נֵצַח netsach

Hebrew word for “perpetuity” · Strong’s H5331 · used 43 times in 42 verses

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Meaning

1) eminence, perpetuity, strength, victory, enduring, everlastingness;

How it is translated

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

• perpetuity 38
• eminence 2
• ¿ to perpetuity 1
• perpetuities 1
• endurance 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Psalms 74 (4), Psalms 9 (2), Psalms 49 (2), 1 Samuel 15 (1), 2 Samuel 2 (1), 1 Chronicles 29 (1), Job 4 (1), Job 14 (1), Job 20 (1), Job 23 (1)

Forms

• לנצח 31
• נצח 8
• הלנצח 1
• והנצח 1
• נצחים 1
• נצחי 1

Words used with it

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

• שָׁכַח shakhach “to forget” 6
• אָבַד avad “to perish” 6
• עַד ad “till” 9
• דּוֹר dor “generation” 5
• מָה mah “what?” 7
• סָתַר satar “to hide” 3
• עוֹלָם olam “forever” 4
• נָטַר natar “to keep” 2
• שָׁכַן shakhan “to dwell” 3
• כְּמוֹ kemo “like” 3
• רָאָה raah “to see” 5
• זָנַח zanach “to reject” 2

Key verses

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

• 1 Samuel 15:29 — And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.
• 1 Chronicles 29:11 — Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine…
• Psalms 10:11 — He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.
• Psalms 13:1 — [To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.] How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
• Psalms 16:11 — Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
• Psalms 52:5 — God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.
• Psalms 74:1 — [Maschil of Asaph.] O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
• Psalms 79:5 — How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
• Isaiah 25:8 — He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the…
• Isaiah 57:16 — For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.
• Amos 1:11 — Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the…
• Habakkuk 1:4 — Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.

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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.