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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 kindness for thousands, taking away iniquity, and transgression, and sin, and not entirely acquitting, charging iniquity of fathers on children, and on children's children, on a third generation, and on a fourth.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:10 - He findeth him in a land -- a desert, And in a void -- a howling wilderness, He turneth him round -- He causeth him to understand -- He keepeth him as the apple of His eye.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:9 - Who is saying of his father and his mother, I have not seen him; And his brethren he hath not discerned, And his sons he hath not known; For they have observed Thy saying, And Thy covenant they keep.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:9 - and the sons of Israel do covertly things that are not right against Jehovah their God, and build for them high places in all their cities, from a tower of the watchers unto the fenced city,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:8 - he hath smitten the Philistines unto Gaza, and its borders, from a tower of watchers unto the fenced city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:20 - I have sinned, what do I to Thee, O watcher of man? Why hast Thou set me for a mark to Thee, And I am for a burden to myself -- and what?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:18 - He hath built as a moth his house, And as a booth a watchman hath made.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:7 - Thou, O Jehovah, dost preserve them, Thou keepest us from this generation to the age.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 25:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:10 - All the paths of Jehovah are kindness and truth, To those keeping His covenant, And His testimonies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 25:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:21 - Integrity and uprightness do keep me, For I have waited on Thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:23 - Love Jehovah, all ye His saints, Jehovah is keeping the faithful, And recompensing abundantly a proud doer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 32:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:7 - Thou art a hiding-place for me, From distress Thou dost keep me, With songs of deliverance dost compass me. Selah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 34:13

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 40:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:11 - Thou, O Jehovah, restrainest not Thy mercies from me, Thy kindness and Thy truth do continually keep me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 61:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 61:7 - He dwelleth to the age before God, Kindness and truth appoint -- they keep him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 64:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:1 - To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. Hear, O God, my voice, in my meditation, From the fear of an enemy Thou keepest my life,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:7 - And place in God their confidence, And forget not the doings of God, But keep His commands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:45

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:45 - That they may observe His statutes, And His laws may keep. Praise ye Jehovah!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:2 - O the happiness of those keeping His testimonies, With the whole heart they seek Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:22 - Remove from me reproach and contempt, For Thy testimonies I have kept.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:33 - He. Show me, O Jehovah, the way of Thy statutes, And I keep it -- to the end.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:34

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:34 - Cause me to understand, and I keep Thy law, And observe it with the whole heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:56

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:56 - This hath been to me, That Thy precepts I have kept!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:69

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:69 - Forged against me falsehood have the proud, I with the whole heart keep Thy precepts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:100

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:100 - Above elders I understand more, For Thy precepts I have kept.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:115

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:115 - Turn aside from me, ye evil-doers, And I keep the commands of my God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:129

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:129 - Pe. Wonderful are Thy testimonies, Therefore hath my soul kept them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:145

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:145 - Koph. I have called with the whole heart, Answer me, O Jehovah, Thy statutes I keep,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 140:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:1 - To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O Jehovah, from an evil man, From one of violence Thou keepest me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 140:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:4 - Preserve me, Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked, From one of violence Thou keepest me, Who have devised to overthrow my steps.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 141:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:3 - Set, O Jehovah, a watch for my mouth, Watch Thou over the door of my lips.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:8 - To keep the paths of judgment, And the way of His saints He preserveth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:11 - Thoughtfulness doth watch over thee, Understanding doth keep thee,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:1 - My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:21 - My son! let them not turn from thine eyes, Keep thou wisdom and thoughtfulness,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:6 - Forsake her not, and she doth preserve thee, Love her, and she doth keep thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:13 - Lay hold on instruction, do not desist, Keep her, for she is thy life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:23 - Above every charge keep thy heart, For out of it are the outgoings of life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:2 - To observe thoughtfulness, And knowledge do thy lips keep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:20 - Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:10 - And, lo, a woman to meet him -- (A harlot's dress, and watchful of heart,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:3 - Whoso is keeping his mouth, is keeping his soul, Whoso is opening wide his lips -- ruin to him!

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:6 - Righteousness keepeth him who is perfect in the way, And wickedness overthroweth a sin offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:17 - A highway of the upright is, 'Turn from evil,' Whoso is preserving his soul is watching his way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:28 - Kindness and truth keep a king, And he hath supported by kindness his throne.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:12 - The eyes of Jehovah have kept knowledge, And He overthroweth the words of the treacherous.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:26 - Give, my son, thy heart to me, And let thine eyes watch my ways.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:12 - When thou sayest, 'Lo, we knew not this.' Is not the Ponderer of hearts He who understandeth? And the Keeper of thy soul He who knoweth? And He hath rendered to man according to his work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:18 - The keeper of a fig-tree eateth its fruit, And the preserver of his master is honoured.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:7 - Whoso is keeping the law is an intelligent son, And a friend of gluttons, Doth cause his father to blush.

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