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Lexicon :: Strong's H5331 - neṣaḥ

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נֶצַח
Transliteration
neṣaḥ
Pronunciation
neh'-tsakh
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1402a

Strong’s Definitions

נֶצַח netsach, neh'-tsakh; or נֵצַח nêtsach; from H5329; properly, a goal, i.e. the bright object at a distance travelled towards; hence (figuratively), splendor, or (subjectively) truthfulness, or (objectively) confidence; but usually (adverbially), continually (i.e. to the most distant point of view):—alway(-s), constantly, end, (+ n-) ever(more), perpetual, strength, victory.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 43x

The KJV translates Strong's H5331 in the following manner: ever (24x), never (4x), perpetual (3x), always (2x), end (2x), victory (2x), strength (2x), alway (1x), constantly (1x), evermore (1x), never (with H3808) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 43x
The KJV translates Strong's H5331 in the following manner: ever (24x), never (4x), perpetual (3x), always (2x), end (2x), victory (2x), strength (2x), alway (1x), constantly (1x), evermore (1x), never (with H3808) (1x).

  1. eminence, perpetuity, strength, victory, enduring, everlastingness

    1. eminence

    2. enduring of life

    3. endurance in time, perpetual, continual, unto the end

    4. everlastingness, ever

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נֶצַח netsach, neh'-tsakh; or נֵצַח nêtsach; from H5329; properly, a goal, i.e. the bright object at a distance travelled towards; hence (figuratively), splendor, or (subjectively) truthfulness, or (objectively) confidence; but usually (adverbially), continually (i.e. to the most distant point of view):—alway(-s), constantly, end, (+ n-) ever(more), perpetual, strength, victory.
STRONGS H5331: Abbreviations
† I. נֵ֫צַח noun masculineLamentations 3:18 eminence, enduring, everlastingness, perpetuity (לנצח Ecclus 40:14 as 4 below); — נֵ֫צַח 1 Samuel 15:29 + 3 times; נֶ֫צַח Amos 1:11 + 36 times; suffix נִצְחִי Lamentations 3:18; plural נְצָחִים 34:10; —
1. eminence: נצח ישׂראל the Eminence of Israel (י׳) 1 Samuel 15:29 (DrSam. 98 glory of Israel); attribute of God 1 Chronicles 29:11 (|| הוד, תפארת et al.).
2. enduring of life, and so life itself as enduring: אָבַד נִצְחִי Lamentations 3:18 my endurance doth vanish (De sap of life, see II. נ׳).
3. endurance in time: משׁאות נ׳ Psalm 74:3 perpetual desolations; יְדַבֵּר לנ׳ Proverbs 21:28 speaketh continually (?; see Toy); עדנֿ׳ Psalm 49:20 unto the end (a long duration), so Job 34:36.
4. everlastingness, ever, usually לָנֶצַח for ever, 2 Samuel 2:26; Isaiah 13:20; Isaiah 25:8; Isaiah 28:28; Isaiah 33:20; Isaiah 57:16; Jeremiah 3:5; Jeremiah 50:39; Amos 8:7; Habakkuk 1:4; Psalm 9:7; Psalm 9:19; Psalm 10:11; Psalm 44:24; Psalm 49:10; Psalm 52:7; Psalm 68:17; Psalm 74:1; Psalm 74:10; Psalm 74:19; Psalm 77:9; Psalm 79:5; Psalm 89:47; Psalm 103:9; Job 4:20; Job 14:20; Job 20:7; Job 23:7; Job 36:7; Lamentations 5:20; לנצח נצחים (compare עולם עולמים) Isaiah 34:10; seldom abbreviated נֶצַח Amos 1:11 (לָנ׳ Greek Version of the LXX We Now GASm), Jeremiah 15:18; Psalm 13:2; Psalm 16:11.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

15:29; 15:29

2 Samuel

2:26

1 Chronicles

29:11

Job

4:20; 14:20; 20:7; 23:7; 34:36; 36:7

Psalms

9:7; 9:19; 10:11; 13:2; 16:11; 44:24; 49:10; 49:20; 52:7; 68:17; 74:1; 74:3; 74:10; 74:19; 77:9; 79:5; 89:47; 103:9

Proverbs

21:28

Isaiah

13:20; 25:8; 28:28; 33:20; 34:10; 57:16

Jeremiah

3:5; 15:18; 50:39

Lamentations

3:18; 3:18; 3:18; 5:20

Amos

1:11; 1:11; 8:7

Habakkuk

1:4

H5331

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Strong's Number H5331 matches the Hebrew נֶצַח (neṣaḥ),
which occurs 43 times in 42 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:29 - and also, the Pre-eminence of Israel doth not lie nor repent, for He is not a man to be penitent.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:26 - and Abner calleth unto Joab, and saith, 'For ever doth the sword consume? hast thou not known that it is bitterness in the latter end? and till when dost thou not say to the people to turn back from after their brethren?'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:11 - To Thee, O Jehovah, is the greatness, and the might, and the beauty, and the victory, and the honour, because of all in the heavens and in the earth; to Thee, O Jehovah, is the kingdom, and he who is lifting up himself over all for head;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:20 - From morning to evening are beaten down, Without any regarding, for ever they perish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:20 - Thou prevailest over him for ever, and he goeth, He is changing his countenance, And Thou sendest him away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:7 - As his own dung for ever he doth perish, His beholders say: 'Where is he?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 23:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:7 - There the upright doth reason with Him, And I escape for ever from my judge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:36 - My Father! let Job be tried -- unto victory, Because of answers for men of iniquity,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:7 - He withdraweth not from the righteous His eyes, And from kings on the throne, And causeth them to sit for ever, and they are high,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:6 - O thou Enemy, Finished have been destructions for ever, As to cities thou hast plucked up, Perished hath their memorial with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:18 - For not for ever is the needy forgotten, The hope of the humble lost to the age.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:11 - He said in his heart, 'God hath forgotten, He hath hid His face, He hath never seen.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 13:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 13:1 - To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. Till when, O Jehovah, Dost Thou forget me? -- for ever? Till when dost Thou hide Thy face from me?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:11 - Thou causest me to know the path of life; Fulness of joys is with Thy presence, Pleasant things by Thy right hand for ever!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:23 - Stir up -- why dost Thou sleep, O Lord? Awake, cast us not off for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:9 - And still he liveth for ever, He seeth not the pit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:19 - It cometh to the generation of his fathers, For ever they see not the light.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 52:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:5 - Also -- God doth break thee down for ever, Taketh thee, and pulleth thee out of the tent, And He hath uprooted thee Out of the land of the living. Selah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:16 - Why do ye envy, O high hills, The hill God hath desired for His seat? Jehovah also doth tabernacle for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:1 - An Instruction of Asaph. Why, O God, hast Thou cast off for ever? Thine anger smoketh against the flock of Thy pasture.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:3 - Lift up Thy steps to the perpetual desolations, Everything the enemy did wickedly in the sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:10 - Till when, O God, doth an adversary reproach? Doth an enemy despise thy name for ever?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:19 - Give not up to a company, The soul of Thy turtle-dove, The company of Thy poor ones forget not for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 77:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:8 - Hath His kindness ceased for ever? The saying failed to all generations?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 79:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:5 - Till when, O Jehovah? art Thou angry for ever? Thy jealousy doth burn as fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:46

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:46 - Till when, O Jehovah, art Thou hidden? For ever doth Thy fury burn as fire?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 103:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:9 - Not for ever doth He strive, Nor to the age doth He watch.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:28 - A false witness doth perish, And an attentive man for ever speaketh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 13:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:20 - She doth not sit for ever, Nor continueth unto many generations, Nor doth Arab pitch tent there, And shepherds lie not down there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:8 - He hath swallowed up death in victory, And wiped hath the Lord Jehovah, The tear from off all faces, And the reproach of His people He turneth aside from off all the earth, For Jehovah hath spoken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:28

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:28 - Bread-corn is beaten small, For not for ever doth he sorely thresh it, Nor crushed it hath a wheel of his cart, Nor do his hoofs beat it small.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:20 - See Zion, the city of our meetings, Thine eyes see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, A tent not taken down, Not removed are its pins for ever, And none of its cords are broken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:10 - By night and by day she is not quenched, To the age go up doth her smoke, From generation to generation she is waste, For ever and ever, none is passing into her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 57:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:16 - For, not to the age do I strive, nor for ever am I wroth, For the spirit from before Me is feeble, And the souls I have made.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:5 - Doth He keep to the age? watch for ever?' Lo, these things thou hast spoken, And thou dost the evil things, and prevailest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:18 - Why hath my pain been perpetual? And my wound incurable? It hath refused to be healed, Thou art surely to me as a failing stream, Waters not stedfast.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:39 - Therefore dwell do Ziim with Iim, Yea, dwelt in her have daughters of the ostrich, And it is not inhabited any more for ever, Nor dwelt in unto all generations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:18 - And I say, Perished hath my strength and my hope from Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 5:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:20 - Why for ever dost Thou forget us? Thou forsakest us for length of days!

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:11 - Thus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of Edom, And for four, I do not reverse it, Because of his pursuing with a sword his brother, And he hath destroyed his mercies, And tear perpetually doth his anger, And his wrath -- he hath kept it for ever,

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:7 - Sworn hath Jehovah by the excellency of Jacob: 'I forget not for ever any of their works.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:4 - Therefore doth law cease, And judgment doth not go forth for ever, For the wicked is compassing the righteous, Therefore wrong judgment goeth forth.
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