# H5422 נָתַץ

נָתַץ (nâthats), Strong’s H5422: to tear down KJV: beat down, break down (out), cast down, destroy, overthrow, pull down, throw down.. Occurs 42 times.

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*nâthats* — to tear down

KJV: beat down, break down (out), cast down, destroy, overthrow, pull down, throw down.

Occurs 42 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- נָתַץ vb. pull down, break down
- Qal
- 1 lit. pull down a structure
- 2 fig.
- Niph. be pulled, broken, down
- Pi. tear down (chiefly late)
- Pu. be torn down
- Hoph. be broken down, broken

## Where it occurs
- [Exodus 34:13](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/34?v=13) — but you shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and you shall cut down their Asherah poles;
- [Leviticus 11:35](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/11?v=35) — Everything whereupon part of their carcass falls shall be unclean; whether oven, or range for pots, it shall be broken…
- [Leviticus 14:45](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/14?v=45) — He shall break down the house, its stones, and its timber, and all the house’s mortar. He shall carry them out of the…
- [Deuteronomy 7:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/7?v=5) — But you shall deal with them like this: you shall break down their altars, dash their pillars in pieces, cut down their…
- [Deuteronomy 12:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/12?v=3) — You shall break down their altars, dash their pillars in pieces, and burn their Asherah poles with fire. You shall cut…
- [Judges 2:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/2?v=2) — You shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land. You shall break down their altars.’ But you have not…
- [Judges 6:28](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/6?v=28) — When the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was broken down, and the Asherah was cut…
- [Judges 6:30](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/6?v=30) — Then the men of the city said to Joash, “Bring out your son, that he may die, because he has broken down the altar of…
- [Judges 6:31](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/6?v=31) — Joash said to all who stood against him, “Will you contend for Baal? Or will you save him? He who will contend for him…
- [Judges 6:32](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/6?v=32) — Therefore on that day he named him Jerub-Baal, saying, “Let Baal contend against him, because he has broken down his…