 12:5David’s anger burned hot against the man, and he said to Nathan, “As Yahweh lives, the man who has done this deserves to die!
2 Samuel 12:7Nathan said to David, “You are the man. This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul.
2 Samuel 12:13David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against Yahweh.” Nathan said to David, “Yahweh also has put away your sin. You will not die.
2 Samuel 12:13David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against Yahweh.” Nathan said to David, “Yahweh also has put away your sin. You will not die.
2 Samuel 12:15Nathan departed to his house. Yahweh struck the child that Uriah’s wife bore to David, and it was very sick.
2 Samuel 12:25and he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and he named him Jedidiah, for Yahweh’s sake.
1 Kings 1:32King David said, “Call to me Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada.” They came before the king.
1 Kings 1:8But Zadok the priest, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and the mighty men who belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.
1 Kings 1:10but he didn’t call Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother.
1 Kings 1:11Then Nathan spoke to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, “Haven’t you heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith reigns, and David our lord doesn’t know it?
1 Kings 1:22Behold, while she was still talking with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.
1 Kings 1:23They told the king, saying, “Behold, Nathan the prophet!” When he had come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.
1 Kings 1:24Nathan said, “My lord, king, have you said, ‘Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne?’
1 Kings 1:34Let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel. Blow the trumpet, and say, ‘Long live king Solomon!’
1 Kings 1:38So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites went down and had Solomon ride on king David’s mule, and brought him to Gihon.
1 Kings 1:44The king has sent with him Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and they have caused him to ride on the king’s mule.
1 Kings 1:45Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon. They have come up from there rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that you have heard.
1 Kings 4:5Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; Zabud the son of Nathan was chief minister, the king’s friend;
1 Kings 4:5Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; Zabud the son of Nathan was chief minister, the king’s friend;
1 Chronicles 17:1When David lived in his house, David said to Nathan the prophet, “Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of Yahweh’s covenant is in a tent.”
1 Chronicles 17:2Nathan said to David, “Do all that is in your heart; for God is with you.”
1 Chronicles 17:3That same night, the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
1 Chronicles 17:15According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David.
1 Chronicles 29:29Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the history of Samuel the seer, and in the history of Nathan the prophet, and in the history of Gad the seer,
2 Chronicles 9:29Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, aren’t they written in the history of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam the son of Nebat?