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Lexicon :: Strong's H5341 - nāṣar

Aa
נָצַר
Transliteration
nāṣar
Pronunciation
naw-tsar'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

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.
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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 unto thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but by no means clearing the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:10 - He found him in a desert land, And in the waste, howling wilderness; He compassed him about, he watched over him, He preserved him as the apple of his eye.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:9 - Who said to his father and to his mother, I see him not, And he acknowledged not his brethren, And knew not his own children; For they have observed thy word, And kept thy covenant.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:9 - And the children of Israel did secretly against Jehovah their God things that were not right; and they built them high places in all their cities, from the watchmen's tower to the fortified city.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:8 - He smote the Philistines unto Gazah and its borders, from the watchmen's tower to the fortified city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:20 - Have I sinned, what do I unto thee, thou Observer of men? Why hast thou set me as an object of assault for thee, so that I am become a burden to myself?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:18 - He buildeth his house as the moth, and as a booth that a keeper maketh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:7 - Thou, Jehovah, wilt keep them, thou wilt preserve them from this generation for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:10 - All the paths of Jehovah are loving-kindness and truth for such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:21 - Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:23 - Love Jehovah, all ye his saints. Jehovah preserveth the faithful, and plentifully requiteth the proud doer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:7 - Thou art a hiding-place for me; thou preservest me from trouble; thou dost encompass me with songs of deliverance. Selah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:13 - Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:11 - Withhold not thou, Jehovah, thy tender mercies from me; let thy loving-kindness and thy truth continually preserve me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 61:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 61:7 - He shall abide before God for ever: bestow loving-kindness and truth, that they may preserve him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:1 - {To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} Hear, O God, my voice in my plaint; preserve my life from fear of the enemy:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:7 - And that they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but observe his commandments;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:45

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:45 - That they might keep his statutes, and observe his laws. Hallelujah!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:2 - Blessed are they that observe his testimonies, that seek him with the whole heart;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:22 - Roll off from me reproach and contempt; for I observe thy testimonies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:33 - HE. Teach me, O Jehovah, the way of thy statutes, and I will observe it unto the end.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:34

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:56

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:56 - This I have had, because I have observed thy precepts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:69

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:69 - The proud have forged falsehood against me: I will observe thy precepts with my whole heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:100

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:100 - I understand more than the aged, because I have observed thy precepts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:115

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:115 - Depart from me, ye evil-doers; and I will observe the commandments of my God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:129

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:129 - PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful; therefore doth my soul observe them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:145

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:145 - KOPH. I have called with my whole heart; answer me, O Jehovah: I will observe thy statutes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:1 - {To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} Free me, O Jehovah, from the evil man; preserve me from the violent man:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:4 - Keep me, O Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked man, preserve me from the violent man, who devise to overthrow my steps.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:3 - Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:8 - guarding the paths of just judgment and keeping the way of his godly ones.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:11 - discretion shall keep thee, understanding shall preserve thee:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:1 - My son, forget not my teaching, and let thy heart observe my commandments;

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:6 - Forsake her not, and she shall keep thee; love her, and she shall preserve thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:13 - Take fast hold of instruction, let her not go: keep her, for she is thy life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:23 - Keep thy heart more than anything that is guarded; for out of it are the issues of life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:2 - that thou mayest keep reflection, and that thy lips may preserve knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:20 - My son, observe thy father's commandment, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:3 - He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his soul; destruction shall be to him that openeth wide his lips.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:6 - Righteousness preserveth him that is perfect in the way; but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:17 - The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that taketh heed to his way keepeth his soul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:28 - Mercy and truth preserve the king; and he upholdeth his throne by mercy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:12 - The eyes of Jehovah preserve knowledge; but he overthroweth the words of the unfaithful.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:26 - My son, give me thy heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:12 - If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not, will not he that weigheth the hearts consider it? And he that preserveth thy soul, he knoweth it; and he rendereth to man according to his work.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:18 - Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof; and he that guardeth his master shall be honoured.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:7 - Whoso observeth the law is a son that hath understanding; but he that is a companion of profligates bringeth shame to his father.

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