Nâtsar — H5341

H5341 · Hebrew — נצר

Pronunciation: naw-tsar'

Definition

verb

to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.)

  1. to guard, watch, watch over, keep
    1. (Qal)
      1. to watch, guard, keep
      2. to preserve, guard from dangers
      3. to keep, observe, guard with fidelity
      4. to guard, keep secret
      5. to be kept close, be blockaded
      6. watchman (participle)

Usually translated as

keep, preserve, besieged, keeper, keeping, observe, preserver, hidden thing, monument, subtil, watcher, watchman

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Nâtsar occurs 63 times in 62 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (1), Deuteronomy (2), 2 Kings (2), Job (2), Psalms (24), Proverbs (19), Isaiah (8), Jeremiah (2), Ezekiel (1), Nahum (1)

Strong's Lexicon — N