Help QuickNav Adv. Options
BBE

BBE

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's H5341 - nāṣar

Aa
נָצַר
Transliteration
nāṣar
Pronunciation
naw-tsar'
Listen
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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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

Read the Full Entry

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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)

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:7 - Having mercy on thousands, overlooking evil and wrongdoing and sin; he will not let wrongdoers go free, but will send punishment on children for the sins of their fathers, and on their children's children to the third and fourth generation.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:10 - He came to him in the waste land, in the unpeopled waste of sand: putting his arms round him and caring for him, he kept him as the light of his eye.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:9 - Who said of his father, Who is he? and of his mother, I have not seen her; he kept himself separate from his brothers and had no knowledge of his children: for they have given ear to your word and kept your agreement.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:9 - And the children of Israel did secretly against the Lord their God things which were not right, building high places for themselves in all their towns, from the tower of the watchmen to the walled town.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:8 - He overcame the Philistines as far as Gaza and its limits, from the tower of the watchman to the walled town.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:20 - If I have done wrong, what have I done to you, O keeper of men? why have you made me a mark for your blows, so that I am a weariness to myself?

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:18 - His house has no more strength than a spider's thread, or a watchman's tent.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:7 - You will keep them, O Lord, you will keep them safe from this generation for ever.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:10 - All the ways of the Lord are mercy and good faith for those who keep his agreement and his witness.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:21 - For my clean and upright ways keep me safe, because my hope is in you.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:23 - O have love for the Lord, all you his saints; for the Lord keeps safe from danger all those who are true to him, and gives the workers of pride their right reward.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:7 - You are my safe and secret place; you will keep me from trouble; you will put songs of salvation on the lips of those who are round me. (Selah.)

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:13 - Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from words of deceit.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:11 - Take not away your gentle mercies from me, O Lord; let your mercy and your faith keep me safe for ever.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 61:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 61:7 - May the seat of his authority be before God for ever; may mercy and righteousness keep him safe.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:1 - <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> O God, let the voice of my grief come to your ear: keep my life from the fear of those who are against me.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:7 - So that they might put their hope in God, and not let God's works go out of their minds, but keep his laws;

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:45

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:45 - So that they might keep his orders, and be true to his laws. Give praise to the Lord.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:2 - Happy are they who keep his unchanging word, searching after him with all their heart.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:22 - Take away from me shame and bitter words; for I have kept your unchanging word in my heart.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:33 - <HE> O Lord, let me see the way of your rules, and I will keep it to the end.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:34

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:34 - Give me wisdom, so that I may keep your law; going after it with all my heart.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:56

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:56 - This has been true of me, that I have kept your orders in my heart.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:69

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:69 - The men of pride have said false things about me; but I will keep your orders in my heart.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:100

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:100 - I have more wisdom than the old, because I have kept your orders.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:115

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:115 - Go far from me, you evil-doers; so that I may keep the teachings of my God.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:129

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:129 - <PE> Your unchanging word is full of wonder; for this reason my soul keeps it.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:145

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:145 - <KOPH> I have made my prayer with all my heart; give answer to me, O Lord: I will keep your rules.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:1 - <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> O Lord, take me out of the power of the evil man; keep me safe from the violent man:

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:4 - O Lord, take me out of the hands of sinners; keep me safe from the violent man: for they are designing my downfall.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:3

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

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:8 - He keeps watch on the ways which are right, and takes care of those who have the fear of him.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:11 - Wise purposes will be watching over you, and knowledge will keep you;

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:1 - My son, keep my teaching in your memory, and my rules in your heart:

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:21 - My son, keep good sense, and do not let wise purpose go from your eyes.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:6 - Do not give her up, and she will keep you; give her your love, and she will make you safe.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:13 - Take learning in your hands, do not let her go: keep her, for she is your life.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:23 - And keep watch over your heart with all care; so you will have life.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:2 - So that you may be ruled by a wise purpose, and your lips may keep knowledge.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:20 - My son, keep the rule of your father, and have in memory the teaching of your mother:

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:10 - And the woman came out to him, in the dress of a loose woman, with a designing heart;

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:3 - He who keeps a watch on his mouth keeps his life; but he whose lips are open wide will have destruction.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:6 - Righteousness keeps safe him whose way is without error, but evil-doers are overturned by sin.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:17 - The highway of the upright is to be turned away from evil: he who takes care of his way will keep his soul.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:28 - Mercy and good faith keep the king safe, and the seat of his power is based on upright acts.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:12 - The eyes of the Lord keep knowledge, but by him the acts of the false man will be overturned.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:26 - My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes take delight in my ways.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:12 - If you say, See, we had no knowledge of this: does not the tester of hearts give thought to it? and he who keeps your soul, has he no knowledge of it? and will he not give to every man the reward of his work?

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:18 - Whoever keeps a fig-tree will have its fruit; and the servant waiting on his master will be honoured.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:7 - He who keeps the law is a wise son, but he who keeps company with feasters puts shame on his father.

Search Results Continued...

1. Currently on page 1/2 (Exo 34:7–Pro 28:7) Exo 34:7–Pro 28:7

2. LOAD PAGE 2 Isa 1:8–Nah 2:1

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
BBE
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
BBE
Daily Devotionals

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan