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Lexicon :: Strong's H5341 - nāṣar

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נָצַר
Transliteration
nāṣar
Pronunciation
naw-tsar'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1407

Strong’s Definitions

נָצַר nâtsar, naw-tsar'; a primitive root; to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.):—besieged, hidden thing, keep(-er, -ing), monument, observe, preserve(-r), subtil, watcher(-man).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 63x

The KJV translates Strong's H5341 in the following manner: keep (38x), preserve (13x), watchmen (3x), besieged (2x), keeper (1x), monuments (1x), observe (with H7521) (1x), preserver (1x), subtil (1x), hidden things (1x), watchers (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 63x
The KJV translates Strong's H5341 in the following manner: keep (38x), preserve (13x), watchmen (3x), besieged (2x), keeper (1x), monuments (1x), observe (with H7521) (1x), preserver (1x), subtil (1x), hidden things (1x), watchers (1x).

  1. to guard, watch, watch over, keep

    1. (Qal)

      1. to watch, guard, keep

      2. to preserve, guard from dangers

      3. to keep, observe, guard with fidelity

      4. to guard, keep secret

      5. to be kept close, be blockaded

      6. watchman (participle)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נָצַר nâtsar, naw-tsar'; a primitive root; to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.):—besieged, hidden thing, keep(-er, -ing), monument, observe, preserve(-r), subtil, watcher(-man).
STRONGS H5341: Abbreviations
† I. [נָצַר] verb watch, guard, keep (Late Hebrew id., observe; Assyrian naṣâru, watch over, protect; Old Aramaic נצר protect Lzb325 Cook83; Palmyrene in proper name Vog150, 4 Cook124; Aramaic נְמַר, bdb066503 (compare Wetzst in DeJob (2) on Job 27:18); Arabic bdb066504 look at, consider, examine (bdb066505, overseer is Aramaic loan-word Frä138); Sabean להנצרהמו to aid them HalRev. Sém. iv (1896), 71; Ethiopic bdb066506 spectare, intueri, etc., Di701; — compare also נטר); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix נְצָרָ֫תַם Psalm 119:129; 1st person singular נָצָ֑רְתִּי Psalm 119:22; Psalm 119:56; Psalm 119:100; 3rd person masculine plural נָָֽצְרוּ Proverbs 22:12; Imperfect יִצִּר Proverbs 3:1; suffix יִצְּרֶ֫נְהוּ Ges§ 58, 4 R.) Deuteronomy 32:10; feminine suffix תִּנְצְרֶ֑כָּה Proverbs 2:11 (Ges§ 58, 4 R.); 1st person singular אֶצֹּר Psalm 119:69; אֶצְּרָה Psalm 119:34; Psalm 119:115; אֶצֹּ֑רָה Psalm 119:145; suffix אֶצָּרְךָ Isaiah 42:6; Isaiah 49:8 (Ges Bö Ew and others from יצר); אֶצֳּרֶ֑נָּה Isaiah 27:3; 3rd person masculine plural יִצְּרוּ Proverbs 20:28; יִנְצֹ֑רוּ Deuteronomy 33:9 (on forms see Ges§ 66, 2, R. I) + 15 times Imperfect; Imperative נְצֹר Psalm 34:14 + 3 times; נִצְּרָה Psalm 141:3 (dagesh forte dirimens Ges§ 20, 2 b); suffix נִצְּרֶ֑ה Proverbs 4:13; Infinitive absolute נָצוֺר Nahum 2:2; construct נְצֹר Proverbs 2:8; Participle נוֺצֵר Proverbs 28:7; נֹצֵר Exodus 34:7 + 7 times; suffix נֹצְרָהּ Isaiah 27:3; plural נוֺצְרִים 2 Kings 17:9; 2 Kings 18:8, etc.; passive נָצוּר Ezekiel 6:12; plural נְצוּרִים Isaiah 65:4 (Greek Version of the LXX ἐν τοις σπηλαίοις, בַּמְּערוֺת); construct נְצוּרֵי (Kt נְצִירֵי only here) Isaiah 49:6; feminine נְצוּרָה Isaiah 1:8 (Di reads נְצוֺרָה Niph. Participle √ צוּר); construct נְצֻרַת Proverbs 7:10; plural נְצֻרוֺת Isaiah 48:6 (Che reads בְּצֻרוֺת).
1. Watch, guard, keep, a vineyard Job 27:18 (compare Wetzst in DeJob (2) on the passage), Isaiah 27:3 (twice in verse), fig-tree Proverbs 27:18, fortification Nahum 2:2; נֹצְרִים watchmen Jeremiah 31:6; מִגְדַּל נ׳ tower of watchmen 2 Kings 17:9; 2 Kings 18:8; in ethical sense of men, guarding the mouth Proverbs 13:3, the way Proverbs 16:17 לֵב Proverbs 4:23; the tongue מֵרַע Psalm 34:14; with על, over the door of the lips Psalm 141:3; of God נֹצֵר הָאָדָם Job 7:20 (thou) watcher of men (iron.).
2. Guard from dangers, preserve, with accusative, subject God or his attributes Deuteronomy 32:10; Psalm 25:21; Psalm 31:24; Psalm 40:12; Psalm 61:8; Isaiah 26:3; Isaiah 42:6; Isaiah 49:8; Proverbs 2:8; Proverbs 20:28; Proverbs 22:12; נֹצֵר נֶפֶשׁ Proverbs 24:12; with accusative and מן from which Psalm 12:8; Psalm 32:7; Psalm 64:2; Psalm 140:2; Psalm 140:5. In Wisdom Literature subject is abstract: חבמה Proverbs 4:6; תבונה Proverbs 2:11; צדקה Proverbs 13:6; נְצוּרֵי ישׂראל Isaiah 49:6 preserved of Israel.
3. Guard with fidelity, keep, observe: of י׳, נֹצֵר חֶסֶד לאלפים Exodus 34:7 (J); elsewhere of man observing the covenant Deuteronomy 33:9 (poem) Psalm 25:10, the divine law Psalm 78:7; Psalm 105:45; Psalm 119:2; Psalm 119:22; Psalm 119:33; Psalm 119:34; Psalm 119:56; Psalm 119:69; Psalm 119:100; Psalm 119:115; Psalm 119:129; Psalm 119:145; commands of parents Proverbs 6:20; Proverbs 28:7; and discipline of Wisdom Proverbs 3:1, 21; Proverbs 4:13; Proverbs 5:2.
4. Guard, keep secret, dubious: נְצֻרוֺת secret things Isaiah 48:6; נְצוּרִים secret places Isaiah 65:4 (see forms above); נְצֻרַת לֵב secret, wily minded Proverbs 7:10 (of harlot, so RVm close, i.e. secretive).
5. Kept close, blockaded, dubious: הַנָּצוּר the blockaded (so Ew Hi Co Toy; but Ke Bth Kau preserved; Hi Co Bth Toy strike out והנשׁאר) Ezekiel 6:12; עִיר נְצוּרָה blockaded city Isaiah 1:8 (see form above); נֹצְרִים blockaders Jeremiah 4:16 (but Greek Version of the LXX συστροφαι = צררים i.e. foes).

See related Aramaic BDB entry H5202.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

34:7; 34:7

Deuteronomy

32:10; 32:10; 33:9; 33:9

2 Kings

17:9; 17:9; 18:8; 18:8

Job

7:20; 27:18; 27:18

Psalms

12:8; 25:10; 25:21; 31:24; 32:7; 34:14; 34:14; 40:12; 61:8; 64:2; 78:7; 105:45; 119:2; 119:22; 119:22; 119:33; 119:34; 119:34; 119:56; 119:56; 119:69; 119:69; 119:100; 119:100; 119:115; 119:115; 119:129; 119:129; 119:145; 119:145; 140:2; 140:5; 141:3; 141:3

Proverbs

2:8; 2:8; 2:11; 2:11; 3:1; 3:1; 3:21; 4:6; 4:13; 4:13; 4:23; 5:2; 6:20; 7:10; 7:10; 13:3; 13:6; 16:17; 20:28; 20:28; 22:12; 22:12; 24:12; 27:18; 28:7; 28:7

Isaiah

1:8; 1:8; 26:3; 27:3; 27:3; 27:3; 42:6; 42:6; 48:6; 48:6; 49:6; 49:6; 49:8; 49:8; 65:4; 65:4

Jeremiah

4:16; 31:6

Ezekiel

6:12; 6:12

Nahum

2:2; 2:2

H5341

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Strong's Number H5341 matches the Hebrew נָצַר (nāṣar),
which occurs 63 times in 62 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Exo 34:7–Pro 28:7)

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:7 - “keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children and the children’s children to the third and the fourth generation.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:10 - “He found him in a desert land
And in the wasteland, a howling wilderness;
He encircled him, He instructed him,
He kept him as the apple of His eye.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:9 - Who says of his father and mother,
‘I have not seen them’;
Nor did he acknowledge his brothers,
Or know his own children;
For they have observed Your word
And kept Your covenant.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:9 - Also the children of Israel secretly did against the LORD their God things that were not right, and they built for themselves high places in all their cities, from watchtower to fortified city.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:8 - He subdued the Philistines, as far as Gaza and its territory, from watchtower to fortified city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:20 - Have I sinned?
What have I done to You, O watcher of men?
Why have You set me as Your target,
So that I am a burden to myself?[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:18 - He builds his house like a moth,[fn]
Like a booth which a watchman makes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:7 - You shall keep them, O LORD,
You shall preserve them from this generation forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 25:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:10 - All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth,
To such as keep His covenant and His testimonies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 25:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:21 - Let integrity and uprightness preserve me,
For I wait for You.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:23 - Oh, love the LORD, all you His saints!
For the LORD preserves the faithful,
And fully repays the proud person.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 32:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:7 - You are my hiding place;
You shall preserve me from trouble;
You shall surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 34:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:13 - Keep your tongue from evil,
And your lips from speaking deceit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 40:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:11 - Do not withhold Your tender mercies from me, O LORD;
Let Your lovingkindness and Your truth continually preserve me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 61:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 61:7 - He shall abide before God forever.
Oh, prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 64:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:1 - To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

Hear my voice, O God, in my meditation;
Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:7 - That they may set their hope in God,
And not forget the works of God,
But keep His commandments;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:45

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:45 - That they might observe His statutes
And keep His laws.

Praise the LORD!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:2 - Blessed are those who keep His testimonies,
Who seek Him with the whole heart!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:22 - Remove from me reproach and contempt,
For I have kept Your testimonies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:33 - HE
Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your statutes,
And I shall keep it to the end.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:34

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:34 - Give me understanding, and I shall keep Your law;
Indeed, I shall observe it with my whole heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:56

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:56 - This has become mine,
Because I kept Your precepts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:69

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:69 - The proud have forged a lie against me,
But I will keep Your precepts with my whole heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:100

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:100 - I understand more than the ancients,
Because I keep Your precepts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:115

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:115 - Depart from me, you evildoers,
For I will keep the commandments of my God!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:129

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:129 - PE
Your testimonies are wonderful;
Therefore my soul keeps them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:145

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:145 - QOPH
I cry out with my whole heart;
Hear me, O LORD!
I will keep Your statutes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 140:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:1 - To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

Deliver me, O LORD, from evil men;
Preserve me from violent men,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 140:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:4 - Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked;
Preserve me from violent men,
Who have purposed to make my steps stumble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 141:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:3 - Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth;
Keep watch over the door of my lips.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:8 - He guards the paths of justice,
And preserves the way of His saints.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:11 - Discretion will preserve you;
Understanding will keep you,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:1 - My son, do not forget my law,
But let your heart keep my commands;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:21 - My son, let them not depart from your eyes—
Keep sound wisdom and discretion;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:6 - Do not forsake her, and she will preserve you;
Love her, and she will keep you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:13 - Take firm hold of instruction, do not let go;
Keep her, for she is your life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:23 - Keep your heart with all diligence,
For out of it spring the issues of life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:2 - That you may preserve discretion,
And your lips may keep knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:20 - My son, keep your father’s command,
And do not forsake the law of your mother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:10 - And there a woman met him,
With the attire of a harlot, and a crafty heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:3 - He who guards his mouth preserves his life,
But he who opens wide his lips shall have destruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:6 - Righteousness guards him whose way is blameless,
But wickedness overthrows the sinner.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:17 - The highway of the upright is to depart from evil;
He who keeps his way preserves his soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:28 - Mercy and truth preserve the king,
And by lovingkindness he upholds his throne.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:12 - The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge,
But He overthrows the words of the faithless.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:26 - My son, give me your heart,
And let your eyes observe my ways.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:12 - If you say, “Surely we did not know this,”
Does not He who weighs the hearts consider it?
He who keeps your soul, does He not know it?
And will He not render to each man according to his deeds?

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:18 - Whoever keeps the fig tree will eat its fruit;
So he who waits on his master will be honored.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:7 - Whoever keeps the law is a discerning son,
But a companion of gluttons shames his father.

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