Strong’s H5423 · Hebrew

נָתַק
nâthaq
naw-thak'

Definition

to tear off

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

  • break (off)
  • burst
  • draw (away)
  • lift up
  • pluck (away
  • off)
  • pull (out)
  • root out

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.