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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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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 Glory of Israel will not lie or 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 Jo'ab, "Shall the sword devour for ever? Do you not know that the end will be bitter? How long will it be before you bid your people turn from the pursuit of their brethren?"

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:11 - Thine, O LORD, 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 LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:20 - Between 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 passes; thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:7 - he will perish for ever like his own dung; those who have seen him will say, 'Where is he?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 23:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:7 - There an upright man could reason with him, and I should be acquitted for ever by my judge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:36 - Would that Job were tried to the end, because he answers like wicked men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:7 - He does not withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings upon the throne he sets them for ever, and they are exalted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:6 - The enemy have vanished in everlasting ruins; their cities thou hast rooted out; the very memory of them has perished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:18 - For the needy shall not always be forgotten, and the hope of the poor shall not perish for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:11 - He thinks in his heart, "God has forgotten, he has hidden his face, he will never see it."

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 13:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 13:1 - To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. How long, O LORD? 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 dost show me the path of life; in thy presence there is fulness of joy, in thy right hand are pleasures for evermore.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:23 - Rouse thyself! Why sleepest thou, O Lord? Awake! Do not cast us off for ever!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:9 - that he should continue to live on for ever, and never see the Pit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:19 - he will go to the generation of his fathers, who will never more see the light.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 52:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:5 - But God will break you down for ever; he will snatch and tear you from your tent; he will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:16 - Why look you with envy, O many-peaked mountain, at the mount which God desired for his abode, yea, where the LORD will dwell for ever?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:1 - A Maskil of Asaph. O God, why dost thou cast us off for ever? Why does thy anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:3 - Direct thy steps to the perpetual ruins; the enemy has destroyed everything in the sanctuary!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:10 - How long, O God, is the foe to scoff? Is the enemy to revile thy name for ever?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:19 - Do not deliver the soul of thy dove to the wild beasts; do not forget the life of thy poor for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 77:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:8 - Has his steadfast love for ever ceased? Are his promises at an end for all time?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 79:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:5 - How long, O LORD? Wilt thou be angry for ever? Will thy jealous wrath burn like fire?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:46

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:46 - How long, O LORD? Wilt thou hide thyself for ever? How long will 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, nor 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 will perish, but the word of a man who hears will endure.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 13:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:20 - It will never be inhabited or dwelt in for all generations; no Arab will pitch his tent there, no shepherds will make their flocks lie down there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:8 - He will swallow up death for ever, and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from all faces, and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth; for the LORD has spoken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:28

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:28 - Does one crush bread grain? No, he does not thresh it for ever; when he drives his cart wheel over it with his horses, he does not crush it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:20 - Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts! Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a quiet habitation, an immovable tent, whose stakes will never be plucked up, nor will any of its cords be broken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:10 - Night and day it shall not be quenched; its smoke 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, nor will I always be angry; for from me proceeds the spirit, and I have made the breath of life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:5 - will he be angry for ever, will he be indignant to the end?' Behold, you have spoken, but you have done all the evil that you could."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:18 - Why is my pain unceasing, my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? Wilt thou be to me like a deceitful brook, like waters that fail?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:39 - "Therefore wild beasts shall dwell with hyenas in Babylon, and ostriches shall dwell in her; she shall be peopled no more for ever, nor inhabited for all generations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:18 - so I say, "Gone is my glory, and my expectation from the LORD."

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 5:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:20 - Why dost thou forget us for ever, why dost thou so long forsake us?

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:11 - Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment; because he pursued his brother with the sword, and cast off all pity, and his anger tore perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:7 - The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob: "Surely I will never forget any of their deeds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:4 - So the law is slacked and justice never goes forth. For the wicked surround the righteous, so justice goes forth perverted.
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