נָצַר natsar

Hebrew word for “to watch” · Strong’s H5341 · used 63 times in 62 verses

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Meaning

1) to guard, watch, watch over, keep;

How it is translated

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

• will preserve 6
• keep 5
• guard 4
• watchmen 3
• preserve 3
• will observe 3
• one who guards 3
• guarded 2
• will guard 2
• may observe 2
• observe 2
• me observe 2

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Psalms 119 (10), Proverbs 4 (3), Psalms 25 (2), Psalms 140 (2), Proverbs 2 (2), Proverbs 3 (2), Proverbs 13 (2), Isaiah 49 (2), Exodus 34 (1), Deuteronomy 32 (1)

Forms

• נצר 11
• ינצרו 4
• תצר 3
• נצרתי 3
• נצרה 3
• נוצרים 2
• יצרוני 2
• ואצרה 2
• תנצרני 2
• ואצרך 2

Words used with it

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

• שָׁמַר shamar “to keep” 12
• לֵב lev “heart” 8
• בִּין bin “to understand” 5
• תּוֹרָה torah “instruction” 5
• חֶסֶד chesed “kindness” 5
• דֶּרֶךְ derekh “way” 6
• מְזִמָּה mezimmah “plot” 3
• אֱמֶת emet “truth” 4
• פִּקּוּד piqqud “precept” 3
• עֵדָה edah “testimony” 3
• שָׂפָה saphah “lips” 4
• מִצְוָה mitsvah “commandment” 4

Key verses

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

• Exodus 34:7 — Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers…
• Deuteronomy 33:9 — Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy…
• Psalms 25:10 — All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
• Psalms 32:7 — Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
• Proverbs 3:1 — My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
• Proverbs 4:23 — Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
• Proverbs 24:12 — If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he…
• Isaiah 26:3 — Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed because he trusteth in thee.
• Isaiah 42:6 — I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the…
• Isaiah 49:6 — And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give…
• Isaiah 49:8 — Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a…
• Jeremiah 31:6 — For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the LORD our God.

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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.