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 · נֹצֵ֥רkeeping kindness for thousands, taking away iniquity, and transgression, and sin, and not entirely acquitting, charging iniquity of fathers on children, and on children’s children, on a third generation, and on a fourth.’Deuteronomy 32:10 · יִצְּרֶ֖נְהוּHe findeth him in a land—a desert, And in a void—a howling wilderness, He turneth him round—He causeth him to understand—He keepeth him as the apple of His eye.Deuteronomy 33:9 · יִנְצֹֽרוּ׃Who is saying of his father and his mother, I have not seen him; And his brethren he hath not discerned, And his sons he hath not known; For they have observed Thy saying, And Thy covenant they keep.2 Kings 17:9 · נוֹצְרִ֖יםand the sons of Israel do covertly things that are not right against Jehovah their God, and build for them high places in all their cities, from a tower of the watchers unto the fenced city,2 Kings 18:8 · נוֹצְרִ֖יםhe hath smitten the Philistines unto Gaza, and its borders, from a tower of watchers unto the fenced city.Job 7:20 · נֹצֵ֪רI have sinned, what do I to Thee, O watcher of man? Why hast Thou set me for a mark to Thee, And I am for a burden to myself—and what?Job 27:18 · נֹצֵֽר׃He hath built as a moth his house, And as a booth a watchman hath made.Psalm 12:7 · תִּצְּרֶ֓נּוּ׀Thou, O Jehovah, dost preserve them, Thou keepest us from this generation to the age.Psalm 25:10 · לְנֹצְרֵ֥יAll the paths of Jehovah are kindness and truth, To those keeping His covenant, And His testimonies.Psalm 25:21 · יִצְּר֑וּנִיIntegrity and uprightness do keep me, For I have waited on Thee.Psalm 31:23 · נֹצֵ֣רLove Jehovah, all ye His saints, Jehovah is keeping the faithful, And recompensing abundantly a proud doer.Psalm 32:7 · תִּ֫צְּרֵ֥נִיThou art a hiding-place for me, From distress Thou dost keep me, With songs of deliverance dost compass me. Selah.Psalm 34:13 · נְצֹ֣רKeep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking deceit.Psalm 40:11 · יִצְּרֽוּנִי׃Thou, O Jehovah, restrainest not Thy mercies from me, Thy kindness and Thy truth do continually keep me.Psalm 61:7 · יִנְצְרֻֽהוּ׃He dwelleth to the age before God, Kindness and truth appoint—they keep him.Psalm 64:1 · תִּצֹּ֥רTo the Overseer.—A Psalm of David. Hear, O God, my voice, in my meditation, From the fear of an enemy Thou keepest my life,Psalm 78:7 · יִנְצֹֽרוּ׃And place in God their confidence, And forget not the doings of God, But keep His commands.Psalm 105:45 · יִנְצֹ֗רוּThat they may observe His statutes, And His laws may keep. Praise ye Jehovah!Psalm 119:2 · נֹצְרֵ֥יO the happiness of those keeping His testimonies, With the whole heart they seek Him.Psalm 119:22 · נָצָֽרְתִּי׃Remove from me reproach and contempt, For Thy testimonies I have kept.Psalm 119:33 · וְאֶצְּרֶ֥נָּהHe. Show me, O Jehovah, the way of Thy statutes, And I keep it—to the end.Psalm 119:34 · וְאֶצְּרָ֥הCause me to understand, and I keep Thy law, And observe it with the whole heart.Psalm 119:56 · נָצָֽרְתִּי׃This hath been to me, That Thy precepts I have kept!Psalm 119:69 · אֱצֹּ֬רForged against me falsehood have the proud, I with the whole heart keep Thy precepts.Psalm 119:100 · נָצָֽרְתִּי׃Above elders I understand more, For Thy precepts I have kept.Psalm 119:115 · וְ֝אֶצְּרָ֗הTurn aside from me, ye evil-doers, And I keep the commands of my God.Psalm 119:129 · נְצָרָ֥תַםPe. Wonderful are Thy testimonies, Therefore hath my soul kept them.Psalm 119:145 · אֶצֹּֽרָה׃Koph. I have called with the whole heart, Answer me, O Jehovah, Thy statutes I keep,Psalm 140:1 · תִּנְצְרֵֽנִי׃To the Overseer.—A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O Jehovah, from an evil man, From one of violence Thou keepest me.Psalm 140:4 · תִּנְצְרֵ֑נִיPreserve me, Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked, From one of violence Thou keepest me, Who have devised to overthrow my steps.Psalm 141:3 · נִ֝צְּרָ֗הSet, O Jehovah, a watch for my mouth, Watch Thou over the door of my lips.Proverbs 2:8 · לִ֭נְצֹרTo keep the paths of judgment, And the way of His saints He preserveth.Proverbs 2:11 · תִנְצְרֶֽכָּה׃Thoughtfulness doth watch over thee, Understanding doth keep thee,Proverbs 3:1 · יִצֹּ֥רMy son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep,Proverbs 3:21 · נְצֹ֥רMy son! let them not turn from thine eyes, Keep thou wisdom and thoughtfulness,Proverbs 4:6 · וְתִצְּרֶֽךָּ׃Forsake her not, and she doth preserve thee, Love her, and she doth keep thee.Proverbs 4:13 · נִ֝צְּרֶ֗הָLay hold on instruction, do not desist, Keep her, for she is thy life.Proverbs 4:23 · נְצֹ֣רAbove every charge keep thy heart, For out of it are the outgoings of life.Proverbs 5:2 · יִנְצֹֽרוּ׃To observe thoughtfulness, And knowledge do thy lips keep.Proverbs 6:20 · נְצֹ֣רKeep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother.Proverbs 7:10 · וּנְצֻ֥רַתAnd, lo, a woman to meet him—(A harlot’s dress, and watchful of heart,Proverbs 13:3 · נֹצֵ֣רWhoso is keeping his mouth, is keeping his soul, Whoso is opening wide his lips—ruin to him!Proverbs 13:6 · תִּצֹּ֣רRighteousness keepeth him who is perfect in the way, And wickedness overthroweth a sin offering.Proverbs 16:17 · נֹצֵ֥רA highway of the upright is, ‘Turn from evil,’ Whoso is preserving his soul is watching his way.Proverbs 20:28 · יִצְּרוּ־Kindness and truth keep a king, And he hath supported by kindness his throne.Proverbs 22:12 · נָ֣צְרוּThe eyes of Jehovah have kept knowledge, And He overthroweth the words of the treacherous.Proverbs 23:26 · תִּצֹּֽרְנָה׃Give, my son, thy heart to me, And let thine eyes watch my ways.Proverbs 24:12 · וְנֹצֵ֣רWhen thou sayest, ‘Lo, we knew not this.’ Is not the Ponderer of hearts He who understandeth? And the Keeper of thy soul He who knoweth? And He hath rendered to man according to his work.Proverbs 27:18 · נֹצֵ֣רThe keeper of a fig-tree eateth its fruit, And the preserver of his master is honoured.Proverbs 28:7 · נוֹצֵ֣רWhoso is keeping the law is an intelligent son, And a friend of gluttons, Doth cause his father to blush.Isaiah 1:8 · נְצוּרָֽה׃And left hath been the daughter of Zion, As a booth in a vineyard, As a lodge in a place of cucumbers—as a city besieged.Isaiah 26:3 · תִּצֹּ֖רAn imagination supported Thou fortifiest peace—peace! For in Thee it is confident.Isaiah 27:3 · נֹֽצְרָ֔הּ · אֶצֳּרֶֽנָּה׃I, Jehovah, am its keeper, every moment I water it, Lest any lay a charge against it, Night and day I keep it!Isaiah 42:6 · וְאֶצָּרְךָ֗I, Jehovah, did call thee in righteousness, And I lay hold on thy hand, and keep thee, And I give thee for a covenant of a people, And a light of nations.Isaiah 48:6 · וּנְצֻר֖וֹתThou hast heard, see the whole of it, And ye, do ye not declare? I have caused thee to hear new things from this time, And things reserved that ye knew not.Isaiah 49:6 · וּנְצוּרֵ֥יAnd He saith, ‘It hath been a light thing That thou art to Me for a servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob, And the preserved of Israel to bring back, And I have given thee for a light of nations, To be My salvation unto the end of the earth.’Isaiah 49:8 · וְאֶצָּרְךָ֗Thus said Jehovah: ‘In a time of good pleasure I answered thee, And in a day of salvation I helped thee, And I keep thee, and give thee, For a covenant of the people, To establish the earth, To cause to inherit desolate inheritances.Isaiah 65:4 · וּבַנְּצוּרִ֖יםWho are dwelling among sepulchres, And lodge in reserved places, Who are eating flesh of the sow, And a piece of abominable things—their vessels.Jeremiah 4:16 · נֹצְרִ֥יםMake ye mention to the nations, Lo, sound ye to Jerusalem: ‘Besiegers are coming from the land afar off, And they give forth against cities of Judah their voice.Jeremiah 31:6 · נֹצְרִ֖יםFor there is a day, Cried have watchmen on mount Ephraim, ‘Rise, and we go up to Zion, unto Jehovah our God;Nahum 2:1 · נָצ֣וֹרCome up hath a scatterer to thy face, Keep the bulwark, watch the way, Strengthen the loins, strengthen power mightily.