The meaning of “נָתִיב”
Understanding nâthîyb reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
or (feminine) נְתִיבָה nᵉthîybâh (neth-ee-baw'); or נְתִבָה nᵉthibâh (neth-ee-baw'); (Jeremiah 6:16), from an unused roo...
נָתִיב
or (feminine) נְתִיבָה nᵉthîybâh (neth-ee-baw'); or נְתִבָה nᵉthibâh (neth-ee-baw'); (Jeremiah 6:16), from an unused root meaning to tramp path(-way), [idiom] travel(-ler), way. - a (beaten) track 1) trodden with the feet, path, pathway 2) path, pathway, traveller
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Job 28:7 | “There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture’s eye hath not seen:” Word: נָתִיב (nâthîyb) | |
| Psalms 119:105 | “ Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” Word: נָתִיב (nâthîyb) | |
| Proverbs 8:2 | “She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths.” Word: נָתִיב (nâthîyb) | |
| Isaiah 58:12 | “And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.” Word: נָתִיב (nâthîyb) | |
| Jeremiah 18:15 | “Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up;” Word: נָתִיב (nâthîyb) |
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