Nêç — H5251

Definition

masculine noun

a flag; also a sail; by implication, a flagstaff; generally a signal; figuratively, a token

1. something lifted up, standard, signal, signal pole, ensign, banner, sign, sail
1. standard (as rallying point), signal
2. standard (pole)
3. ensign, signal

Usually translated as

standard, ensign, banner, pole, sail, sign

Origin

from H5264

• Derived from Nâçaç (H5264)

Greek equivalents

• árchō (G757)
• dóxa (G1391)
• sēmeîon (G4592)
• sýssēmon (G4953)

Occurrences

Nêç occurs 20 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Numbers (3), Psalms (1), Isaiah (10), Jeremiah (5), Ezekiel (1)

• Numbers 21:8 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole (נֵ֑ס): and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.
• Numbers 21:9 — And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole (הַנֵּ֑ס), and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.
• Numbers 26:10 — And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became a sign (לְנֵֽס).
• Psalms 60:4 — Thou hast given a banner (נֵּ֭ס) to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.
• Isaiah 5:26 — And he will lift up an ensign (נֵ֤ס) to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly:
• Isaiah 11:10 — And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign (לְנֵ֣ס) of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.
• Isaiah 11:12 — And he shall set up an ensign (נֵס֙) for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
• Isaiah 13:2 — Lift ye up a banner (נֵ֔ס) upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.
• Isaiah 18:3 — All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see ye, when he lifteth up an ensign (נֵ֤ס) on the mountains; and when he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye.
• Isaiah 30:17 — One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign (וְכַנֵּ֖ס) on an hill.
• Isaiah 31:9 — And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign (מִנֵּ֖ס), saith the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.
• Isaiah 33:23 — Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail (נֵ֔ס): then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey.
• Isaiah 49:22 — Thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard (נִסִּ֑י) to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.
• Isaiah 62:10 — Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard (נֵ֖ס) for the people.
• Jeremiah 4:6 — Set up the standard (נֵ֣ס) toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.
• Jeremiah 4:21 — How long shall I see the standard (נֵּ֑ס), and hear the sound of the trumpet?
• Jeremiah 50:2 — Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard (נֵ֔ס); publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces.
• Jeremiah 51:12 — Set up the standard (נֵ֗ס) upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes: for the LORD hath both devised and done that which he spake against the inhabitants of Babylon.
• Jeremiah 51:27 — Set ye up a standard (נֵ֣ס) in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.
• Ezekiel 27:7 — Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail (לְנֵ֑ס); blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee.