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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 Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent; for he is not a man, that he should repent.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:26 - Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:11 - Thine, O Jehovah, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Jehovah, and thou art exalted as head above all.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:20 -
Betwixt morning and evening they are destroyed:
They perish for ever without any regarding it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:20 -
Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth;
Thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:7 -
Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung:
They that have seen him shall say, Where is he?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 23:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:7 -
There the upright might reason with him;
So should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:36 -
Would that Job were tried unto the end,
Because of his answering like wicked men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:7 -
He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous:
But with kings upon the throne
He setteth them for ever, and they are exalted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:6 -
The enemy are come to an end, they are desolate for ever;
And the cities which thou hast overthrown,
The very remembrance of them is perished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:18 -
For the needy shall not alway be forgotten,
Nor the expectation of the poor perish for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:11 -
He saith in his heart: God hath forgotten;
He hideth his face, he will never see it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 13:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 13:1 -
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou forget me for ever?
How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:11 -
Thou wilt show me the path of life:
In thy presence is fulness of joy;
In thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:23 -
Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord?
Arise, cast us not off for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:9 -
That he should still live alway,
That he should not see corruption.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:19 -
He shall go to the generation of his fathers;
They shall never see the light.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 52:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:5 -
God will likewise destroy thee for ever;
He will take thee up, and pluck thee out of thy tent,
And root 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 look ye askance, ye high mountains,
At the mountain which God hath desired for his abode?
Yea, Jehovah will dwell in it for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:1 -
Maschil of Asaph.
O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever?
Why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:3 -
Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual ruins,
All the evil that the enemy hath done in the sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:10 -
How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach?
Shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:19 -
Oh deliver not the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast:
Forget not the life of thy poor for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 77:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:8 -
Is his lovingkindness clean gone for ever?
Doth his promise fail for evermore?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 79:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:5 -
How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou be angry for ever?
Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:46

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:46 -
How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou hide thyself for ever?
How long shall thy wrath burn like fire?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 103:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:9 -
He will not always chide;
Neither will he keep his anger for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:28 -
A false witness shall perish;
But the man that heareth shall speak so as to endure.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 13:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:20 - It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall shepherds make their flocks to lie down there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:8 - He hath swallowed up death for ever; and the Lord Jehovah will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the reproach of his people will he take away from off all the earth: for Jehovah hath spoken it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:28

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:28 - Bread grain is ground; for he will not be always threshing it: and though the wheel of his cart and his horses scatter it, he doth not grind it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:20 - Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tent that shall not be removed, the stakes whereof shall never be plucked up, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:10 - It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever; from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 57:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:16 - For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth; for the spirit would faint before me, and the souls that I have made.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:5 - Will he retain his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and hast done evil things, and hast had thy way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:18 - Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou indeed be unto me as a deceitful brook, as waters that fail?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:39 - Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wolves shall dwell there, and the ostriches shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:18 -
And I said, My strength is perished, and mine expectation from Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 5:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:20 -
Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever,
And forsake us so long time?

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:11 - Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Edom, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:7 - Jehovah hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:4 - Therefore the law is slacked, and justice doth never go forth; for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore justice goeth forth perverted.
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