נֵס nes
Hebrew word for “ensign” · Strong’s H5251 · used 21 times in 21 verses
Meaning
1) something lifted up, standard, signal, signal pole, ensign, banner, sign, sail;
Senses in the lexicon
- ensign (20)
- Banner (1)
How it is translated
Glosses given for nes in context, with how often each is used:
- standard 17
- sail 2
- warning sign 1
- like standard 1
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Numbers 21 (2), Isaiah 11 (2), Jeremiah 4 (2), Jeremiah 51 (2), Exodus 17 (1), Numbers 26 (1), Psalms 60 (1), Isaiah 5 (1), Isaiah 13 (1), Isaiah 18 (1)
Forms
- נס 13
- לנס 3
- נסי 2
- הנס 1
- וכנס 1
- מנס 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with nes more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- נָשָׂא nasa “to lift” 9
- גּוֹי goy “nation” 6
- תֹּרֶן toren “mast” 2
- שֹׁפָר shophar “trumpet” 3
- נָשַׁךְ nashakh “to bite” 2
- רוּם rum “to exalt” 3
- חָתַת chatat “to to be dismayed” 2
- שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 4
- תָּקַע taqa “to blow” 2
- הַר har “mountain” 3
- מֹשֶׁה mosheh “Moses” 3
- צִיּוֹן tsiyyon “Zion” 2
Key verses
The verses using nes that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Numbers 26:10 — And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and…
- Isaiah 5:26 — And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly:
- Isaiah 11:10 — And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.
- Isaiah 11:12 — And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of…
- Isaiah 13:2 — Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.
- Isaiah 18:3 — All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see ye, when he lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; and when he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye.
- Isaiah 30:17 — One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on…
- Isaiah 49:22 — Thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms,…
- Isaiah 62:10 — Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people.
- Jeremiah 4:6 — Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.
- Jeremiah 50:2 — Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in…
- Jeremiah 51:27 — Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni,…
See all 21 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.