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Lexicon :: Strong's H5251 - nēs

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נֵס
Transliteration
nēs
Pronunciation
nace
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1379a

Strong’s Definitions

נֵס nêç, nace; from H5264; a flag; also a sail; by implication, a flagstaff; generally a signal; figuratively, a token:—banner, pole, sail, (en-) sign, standard.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x

The KJV translates Strong's H5251 in the following manner: standard (7x), ensign (6x), pole (2x), banner (2x), sail (2x), sign (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x
The KJV translates Strong's H5251 in the following manner: standard (7x), ensign (6x), pole (2x), banner (2x), sail (2x), sign (1x).

  1. something lifted up, standard, signal, signal pole, ensign, banner, sign, sail

    1. standard (as rallying point), signal

    2. standard (pole)

    3. ensign, signal

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נֵס nêç, nace; from H5264; a flag; also a sail; by implication, a flagstaff; generally a signal; figuratively, a token:—banner, pole, sail, (en-) sign, standard.
STRONGS H5251: Abbreviations
† נֵס noun [masculine] standard, ensign, signal, sign (Late Hebrew id., flag, usually sign, i.e. miracle; Targum נֵס, נִסָּא sign, miracle); — נ׳ absolute Numbers 21:8 +; construct Isaiah 11:10; suffix נִסִּי [H3071 Exodus 17:15]; Isaiah 49:22; —
1.
a. standard, as rallying-point, נִסִּי י׳ [H3071 Exodus 17:15] (E), י׳ my standard (name of altar); conspicuously set on hill Isaiah 30:17 (simile of solitariness; || תֹּרֶן עַלרֿאֹשׁ הָהָר); signal of war [see SchumacherZPV ix. 232, Across the Jordan, 104 f.] (especially to the nations, for destruction or deliverance of Judah, Isaiah, Jeremiah), לַגּוֺיִם נָשָׂא נ׳ Isaiah 5:26; Isaiah 11:12; compare Isaiah 18:3 (on mountains, || תָּקַע שׁוֺפָר); אֶלעַֿמִּים אָרִים נ׳ Isaiah 49:22 (|| אֶשָּׂא אֶלגּֿוֺיִם יָדִי), — in all these subject י׳; compare עֹמֵד לְנֵס עַמִּים Isaiah 10:11 (of Messianic king); שְׂאוּ נ׳ Isaiah 13:2 (on mountain), Jeremiah 50:2; Jeremiah 51:12 (with אֶלֿ against), Jeremiah 51:27 (|| תִּקְעוּ שׁוֺפָר בַּגּוֺיִם), עַלעַֿמִּים הָרִימוּ נ׳ Isaiah 62:10, compare Jeremiah 4:21 (|| קוֺל שׁוֺפָר); לְהִתְנוֺסֵס נ׳ ֗֗֗ נָתַתָּה Psalm 60:6 [Psalm 60:4] thou hast set a standard (only) for fleeing.
b. signal, צִיּ֫וֺנָה שְׂאוּ נ׳ Jeremiah 4:6 (i.e. to direct refugees to Zion).
2. standard, as pole, supporting serpent of bronze Numbers 21:8, Numbers 21:9 (JE).
3.
a. ensign, signal, לְנֵס לָך לִהְיוֺת מִפְרָשֵׁך הָיָה מִמִּצְרַיִם ֗֗֗ שֵׁשׁ Ezekiel 27:7 byssus from Egypt was thy sail, to serve thee for an ensign (so DaToy; on lack of pennon on ancient ships see Co; > strike out Co Berthol); so
b. (since sails were the only ensign) = sail Isaiah 33:23 (Che Di and others; > pennon Ges Hi Ew De Du).
4. sign (compare Late Hebrew) = warning Numbers 26:10 (P).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

21:8; 21:8; 21:9; 26:10

Psalms

60:4

Isaiah

5:26; 10:11; 11:10; 11:12; 13:2; 18:3; 30:17; 33:23; 49:22; 49:22; 62:10

Jeremiah

4:6; 4:21; 50:2; 51:12; 51:27

Ezekiel

27:7

H5251

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Strong's Number H5251 matches the Hebrew נֵס (nēs),
which occurs 20 times in 20 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:8 - et locutus est Dominus ad eum fac serpentem et pone eum pro signo qui percussus aspexerit eum vivet

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:9 - fecit ergo Moses serpentem aeneum et posuit pro signo quem cum percussi aspicerent sanabantur

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:10 - et aperiens terra os suum devoravit Core morientibus plurimis quando conbusit ignis ducentos quinquaginta viros et factum est grande miraculum

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:4 - [Vulgate 59:6] dedisti timentibus te signum ut fugerent a facie arcus semper ut liberentur amici tui

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:26 - et levabit signum nationibus procul et sibilabit ad eum de finibus terrae et ecce festinus velociter veniet

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:10 - in die illa radix Iesse qui stat in signum populorum ipsum gentes deprecabuntur et erit sepulchrum eius gloriosum

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:12 - et levabit signum in nationes et congregabit profugos Israhel et dispersos Iuda colliget a quattuor plagis terrae

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:2 - super montem caligosum levate signum exaltate vocem levate manum et ingrediantur portas duces

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:3 - omnes habitatores orbis qui moramini in terra cum elevatum fuerit signum in montibus videbitis et clangorem tubae audietis

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:17 - mille homines a facie terroris unius et a facie terroris quinque fugietis donec relinquamini quasi malus navis in vertice montis et quasi signum super collem

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:9 - et fortitudo eius a terrore transibit et pavebunt fugientes principes eius dixit Dominus cuius ignis est in Sion et caminus eius in Hierusalem

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:23 - laxati sunt funiculi tui sed non praevalebunt sic erit malus tuus ut dilatare signum non queas tunc dividentur spolia praedarum multarum claudi diripient rapinam

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:22 - haec dicit Dominus Deus ecce levo ad gentes manum meam et ad populos exaltabo signum meum et adferent filios tuos in ulnis et filias tuas super umeros portabunt

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:10 - transite transite per portas praeparate viam populo planum facite iter et eligite lapides elevate signum ad populos

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:6 - levate signum in Sion confortamini nolite stare quia malum ego adduco ab aquilone et contritionem magnam

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:21 - usquequo videbo fugientem audiam vocem bucinae

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:2 - adnuntiate in gentibus et auditum facite levate signum praedicate et nolite celare dicite capta est Babylon confusus est Bel victus est Marodach confusa sunt sculptilia eius superata sunt idola eorum

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:12 - super muros Babylonis levate signum augete custodiam levate custodes praeparate insidias quia cogitavit Dominus et fecit quaecumque locutus est contra habitatores Babylonis

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:27 - levate signum in terra clangite bucina in gentibus sanctificate super eam gentes adnuntiate contra illam regibus Ararat Menni et Aschenez numerate contra eam Thapsar adducite equum quasi bruchum aculeatum

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:7 - byssus varia de Aegypto texta est tibi in velum ut poneretur in malo hyacinthus et purpura de insulis Elisa facta sunt operimentum tuum
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