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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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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:7 - keeping lovingkindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity and disobedience and sin; and that will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, and on the children's children, on the third and on the fourth generation."

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:10 - He found him in a desert land, In the waste howling wilderness; He compassed him about, he cared for him, He kept him as the apple of his eye.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:9 - Who said of his father, and of his mother, I have not seen him; Neither did he acknowledge his brothers, Nor knew he his own children: For they have observed your word, Keep your covenant.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:9 - The children of Yisra'el did secretly 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 to the fortified city;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:8 - He struck the Pelishtim to `Aza and the borders of it, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:20 - If I have sinned, what do I do to you, you watcher of men? Why have you set me as a mark for you, So that I am a burden to myself?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:18 - He builds his house as the moth, As a booth which the watchman makes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:7 - You will keep them, LORD, You will preserve them from this generation forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 25:10

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 25:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:21 - Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, For I wait for you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:23 - Oh love the LORD, all you his holy ones! The LORD preserves the faithful, And pays back him who deals proudly in full.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 32:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:7 - You are my hiding place. You will preserve me from trouble. You will surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 34:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:13 - Keep your tongue from evil, And your lips from speaking lies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 40:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:11 - Don't withhold your tender mercies from me, LORD. Let your lovingkindness and your truth continually preserve me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 61:7 - He shall be enthroned in God's presence forever. Appoint your lovingkindness and truth, that they may preserve him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 64:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:1 - For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. Hear my voice, God, in my complaint. Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:7 - That they might set their hope in God, And not forget the works of God, But keep his mitzvot,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:45

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:2 - Blessed are those who keep his statutes, Who seek him with their whole heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:22 - Take reproach and contempt away from me, For I have kept your statutes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:33 - HEY Teach me, LORD, the way of your statutes. I will keep them to the end.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:34

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:34 - Give me understanding, and I will keep your law. Yes, I will obey it with my whole heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:56

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:56 - This is my way, That I keep your precepts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:69

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:69 - The proud have smeared a lie upon me. With my whole heart, I will keep your precepts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:100

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:100 - I understand more than the aged, Because I have kept your precepts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:115

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:115 - Depart from me, you evildoers, That I may keep the mitzvot of my God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:129

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:129 - PEY Your testimonies are wonderful, Therefore my soul keeps them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:145

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:145 - KUF I have called with my whole heart. Answer me, LORD! I will keep your statutes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 140:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:1 - For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. Deliver me, LORD, from the evil man. Preserve me from the violent man;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 140:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:4 - LORD, keep me from the hands of the wicked. Preserve me from the violent men who have determined to trip my feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 141:3

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:8 - That he may guard the paths of justice, And preserve the way of his holy ones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:11 - Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:1 - My son, don't forget my teaching; But let your heart keep my mitzvot:

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:21 - My son, let them not depart from your eyes. Keep sound wisdom and discretion:

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:6 - Don't forsake her, and she will preserve you. Love her, and she will keep you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:13 - Take firm hold of instruction. Don't let her go. Keep her, for she is your life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:23 - Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it is the wellspring of life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:2 - That you may maintain discretion, That your lips may preserve knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:20 - My son, keep your father's mitzvah, And don't forsake your mother's teaching.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:10 - Behold, there a woman met him with the attire of a prostitute, And with crafty intent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:3 - He who guards his mouth guards his soul. One who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:6 - Righteousness guards the way of integrity, But wickedness overthrows the sinner.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:17 - The highway of the upright is to depart from evil. He who keeps his way preserves his soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:28 - Love and faithfulness keep the king safe. His throne is sustained by love.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:12 - The eyes of the LORD watch over knowledge; But he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:26 - My son, give me your heart; And let your eyes keep in my ways.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:12 - If you say, "Behold, we didn't know this;" Doesn't he who weighs the hearts consider it? He who keeps your soul, doesn't he know it? Shall he not render to every man according to his work?

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:18 - Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit. He who looks after his master shall be honored.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:7 - Whoever keeps the law is a wise son; But he who is a companion of gluttons shames his father.

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