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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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