נָצַח natsach

Hebrew word for “to conduct” · Strong’s H5329 · used 65 times in 65 verses

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Meaning

1) to excel, be bright, be preeminent, be perpetual, be overseer, be enduring;

How it is translated

Glosses given for natsach in context, with how often each is used:

• choirmaster 56
• act as overseers 5
• overseers 2
• acting as overseers 1
• enduring 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

2 Chronicles 2 (2), 2 Chronicles 34 (2), Ezra 3 (2), 1 Chronicles 15 (1), 1 Chronicles 23 (1), Psalms 4 (1), Psalms 5 (1), Psalms 6 (1), Psalms 8 (1), Psalms 9 (1)

Forms

• למנצח 56
• לנצח 5
• ומנצחים 2
• מנצחים 1
• נצחת 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with natsach more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• מִזְמוֹר mizmor “melody” 34
• דָּוִד david “David” 39
• שִׁיר shir “song” 11
• נְגִינָה neginah “music” 8
• מַשְׂכִּיל maskil “Maskil” 8
• קֹרַח qorach “Korah” 9
• מִכְתָּם mikhtam “Miktam” 5
• סָפַר saphar “to recount” 7
• אַל תַּשְׁחֵת al tashchet “Do Not Destroy” 4
• אָזַן azan “to listen” 5
• אָסָף asaph “Asaph” 5
• שׁוּשַׁן shushan “lily” 4

Key verses

The verses using natsach that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Psalms 4:1 — [To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David.] Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy…
• Psalms 14:1 — [To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.] The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none…
• Psalms 22:1 — [To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David.] My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the…
• Psalms 41:1 — [To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.] Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.
• Psalms 46:1 — [To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth.] God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
• Psalms 51:1 — [To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba.] Have mercy upon me, O God, according to…
• Psalms 52:1 — [To the chief Musician, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech.] Why…
• Psalms 57:1 — [To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave.] Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul…
• Psalms 60:1 — [To the chief Musician upon Shushan-eduth, Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, when Joab returned, and smote of…
• Psalms 80:1 — [To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim-eduth, A Psalm of Asaph.] Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest…
• Psalms 88:1 — [A Song or Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite.] O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried…
• Psalms 139:1 — [To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.] O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.

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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.