H5071

נְדָבָה

ne.da.vahH:N-F

voluntariness

1) voluntariness, free-will offering 1a) voluntariness 1b) freewill, voluntary, offering

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

נְדָבָה noun feminine voluntariness, freewill-offering; — absolute ׳נ Exod 35:29 + 14 t.; construct נִדְבַת Deut 16:10 plural נְדָבוֺת Amos 4:5; Ps 68:10 נְדָבֹת Ps 110:3 construct נִדְבוֺת Ps 119:108; 2Chr 31:14 suffix נִדְבֹתֶ֫יךָ Deut 12:7 + 4 t. suffixes; —

1.voluntariness אֹהֲבֵם נְדָבָה Hos 14:5 I (׳י) will love them freely; עַמְּךָ נְדָבֹת בְּיוֺם חֵילֶ֑ךָ Ps 110:3 thy people will be (all) voluntariness in the day of thy host (be ready to volunteer, see BrMP 133); גֶּשֶׁם נדבות Ps 68:10 generous (copious) rain; בנדבה Ps 54:8 voluntarily, and adverb. accusative נדבה Deut 23:24 (see Dr.).
2. freewill, voluntary, offering:
  a. including gifts used in erection and furnishing of tabernacle Exod 35:29; Exod 36:3 (P); for first temple 2Chr 31:14, second Ezra 1:6; Ezra 8:28.
  b. including עולה and שׁלמים Ezek 46:42 probably also Amos 4:5, נדבות פִי Ps 119:108.
  c. usually a זֶבַח for festival meals at Passover 2Chr 35:8, Pentecost Deut 16:10, Tabernacles Ezra 3:5 (besides the ritual offerings); distinguished from נֶדֶר votive offering Lev 7:16; Num 15:3; Num 29:39 (P), Lev 22:18; Lev 22:21; Lev 22:23; Lev 23:38 (H), Deut 12:6; Deut 12:17. — (Verbs used are ׳הביא נ Exod 35:29; Exod 36:3 ׳הקריב נLev 22:18 ׳עשׂה נ Num 15:3; Ezek 46:12 ׳נתן נ Lev 23:38; Deut 16:10.)


21 occurrences

Exodus (2), Leviticus (5), Numbers (2), Deuteronomy (3), II Chronicles (2), Ezra (3), Psalms (2), Ezekiel (1), Amos (1)