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Lexicon :: Strong's H5341 - nāṣar

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נָצַר
Transliteration
nāṣar
Pronunciation
naw-tsar'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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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.
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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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maintaining faithful love to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, rebellion, and sin. But he will not leave the guilty unpunished, bringing the consequences of the fathers’ iniquity on the children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generation.

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He found him in a desolate land,

in a barren, howling wilderness;

he surrounded him, cared for him,

and protected him as the pupil of his eye.

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He said about his father and mother,

“I do not regard them.”

He disregarded his brothers

and didn’t acknowledge his sons,

for they kept your word

and maintained your covenant.

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The Israelites secretly did things[fn] against the LORD their God that were not right. They built high places in all their towns from watchtower to fortified city.

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He defeated the Philistines as far as Gaza and its borders, from watchtower to fortified city.

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If I have sinned, what have I done to you,

Watcher of humanity?

Why have you made me your target,

so that I have become a burden to you?[fn]

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The house he built is like a moth’s cocoon

or a shelter set up by a watchman.

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You, LORD, will guard us;[fn]

you will protect us[fn] from this generation forever.

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All the LORD’s ways show faithful love and truth

to those who keep his covenant and decrees.

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May integrity and what is right

watch over me,

for I wait for you.

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Love the LORD, all his faithful ones.

The LORD protects the loyal,

but fully repays the arrogant.

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You are my hiding place;

you protect me from trouble.

You surround me with joyful shouts of deliverance.Selah

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Keep your tongue from evil

and your lips from deceitful speech.

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LORD, you do not[fn] withhold your compassion from me.

Your constant love and truth will always guard me.

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May he sit enthroned before God forever.

Appoint faithful love and truth to guard him.

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God, hear my voice when I am in anguish.

Protect my life from the terror of the enemy.

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so that they might put their confidence in God

and not forget God’s works,

but keep his commands.

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All this happened

so that they might keep his statutes

and obey his instructions.

Hallelujah!

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Happy are those who keep his decrees

and seek him with all their heart.

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Take insult and contempt away from me,

for I have kept your decrees.

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Teach me, LORD, the meaning[fn] of your statutes,

and I will always keep them.[fn]

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Help me understand your instruction,

and I will obey it

and follow it with all my heart.

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This is my practice:

I obey your precepts.

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The arrogant have smeared me with lies,

but I obey your precepts with all my heart.

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I understand more than the elders

because I obey your precepts.

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Depart from me, you evil ones,

so that I may obey my God’s commands.

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Your decrees are wondrous;

therefore I obey them.

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I call with all my heart; answer me, LORD.

I will obey your statutes.

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Rescue me, LORD, from evil men.

Keep me safe from violent men

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Protect me, LORD,

from the power of the wicked.

Keep me safe from violent men

who plan to make me stumble.[fn]

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LORD, set up a guard for my mouth;

keep watch at the door of my lips.

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so that he may guard the paths of justice

and protect the way of his faithful followers.

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Discretion will watch over you,

and understanding will guard you.

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My son, don’t forget my teaching,

but let your heart keep my commands;

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Maintain sound wisdom and discretion.

My son, don’t lose sight of them.

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“Don’t abandon wisdom, and she will watch over you;

love her, and she will guard you.

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Hold on to instruction; don’t let go.

Guard it, for it is your life.

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Guard your heart above all else,[fn]

for it is the source of life.

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so that you may maintain discretion

and your lips safeguard knowledge.

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My son, keep your father’s command,

and don’t reject your mother’s teaching.

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A woman came to meet him

dressed like a prostitute,

having a hidden agenda.[fn]

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The one who guards his mouth protects his life;

the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.

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Righteousness guards people of integrity,[fn]

but wickedness undermines the sinner.

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The highway of the upright avoids evil;

the one who guards his way protects his life.

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Loyalty and faithfulness guard a king;

through loyalty he maintains his throne.

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The LORD’s eyes keep watch over knowledge,

but he overthrows the words of the treacherous.

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My son, give me your heart,

and let your eyes observe my ways.

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If you say, “But we didn’t know about this,”

won’t he who weighs hearts consider it?

Won’t he who protects your life know?

Won’t he repay a person according to his work?

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Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit,

and whoever looks after his master will be honored.

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A discerning son keeps the law,

but a companion of gluttons humiliates his father.


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