Netsach — H5331

Definition

masculine noun

properly, a goal, i.e. the bright object at adistance travelled towards; hence (figuratively), splendor, or (subjectively) truthfulness, or (objectively) confidence; but usually (adverbially), continually (i.e. to the most distant point of view)

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

Usually translated as

never, end, ever, always, perpetual, strength, victory, constantly, alway

Origin

or nêtsach; from H5329

• Derived from Nâtsach (H5329)

Greek equivalents

• haîma (G129)
• aiṓn (G165)
• níkē (G3529)
• nîkos (G3534)
• télos (G5056)

Occurrences

Netsach occurs 25 times in 24 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Samuel (1), 1 Chronicles (1), Job (2), Psalms (7), Proverbs (1), Isaiah (6), Jeremiah (2), Lamentations (2), Amos (1), Habakkuk (1)

• 1 Samuel 15:29 — And also the Strength (נֵ֣צַח) of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.
• 1 Chronicles 29:11 — Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory (וְהַנֵּ֣צַח), and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all.
• Job 34:36 — My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end (נֶ֑צַח) because of his answers for wicked men.
• Job 36:7 — He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them (לָ֝נֶ֗צַח) for ever, and they are exalted.
• Psalms 9:6 — O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end (לָ֫נֶ֥צַח): and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.
• Psalms 10:11 — He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never (לָנֶֽצַח) see it.
• Psalms 44:23 — Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off (לָנֶֽצַח) for ever.
• Psalms 49:19 — He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never (נֵ֝֗צַח) see light.
• Psalms 52:5 — God shall likewise destroy thee (לָ֫נֶ֥צַח) for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.
• Psalms 74:3 — Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual (נֶ֑צַח) desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
• Psalms 103:9 — He will not always (לָנֶ֥צַח) chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever.
• Proverbs 21:28 — A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly (לָנֶ֥צַח).
• Isaiah 13:20 — It shall never (לָנֶ֔צַח) be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.
• Isaiah 25:8 — He will swallow up death in victory (לָנֶ֔צַח); and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.
• Isaiah 28:28 — Bread corn is bruised; because he will not ever (לָנֶ֖צַח) be threshing it, nor break it with the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it with his horsemen.
• Isaiah 33:20 — Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever (לָנֶ֔צַח) be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.
• Isaiah 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 (לְנֵ֣צַח) for ever and ever.
• Isaiah 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 (נְצָחִ֔ים).
• Isaiah 57:16 — For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth (לָנֶ֖צַח): for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.
• Jeremiah 3:5 — Will he reserve his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end (לָנֶ֑צַח)? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest.
• Jeremiah 15:18 — Why is my pain perpetual (נֶ֔צַח), and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail?
• Lamentations 3:18 — And I said, My strength (נִצְחִ֔י) and my hope is perished from the LORD:
• Lamentations 5:20 — Wherefore dost thou forget us (לָנֶ֙צַח֙) for ever, and forsake us so long time?
• Amos 8:7 — The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never (לָנֶ֖צַח) forget any of their works.
• Habakkuk 1:4 — Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never (לָנֶ֖צַח) go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.