נָתַן
nâthan · naw-than' · verb · “to give, place”
Nathan means to give, set, or put. It is one of Hebrew’s most ordinary verbs — and one of the most theological: God gives life, land, law, his Spirit, and his Son.
Nathan is a workhorse verb meaning give, place, or set. It is everywhere in the Old Testament, and behind many of God’s great acts.
God gives the land, gives his commandments, gives his Spirit, gives a new heart, gives his only Son. The biblical story is full of nathan — God’s giving meets our receiving.
Definition: to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] without fail, fasten, frame, [idiom] get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), [idiom] have, [idiom] indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), [phrase] lie, lift up, make, [phrase] O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, [idiom] pull, put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), [phrase] sing, [phrase] slander, strike, (sub-) mit, suffer, [idiom] surely, [idiom] take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, [phrase] weep, [phrase] willingly, [phrase] withdraw, [phrase] would (to) God, yield.
Reference gloss from Strong's Concordance (1890, public domain).
Original BibleDawn word study. Original-language data and the public-domain Strong's (1890) gloss are referenced; see sources.