5341. natsar

Strong's Lexicon

natsar: To guard, to keep, to observe, to preserve

Original Word: נָצַר
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: natsar
Pronunciation: naw-tsar'
Phonetic Spelling: (naw-tsar')
Definition: To guard, to keep, to observe, to preserve
Meaning: to guard, a bad one

Word Origin: A primitive root

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G5083 (τηρέω, tēreō): To keep, to guard, to observe

- G5442 (φυλάσσω, phylassō): To guard, to protect, to keep watch

Usage: The Hebrew verb "natsar" primarily means to guard or keep something with care. It conveys the idea of protecting or preserving something valuable, often with a sense of vigilance and attentiveness. In the biblical context, it is frequently used to describe the act of keeping commandments, guarding one's heart, or preserving knowledge and wisdom.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israelite culture, the concept of guarding or keeping was integral to daily life, whether it involved protecting physical possessions, maintaining the purity of religious practices, or upholding moral and ethical standards. The Israelites were often reminded to "natsar" God's commandments as a sign of their covenant relationship with Him. This term reflects the broader Near Eastern understanding of stewardship and responsibility.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to watch, guard, keep
NASB Translation
besieged (2), Besiegers (1), cunning (1), guard (2), guarding (1), guards (2), hidden things (1), keep (7), keep watch (1), keeper (1), keeps (3), kept (1), man (1), observe (10), observed (1), observes (1), preserve (10), preserves (1), reserve (1), secret places (1), tends (1), watch (4), watcher (1), watches (1), watchman (1), watchmen (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. [נָצַר] verb watch, guard, keep (Late Hebrew id., observe; Assyrian naƒâru, watch over, protect; Old Aramaic נצר protect Lzb³²⁵ Cook⁸³; Palmyrene in proper name Vog^{150, 4} Cook¹²⁴; Aramaic נְמַר, (compare Wetzst in De^Job (2) on Job 27:18); Arabic look at, consider, examine (, overseer is Aramaic loan-word Frä¹³⁸); Sabean להנצרהמו to aid them Hal^{Rev. Sém. iv (1896), 71}; Ethiopic spectare, intueri, etc., Di⁷⁰¹; — compare also נטר); —

Qal Perfect3masculine singular suffix נְצָרָ֫תַם Psalm 119:129; 1singular נָצָ֑רְתִּי Psalm 119:22; Psalm 119:56; Psalm 119:100; 3masculine plural נָָֽצְרוּ Proverbs 22:12; Imperfect יִצִּר Proverbs 3:1; suffix יִצְּרֶ֫נְהוּ Ges^{§ 58}, 4 R.) Deuteronomy 32:10; feminine suffix תִּנְצְרֶ֑כָּה Proverbs 2:11 (Ges^{§ 58}, 4 R.); 1 singular אֶצֹּר Psalm 119:69; אֶצְּרָה Psalm 119:34; Psalm 119:115; אֶצֹּ֑רָה Psalm 119:145; suffix אֶצָּרְךָ Isaiah 42:6; Isaiah 49:8 (Ges Bö Ew and others from יצר); אֶצֳּרֶ֑נָּה Isaiah 27:3; 3masculine plural יִצְּרוּ Proverbs 20:28; יִנְצֹ֑רוּ Deuteronomy 33:9 (on forms see Ges^{§ 66}, 2, R. I) + 15 t. Imperfect; Imperative נְצֹר Psalm 34:14 3t.; נִצְּרָה Psalm 141:3 (dagesh forte dirimens Ges^{§ 20}, 2 b); suffix נִצְּרֶ֑ה Proverbs 4:13; Infinitive absolute נָצוֺר Nahum 2:2; construct נְצֹר Proverbs 2:8; Participle נוֺצֵר Proverbs 28:7; נֹצֵר Exodus 34:7 7t.; suffix נֹצְרָהּ Isaiah 27:3; plural נוֺצְרִים 2 Kings 17:9; 2 Kings 18:8, etc.; passive נָצוּר Ezekiel 6:12; plural נְצוּרִים Isaiah 65:4 (ᵐ5 ἐν τοις σπηλαίοις, בַּמְּערוֺת); construct נְצוּרֵי (Kt נְצִירֵי only here) Isaiah 49:6; feminine נְצוּרָה Isaiah 1:8 (Di reads נְצוֺרָה Niph`al Participle √ צוּר); construct נְצֻרַת Proverbs 7:10; plural נְצֻרוֺת Isaiah 48:6 (Che reads בְּצֻרוֺת).

1 Watch, guard, keep, a vineyard Job 27:18 (compare Wetzst in De^Job (2) on the passage), Isaiah 27:3 (twice in verse), fig-tree Proverbs 27:18, fortification Nahum 2:2; נֹצְרִים watchmen Jeremiah 31:6; ׳מִגְדַּל נ tower of watchmen 2 Kings 17:9; 2 Kings 18:8; in ethical sense of men, guarding the mouth Proverbs 13:3, the way Proverbs 16:17 לֵב Proverbs 4:23; the tongue מֵרַע Psalm 34:14; with על, over the door of the lips Psalm 141:3; of God נֹצֵר הָאָדָם Job 7:20 (thou) watcher of men (iron.).

2 Guard from dangers, preserve, with accusative, subject God or his attributes Deuteronomy 32:10; Psalm 25:21; Psalm 31:24; Psalm 40:12; Psalm 61:8; Isaiah 26:3; Isaiah 42:6; Isaiah 49:8; Proverbs 2:8; Proverbs 20:28; Proverbs 22:12; נֹצֵר נֶפֶשׁ Proverbs 24:12; with accusative and מן from which Psalm 12:8; Psalm 32:7; Psalm 64:2; Psalm 140:2; Psalm 140:5. In Wisdom Literature subject is abstract: חבמה Proverbs 4:6; תבונה Proverbs 2:11; צדקה Proverbs 13:6; נְצוּרֵי ישׂראל Isaiah 49:6 preserved of Israel.

3 Guard with fidelity, keep, observe: of ׳י, נֹצֵר חֶסֶד לאלפים Exodus 34:7 (J); elsewhere of man observing the covenant Deuteronomy 33:9 (poem) Psalm 25:10, the divine law Psalm 78:7; Psalm 105:45; Psalm 119:2; Psalm 119:22; Psalm 119:33; Psalm 119:34; Psalm 119:56; Psalm 119:69; Psalm 119:100; Psalm 119:115; Psalm 119:129; Psalm 119:145; commands of parents Psalm 60:20; Psalm 28:7; and discipline of Wisdom Proverbs 3:1,21; Proverbs 4:13; Proverbs 5:2.

4 Guard, keep secret, dubious: נְצֻרוֺת secret things Isaiah 48:6; נְצוּרִים secret places Isaiah 65:4 (see forms above); נְצֻרַת לֵב secret, wily minded Proverbs 7:10 (of harlot, so RVm close, i.e. secretive).

5 Kept close, blockaded, dubious: הַנָּצוּר the blockaded (so Ew Hi Co Toy; but Ke Bth Kau preserved; Hi Co Bth Toy strike out והנשׁאר) Ezekiel 6:12; עִיר נְצוּרָה blockaded city Isaiah 1:8 (see form above); נֹצְרִים blockaders Jeremiah 4:16 (but ᵐ5 συστροφαι = צררים i.e. foes).

נְצוּרִים see I נצר

Qal Passive participle

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

besieged, hidden thing, keeper monument, observe, preserver,

A primitive root; to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) Or a bad one (to conceal, etc.) -- besieged, hidden thing, keep(-er, -ing), monument, observe, preserve(-r), subtil, watcher(-man).

Forms and Transliterations

אֱצֹּ֬ר אֶצֳּרֶֽנָּה׃ אֶצֹּֽרָה׃ אצר אצרה׃ אצרנה׃ וְ֝אֶצְּרָ֗ה וְאֶצְּרֶ֥נָּה וְאֶצְּרָ֥ה וְאֶצָּרְךָ֗ וְהַנָּצ֔וּר וְנֹצֵ֣ר וְתִצְּרֶֽךָּ׃ וּבַנְּצוּרִ֖ים וּנְצֻ֥רַת וּנְצֻר֖וֹת ואצרה ואצרך ואצרנה ובנצורים והנצור ונצר ונצרות ונצרת ותצרך׃ יִנְצְרֻֽהוּ׃ יִנְצֹ֗רוּ יִנְצֹֽרוּ׃ יִצְּר֑וּנִי יִצְּרֶ֖נְהוּ יִצְּרֽוּנִי׃ יִצְּרוּ־ יִצֹּ֥ר ינצרהו׃ ינצרו ינצרו׃ יצר יצרו־ יצרוני יצרוני׃ יצרנהו לְנֹצְרֵ֥י לִ֭נְצֹר לנצר לנצרי נְצָרָ֥תַם נְצֹ֣ר נְצֹ֥ר נְצוּרָֽה׃ נִ֝צְּרֶ֗הָ נִ֝צְּרָ֗ה נָ֣צְרוּ נָצ֣וֹר נָצָֽרְתִּי׃ נֹֽצְרָ֔הּ נֹצְרִ֖ים נֹצְרִ֥ים נֹצְרֵ֥י נֹצֵ֣ר נֹצֵ֥ר נֹצֵ֪ר נֹצֵֽר׃ נוֹצְרִ֖ים נוֹצֵ֣ר נוצר נוצרים נצור נצורה׃ נצר נצר׃ נצרה נצרו נצרי נצרים נצרתי׃ נצרתם תִּ֫צְּרֵ֥נִי תִּנְצְרֵ֑נִי תִּנְצְרֵֽנִי׃ תִּצְּרֶ֓נּוּ ׀ תִּצֹּ֖ר תִּצֹּ֣ר תִּצֹּ֥ר תִנְצְרֶֽכָּה׃ תנצרכה׃ תנצרני תנצרני׃ תצר תצרנו תצרני ’eṣ·ṣō·rāh ’eṣ·ṣo·ren·nāh ’ĕṣ·ṣōr ’ĕṣṣōr ’eṣṣōrāh ’eṣṣorennāh etzTzor etzTzorah etztzoRennah lə·nō·ṣə·rê lənōṣərê lenotzeRei lin·ṣōr linṣōr Lintzor nā·ṣā·rə·tî nā·ṣə·rū nā·ṣō·wr nāṣārətî nāṣərū nāṣōwr naTzareti Natzeru naTzor nə·ṣā·rā·ṯam nə·ṣōr nə·ṣū·rāh nəṣārāṯam nəṣōr nəṣūrāh netzaRatam neTzor netzuRah niṣ·ṣə·rāh niṣ·ṣə·re·hā niṣṣərāh niṣṣərehā nitztzeRah nitztzeReha nō·ṣə·rāh nō·ṣə·rê nō·ṣə·rîm nō·ṣêr nō·w·ṣêr nō·wṣ·rîm nōṣêr nōṣərāh nōṣərê nōṣərîm noTzer notzeRah notzeRei notzeRim notzRim nōwṣêr nōwṣrîm tin·ṣə·rê·nî ṯin·ṣə·rek·kāh ṯinṣərekkāh tinṣərênî tintzeRekkah tintzeReni tiṣ·ṣə·rê·nî tiṣ·ṣə·ren·nū tiṣ·ṣōr tiṣṣərênî tiṣṣərennū tiṣṣōr titztzeReni titztzeRennu titzTzor ū·ḇan·nə·ṣū·rîm ū·nə·ṣu·raṯ ū·nə·ṣu·rō·wṯ ūḇannəṣūrîm ūnəṣuraṯ ūnəṣurōwṯ uneTzurat unetzuRot uvannetzuRim veetztzareCha veetztzeRah veetztzeRennah vehannaTzur venoTzer vetitztzeReka wə’eṣṣārəḵā wə’eṣṣərāh wə’eṣṣərennāh wə·’eṣ·ṣā·rə·ḵā wə·’eṣ·ṣə·rāh wə·’eṣ·ṣə·ren·nāh wə·han·nā·ṣūr wə·nō·ṣêr wə·ṯiṣ·ṣə·re·kā wəhannāṣūr wənōṣêr wəṯiṣṣərekā yin·ṣə·ru·hū yin·ṣō·rū yinṣəruhū yinṣōrū yintzeRuhu yinTzoru yiṣ·ṣə·ren·hū yiṣ·ṣə·rū- yiṣ·ṣə·rū·nî yiṣ·ṣōr yiṣṣərenhū yiṣṣərū- yiṣṣərūnî yiṣṣōr yitztzeRenhu yitztzeru yitztzeRuni yitzTzor

Englishman's Concordance

Exodus 34:7
HEB: נֹצֵ֥ר חֶ֙סֶד֙ לָאֲלָפִ֔ים
NAS: who keeps lovingkindness
KJV: Keeping mercy for thousands,
INT: keeps lovingkindness thousands

Deuteronomy 32:10
HEB: יְסֹֽבְבֶ֙נְהוּ֙ יְב֣וֹנְנֵ֔הוּ יִצְּרֶ֖נְהוּ כְּאִישׁ֥וֹן עֵינֽוֹ׃
KJV: he instructed him, he kept him as the apple
INT: encircled cared kept as the pupil of his eye

Deuteronomy 33:9
HEB: אִמְרָתֶ֔ךָ וּבְרִֽיתְךָ֖ יִנְצֹֽרוּ׃
NAS: Your word, And kept Your covenant.
KJV: thy word, and kept thy covenant.
INT: your word your covenant and kept

2 Kings 17:9
HEB: עָ֣רֵיהֶ֔ם מִמִּגְדַּ֥ל נוֹצְרִ֖ים עַד־ עִ֥יר
KJV: from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced
INT: their towns watchtower of the watchmen against city

2 Kings 18:8
HEB: גְּבוּלֶ֑יהָ מִמִּגְדַּ֥ל נוֹצְרִ֖ים עַד־ עִ֥יר
KJV: thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced
INT: territory watchtower of the watchmen far city

Job 7:20
HEB: אֶפְעַ֨ל ׀ לָךְ֮ נֹצֵ֪ר הָאָ֫דָ֥ם לָ֤מָה
NAS: have I done to You, O watcher of men?
KJV: what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men?
INT: have I done watcher man have You

Job 27:18
HEB: וּ֝כְסֻכָּ֗ה עָשָׂ֥ה נֹצֵֽר׃
NAS: like the spider's web, Or as a hut [which] the watchman has made.
KJV: and as a booth [that] the keeper maketh.
INT: A hut has made the watchman

Psalm 12:7
HEB: יְהוָ֥ה תִּשְׁמְרֵ֑ם תִּצְּרֶ֓נּוּ ׀ מִן־ הַדּ֖וֹר
NAS: will keep them; You will preserve him from this
KJV: them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this
INT: LORD will keep will preserve at generation

Psalm 25:10
HEB: חֶ֣סֶד וֶאֱמֶ֑ת לְנֹצְרֵ֥י בְ֝רִית֗וֹ וְעֵדֹתָֽיו׃
NAS: and truth To those who keep His covenant
KJV: and truth unto such as keep his covenant
INT: are lovingkindness and truth keep his covenant and his testimonies

Psalm 25:21
HEB: תֹּם־ וָיֹ֥שֶׁר יִצְּר֑וּנִי כִּ֝֗י קִוִּיתִֽיךָ׃
NAS: and uprightness preserve me, For I wait
KJV: and uprightness preserve me; for I wait
INT: integrity and uprightness preserve for wait

Psalm 31:23
HEB: חֲסִ֫ידָ֥יו אֱ֭מוּנִים נֹצֵ֣ר יְהוָ֑ה וּמְשַׁלֵּ֥ם
NAS: The LORD preserves the faithful
KJV: [for] the LORD preserveth the faithful,
INT: his godly the faithful preserves the LORD recompenses

Psalm 32:7
HEB: לִי֮ מִצַּ֪ר תִּ֫צְּרֵ֥נִי רָנֵּ֥י פַלֵּ֑ט
NAS: You are my hiding place; You preserve me from trouble;
KJV: Thou [art] my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble;
INT: are my hiding trouble preserve songs of deliverance

Psalm 34:13
HEB: נְצֹ֣ר לְשׁוֹנְךָ֣ מֵרָ֑ע
NAS: Keep your tongue from evil
KJV: Keep thy tongue from evil,
INT: Keep your tongue evil

Psalm 40:11
HEB: וַ֝אֲמִתְּךָ֗ תָּמִ֥יד יִצְּרֽוּנִי׃
NAS: will continually preserve me.
KJV: and thy truth continually preserve me.
INT: and your truth will continually preserve

Psalm 61:7
HEB: וֶ֝אֱמֶ֗ת מַ֣ן יִנְצְרֻֽהוּ׃
NAS: and truth that they may preserve him.
KJV: and truth, [which] may preserve him.
INT: and truth Appoint may preserve

Psalm 64:1
HEB: מִפַּ֥חַד א֝וֹיֵ֗ב תִּצֹּ֥ר חַיָּֽי׃
NAS: in my complaint; Preserve my life
KJV: in my prayer: preserve my life
INT: dread of the enemy Preserve my life

Psalm 78:7
HEB: אֵ֑ל וּמִצְוֹתָ֥יו יִנְצֹֽרוּ׃
NAS: of God, But keep His commandments,
KJV: of God, but keep his commandments:
INT: of God his commandments keep

Psalm 105:45
HEB: חֻ֭קָּיו וְתוֹרֹתָ֥יו יִנְצֹ֗רוּ הַֽלְלוּ־ יָֽהּ׃
NAS: His statutes And observe His laws,
KJV: his statutes, and keep his laws.
INT: his statutes his laws and observe Praise the LORD

Psalm 119:2
HEB: אַ֭שְׁרֵי נֹצְרֵ֥י עֵדֹתָ֗יו בְּכָל־
NAS: How blessed are those who observe His testimonies,
KJV: Blessed [are] they that keep his testimonies,
INT: blessed observe his testimonies all

Psalm 119:22
HEB: כִּ֖י עֵדֹתֶ֣יךָ נָצָֽרְתִּי׃
NAS: and contempt from me, For I observe Your testimonies.
KJV: and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.
INT: for your testimonies observe

Psalm 119:33
HEB: דֶּ֥רֶךְ חֻקֶּ֗יךָ וְאֶצְּרֶ֥נָּה עֵֽקֶב׃
NAS: of Your statutes, And I shall observe it to the end.
KJV: of thy statutes; and I shall keep it [unto] the end.
INT: the way of your statutes shall observe to the end

Psalm 119:34
HEB: הֲ֭בִינֵנִי וְאֶצְּרָ֥ה תֽוֹרָתֶ֗ךָ וְאֶשְׁמְרֶ֥נָּה
NAS: Give me understanding, that I may observe Your law
KJV: Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law;
INT: Give may observe your law and keep

Psalm 119:56
HEB: כִּ֖י פִקֻּדֶ֣יךָ נָצָֽרְתִּי׃
NAS: has become mine, That I observe Your precepts.
KJV: This I had, because I kept thy precepts.
INT: for your precepts observe

Psalm 119:69
HEB: בְּכָל־ לֵ֤ב ׀ אֱצֹּ֬ר פִּקּוּדֶֽיךָ׃
NAS: [my] heart I will observe Your precepts.
KJV: a lie against me: [but] I will keep thy precepts
INT: all heart will observe your precepts

Psalm 119:100
HEB: כִּ֖י פִקּוּדֶ֣יךָ נָצָֽרְתִּי׃
NAS: Because I have observed Your precepts.
KJV: more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.
INT: Because your precepts have observed

61 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 5341
61 Occurrences

’ĕṣ·ṣōr — 1 Occ.
’eṣ·ṣō·rāh — 1 Occ.
’eṣ·ṣo·ren·nāh — 1 Occ.
lə·nō·ṣə·rê — 1 Occ.
lin·ṣōr — 1 Occ.
nā·ṣā·rə·tî — 3 Occ.
nā·ṣə·rū — 1 Occ.
nā·ṣō·wr — 1 Occ.
nə·ṣā·rā·ṯam — 1 Occ.
nə·ṣōr — 4 Occ.
nə·ṣū·rāh — 1 Occ.
niṣ·ṣə·rāh — 1 Occ.
niṣ·ṣə·re·hā — 1 Occ.
nō·ṣêr — 8 Occ.
nō·ṣə·rāh — 1 Occ.
nō·ṣə·rê — 1 Occ.
nō·ṣə·rîm — 2 Occ.
nō·wṣ·rîm — 2 Occ.
ṯin·ṣə·rek·kāh — 1 Occ.
tin·ṣə·rê·nî — 2 Occ.
tiṣ·ṣə·rê·nî — 1 Occ.
tiṣ·ṣə·ren·nū — 1 Occ.
tiṣ·ṣōr — 3 Occ.
ū·nə·ṣu·raṯ — 1 Occ.
ū·nə·ṣu·rō·wṯ — 1 Occ.
ū·ḇan·nə·ṣū·rîm — 1 Occ.
wə·’eṣ·ṣā·rə·ḵā — 2 Occ.
wə·’eṣ·ṣə·rāh — 2 Occ.
wə·’eṣ·ṣə·ren·nāh — 1 Occ.
wə·han·nā·ṣūr — 1 Occ.
wə·nō·ṣêr — 1 Occ.
wə·ṯiṣ·ṣə·re·kā — 1 Occ.
yin·ṣə·ru·hū — 1 Occ.
yin·ṣō·rū — 4 Occ.
yiṣ·ṣə·ren·hū — 1 Occ.
yiṣ·ṣə·rū- — 1 Occ.
yiṣ·ṣə·rū·nî — 2 Occ.
yiṣ·ṣōr — 1 Occ.