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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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 he who is the Glory of Israel will not lie, nor will he change his mind, for he is not human that he should change his mind!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:26 - Abner shouted down to Joab, “Must we always be killing each other? Don’t you realize that bitterness is the only result? When will you call off your men from chasing their Israelite brothers?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:11 - Yours, O LORD, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty. Everything in the heavens and on earth is yours, O LORD, and this is your kingdom. We adore you as the one who is over all things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:20 - They are alive in the morning but dead by evening,
gone forever without a trace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:20 - You always overpower them, and they pass from the scene.
You disfigure them in death and send them away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:7 - yet they will vanish forever,
thrown away like their own dung.
Those who knew them will ask,
‘Where are they?’

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 23:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:7 - Honest people can reason with him,
so I would be forever acquitted by my judge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:36 - Job, you deserve the maximum penalty
for the wicked way you have talked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:7 - He never takes his eyes off the innocent,
but he sets them on thrones with kings
and exalts them forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:6 - The enemy is finished, in endless ruins;
the cities you uprooted are now forgotten.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:18 - But the needy will not be ignored forever;
the hopes of the poor will not always be crushed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:11 - The wicked think, “God isn’t watching us!
He has closed his eyes and won’t even see what we do!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 13:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 13:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of David.

O LORD, how long will you forget me? Forever?
How long will you look the other way?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:11 - You will show me the way of life,
granting me the joy of your presence
and the pleasures of living with you forever.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:23 - Wake up, O Lord! Why do you sleep?
Get up! Do not reject us forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:9 - to live forever
and never see the grave.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:19 - But they will die like all before them
and never again see the light of day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 52:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:5 - But God will strike you down once and for all.
He will pull you from your home
and uproot you from the land of the living.
Interlude

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:16 - Why do you look with envy, O rugged mountains,
at Mount Zion, where God has chosen to live,
where the LORD himself will live forever?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:1 - A psalm[fn] of Asaph.

O God, why have you rejected us so long?
Why is your anger so intense against the sheep of your own pasture?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:3 - Walk through the awful ruins of the city;
see how the enemy has destroyed your sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:10 - How long, O God, will you allow our enemies to insult you?
Will you let them dishonor your name forever?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:19 - Don’t let these wild beasts destroy your turtledoves.
Don’t forget your suffering people forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 77:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:8 - Is his unfailing love gone forever?
Have his promises permanently failed?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 79:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:5 - O LORD, how long will you be angry with us? Forever?
How long will your jealousy burn like fire?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:46

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:46 - O LORD, how long will this go on?
Will you hide yourself forever?
How long will your anger burn like fire?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 103:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:9 - He will not constantly accuse us,
nor remain angry forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:28 - A false witness will be cut off,
but a credible witness will be allowed to speak.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 13:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:20 - Babylon will never be inhabited again.
It will remain empty for generation after generation.
Nomads will refuse to camp there,
and shepherds will not bed down their sheep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:8 - He will swallow up death forever![fn]
The Sovereign LORD will wipe away all tears.
He will remove forever all insults and mockery
against his land and people.
The LORD has spoken!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:28

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:28 - Grain for bread is easily crushed,
so he doesn’t keep on pounding it.
He threshes it under the wheels of a cart,
but he doesn’t pulverize it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:20 - Instead, you will see Zion as a place of holy festivals.
You will see Jerusalem, a city quiet and secure.
It will be like a tent whose ropes are taut
and whose stakes are firmly fixed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:10 - This judgment on Edom will never end;
the smoke of its burning will rise forever.
The land will lie deserted from generation to generation.
No one will live there anymore.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 57:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:16 - For I will not fight against you forever;
I will not always be angry.
If I were, all people would pass away—
all the souls I have made.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:5 - Surely you won’t be angry forever!
Surely you can forget about it!’
So you talk,
but you keep on doing all the evil you can.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:18 - Why then does my suffering continue?
Why is my wound so incurable?
Your help seems as uncertain as a seasonal brook,
like a spring that has gone dry.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:39 - “Soon Babylon will be inhabited by desert animals and hyenas.
It will be a home for owls.
Never again will people live there;
it will lie desolate forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:18 - I cry out, “My splendor is gone!
Everything I had hoped for from the LORD is lost!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 5:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:20 - Why do you continue to forget us?
Why have you abandoned us for so long?

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:11 - This is what the LORD says:
“The people of Edom have sinned again and again,
and I will not let them go unpunished!
They chased down their relatives, the Israelites, with swords,
showing them no mercy.
In their rage, they slashed them continually
and were unrelenting in their anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:7 - Now the LORD has sworn this oath
by his own name, the Pride of Israel[fn]:
“I will never forget
the wicked things you have done!

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:4 - The law has become paralyzed,
and there is no justice in the courts.
The wicked far outnumber the righteous,
so that justice has become perverted.
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