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)
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H5341 — נָצַר
na.tsar · to watch · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Exodus 34:7 · נֹצֵ֥רmaintaining loving devotion to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers on their children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.”Deuteronomy 32:10 · יִצְּרֶ֖נְהוּHe found him in a desert land, in a barren, howling wilderness; He surrounded him, He instructed him, He guarded him as the apple of His eye.Deuteronomy 33:9 · יִנְצֹֽרוּ׃He said of his father and mother, ‘I do not consider them.’ He disregarded his brothers and did not know his own sons, for he kept Your word and maintained Your covenant.2 Kings 17:9 · נוֹצְרִ֖יםThe Israelites secretly did things against the LORD their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city, they built high places in all their cities.2 Kings 18:8 · נוֹצְרִ֖יםHe defeated the Philistines as far as Gaza and its borders, from watchtower to fortified city.Job 7:20 · נֹצֵ֪רIf I have sinned, what have I done to You, O watcher of mankind? Why have You made me Your target, so that I am a burden to You?Job 27:18 · נֹצֵֽר׃The house he built is like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut set up by a watchman.Psalm 12:7 · תִּצְּרֶ֓נּוּ׀You, O LORD, will keep us; You will forever guard us from this generation.Psalm 25:10 · לְנֹצְרֵ֥יAll the LORD’s ways are loving and faithful to those who keep His covenant and His decrees.Psalm 25:21 · יִצְּר֑וּנִיMay integrity and uprightness preserve me, because I wait for You.Psalm 31:23 · נֹצֵ֣רLove the LORD, all His saints. The LORD preserves the faithful, but fully repays the arrogant.Psalm 32:7 · תִּ֫צְּרֵ֥נִיYou are my hiding place. You protect me from trouble; You surround me with songs of deliverance. SelahPsalm 34:13 · נְצֹ֣רKeep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech.Psalm 40:11 · יִצְּרֽוּנִי׃O LORD, do not withhold Your mercy from me; Your loving devotion and faithfulness will always guard me.Psalm 61:7 · יִנְצְרֻֽהוּ׃May he sit enthroned in God’s presence forever; appoint Your loving devotion and Your faithfulness to guard him.Psalm 64:1 · תִּצֹּ֥רFor the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Hear, O God, my voice of complaint; preserve my life from dread of the enemy.Psalm 78:7 · יִנְצֹֽרוּ׃that they should put their confidence in God, not forgetting His works, but keeping His commandments.Psalm 105:45 · יִנְצֹ֗רוּthat they might keep His statutes and obey His laws. Hallelujah!Psalm 119:2 · נֹצְרֵ֥יBlessed are those who keep His testimonies and seek Him with all their heart.Psalm 119:22 · נָצָֽרְתִּי׃Remove my scorn and contempt, for I have kept Your testimonies.Psalm 119:33 · וְאֶצְּרֶ֥נָּהTeach me, O LORD, the way of Your statutes, and I will keep them to the end.Psalm 119:34 · וְאֶצְּרָ֥הGive me understanding that I may obey Your law, and follow it with all my heart.Psalm 119:56 · נָצָֽרְתִּי׃This is my practice, for I obey Your precepts.Psalm 119:69 · אֱצֹּ֬רThough the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep Your precepts with all my heart.Psalm 119:100 · נָצָֽרְתִּי׃I discern more than the elders, for I obey Your precepts.Psalm 119:115 · וְ֝אֶצְּרָ֗הDepart from me, you evildoers, that I may obey the commandments of my God.Psalm 119:129 · נְצָרָ֥תַםWonderful are Your testimonies; therefore I obey them.Psalm 119:145 · אֶצֹּֽרָה׃I call with all my heart; answer me, O LORD! I will obey Your statutes.Psalm 140:1 · תִּנְצְרֵֽנִי׃For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men. Protect me from men of violence,Psalm 140:4 · תִּנְצְרֵ֑נִיGuard me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked. Keep me safe from men of violence who scheme to make me stumble.Psalm 141:3 · נִ֝צְּרָ֗הSet a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.Proverbs 2:8 · לִ֭נְצֹרto guard the paths of justice and protect the way of His saints.Proverbs 2:11 · תִנְצְרֶֽכָּה׃Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you,Proverbs 3:1 · יִצֹּ֥רMy son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;Proverbs 3:21 · נְצֹ֥רMy son, do not lose sight of this: Preserve sound judgment and discernment.Proverbs 4:6 · וְתִצְּרֶֽךָּ׃Do not forsake wisdom, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will guard you.Proverbs 4:13 · נִ֝צְּרֶ֗הָHold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.Proverbs 4:23 · נְצֹ֣רGuard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.Proverbs 5:2 · יִנְצֹֽרוּ׃that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge.Proverbs 6:20 · נְצֹ֣רMy son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.Proverbs 7:10 · וּנְצֻ֥רַתThen a woman came out to meet him, with the attire of a harlot and cunning of heart.Proverbs 13:3 · נֹצֵ֣רHe who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.Proverbs 13:6 · תִּצֹּ֣רRighteousness guards the man of integrity, but wickedness undermines the sinner.Proverbs 16:17 · נֹצֵ֥רThe highway of the upright leads away from evil; he who guards his way protects his life.Proverbs 20:28 · יִצְּרוּ־Loving devotion and faithfulness preserve a king; by these he maintains his throne.Proverbs 22:12 · נָ֣צְרוּThe LORD’s eyes keep watch over knowledge, but He frustrates the words of the faithless.Proverbs 23:26 · תִּצֹּֽרְנָה׃My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes delight in my ways.Proverbs 24:12 · וְנֹצֵ֣רIf you say, “Behold, we did not know about this,” does not He who weighs hearts consider it? Does not the One who guards your life know? Will He not repay a man according to his deeds?Proverbs 27:18 · נֹצֵ֣רWhoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who looks after his master will be honored.Proverbs 28:7 · נוֹצֵ֣רA discerning son keeps the law, but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father.Isaiah 1:8 · נְצוּרָֽה׃And the Daughter of Zion is abandoned like a shelter in a vineyard, like a shack in a cucumber field, like a city besieged.Isaiah 26:3 · תִּצֹּ֖רYou will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.Isaiah 27:3 · נֹֽצְרָ֔הּ · אֶצֳּרֶֽנָּה׃I, the LORD, am its keeper; I water it continually. I guard it night and day so no one can disturb it;Isaiah 42:6 · וְאֶצָּרְךָ֗“I, the LORD, have called you for a righteous purpose, and I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and appoint you to be a covenant for the people and a light to the nations,Isaiah 48:6 · וּנְצֻר֖וֹתYou have heard these things; look at them all. Will you not acknowledge them? From now on I will tell you of new things, hidden things unknown to you.Isaiah 49:6 · וּנְצוּרֵ֥יHe says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth.”Isaiah 49:8 · וְאֶצָּרְךָ֗This is what the LORD says: “In the time of favor I will answer You, and in the day of salvation I will help You; I will keep You and appoint You to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land, to apportion its desolate inheritances,Isaiah 65:4 · וּבַנְּצוּרִ֖יםsitting among the graves, spending nights in secret places, eating the meat of pigs and polluted broth from their bowls.Jeremiah 4:16 · נֹצְרִ֥יםWarn the nations now! Proclaim to Jerusalem: “A besieging army comes from a distant land; they raise their voices against the cities of Judah.Jeremiah 31:6 · נֹצְרִ֖יםFor there will be a day when watchmen will call out on the hills of Ephraim, ‘Arise, let us go up to Zion, to the LORD our God!’”Nahum 2:1 · נָצ֣וֹרOne who scatters advances against you, O Nineveh. Guard the fortress! Watch the road! Brace yourselves! Summon all your strength!