Strong H5341נָצַר
to watch
- Transliteration
- nâtsar
- Pronunciation
- naw-tsar'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Verb
Definition
A primitive root; to {guard} in a good sense (to {protect} maintain 6
{obey} etc.) or a bad one (to {conceal} etc.): - {besieged} hidden {thing} keep ({-er} {-ing}) {monument} {observe} preserve ({-r}) {subtil} watcher (-man).
{obey} etc.) or a bad one (to {conceal} etc.): - {besieged} hidden {thing} keep ({-er} {-ing}) {monument} {observe} preserve ({-r}) {subtil} watcher (-man).
Detailed definition
1) to guard, watch, watch over, keep
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to watch, guard, keep
1a2) to preserve, guard from dangers
1a3) to keep, observe, guard with fidelity
1a4) to guard, keep secret
1a5) to be kept close, be blockaded
1a6) watchman (participle)
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to watch, guard, keep
1a2) to preserve, guard from dangers
1a3) to keep, observe, guard with fidelity
1a4) to guard, keep secret
1a5) to be kept close, be blockaded
1a6) watchman (participle)
In the Bible
Strong H5341 appears in 62 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- keep30
- preserve11
- keepeth7
- watchmen3
- besiege2
- keeper1
- monument1
- observe1
- preserved1
- preserver1
- preserveth1
- subtil1
First verses
- Exodus 34:7Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
- Deuteronomy 32:10He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.
- Deuteronomy 33:9Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant.
- 2 Kings 17:9And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the Lord their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.
- 2 Kings 18:8He smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza, and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.
- Job 7:20I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?
- Job 27:18He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.
- Psalms 12:7Thou shalt keep them, O Lord, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
- Psalms 25:10All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
- Psalms 25:21Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.
- Psalms 31:23O love the Lord, all ye his saints: for the Lord preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.
- Psalms 32:7Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
- Psalms 34:13Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
- Psalms 40:11Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Lord: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
- Psalms 61:7He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him.
- Psalms 64:1Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
- Psalms 78:7That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:
- Psalms 105:45That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the Lord.
- Psalms 119:2Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
- Psalms 119:22Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.