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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

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:7 - Keeping H5341 mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:10 - He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him H5341 as the apple of his eye.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:9 - Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept H5341 thy covenant.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:9 - And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the LORD their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen H5341 to the fenced city.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:8 - He smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza, and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen H5341 to the fenced city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:20 - I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver H5341 of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:18 - He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper H5341 maketh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:7 - Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them H5341 from this generation for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:10 - All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep H5341 his covenant and his testimonies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:21 - Let H5341 integrity and uprightness preserve me; H5341 for I wait on thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:23 - O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth H5341 the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:7 - Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me H5341 from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:13 - Keep H5341 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 thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let H5341 thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me. H5341

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 61:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 61:7 - He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him. H5341

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:1 - [[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.]] Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve H5341 my life from fear of the enemy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:7 - That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep H5341 his commandments:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:45

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:45 - That they might observe his statutes, and keep H5341 his laws. Praise ye the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:2 - Blessed are they that keep H5341 his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:22 - Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept H5341 thy testimonies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:33 - HE. Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it H5341 unto the end.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:34

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:34 - Give me understanding, and I shall keep H5341 thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:56

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:56 - This I had, because I kept H5341 thy precepts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:69

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:69 - The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep H5341 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 ancients, because I keep H5341 thy precepts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:115

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:115 - Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep H5341 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 H5341 my soul keep them. H5341

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:145

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:145 - KOPH. I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep H5341 thy statutes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:1 - [[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.]] Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me H5341 from the violent man;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:4 - Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me H5341 from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:3 - Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep H5341 the door of my lips.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:8 - He keepeth H5341 the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:11 - Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee: H5341

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:1 - My son, forget not my law; but let H5341 thine heart keep H5341 my commandments:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:21 - My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep H5341 sound wisdom and discretion:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:6 - Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee. H5341

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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; H5341 for she is thy life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:23 - Keep H5341 thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:2 - That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep H5341 knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:20 - My son, keep H5341 thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:10 - And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil H5341 of heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:3 - He that keepeth H5341 his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:6 - Righteousness keepeth H5341 him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:17 - The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth H5341 his way preserveth his soul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:28 - Mercy and truth preserve H5341 the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:12 - The eyes of the LORD preserve H5341 knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:26 - My son, give me thine heart, and let H5341 thine eyes observe H5341 my ways.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:12 - If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth H5341 thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:18 - Whoso keepeth H5341 the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:7 - Whoso keepeth H5341 the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.

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