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נָצַר H5341

H5341 is the Hebrew word נָצַר, transliterated nâtsar and said naw-tsar'. The King James Version most often renders it keep.

Word: נָצַרTransliteration: nâtsarSaid: naw-tsar'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 57 verses

What it means

to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.).

Where it comes from

a primitive root.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 49 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

keep 20×preserve 9×keepeth 5×kept 3×watchmen 3×whoso keepeth 2×besieged 2×keeping 1×preserver 1×keeper 1×such as keep 1×preserveth 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: besieged, hidden thing, keep(-er, -ing), monument, observe, preserve(-r), subtil, watcher(-man).

Verses using נָצַר

The first 40 of 57 verses, quoted in full.

Exodus 34:7 · KJV

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 upon the children, and upon the children’s children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.

Deuteronomy 32:10 · KJV

He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.

Deuteronomy 33:9 · KJV

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 word, and kept thy covenant.

2 Kings 17:9 · KJV

And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the LORD their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.

2 Kings 18:8 · KJV

He smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza, and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.

Job 7:20 · KJV

I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?

Job 27:18 · KJV

He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.

Psalm 12:7 · KJV

Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.

Psalm 25:10 · KJV

All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

Psalm 25:21 · KJV

Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.

Psalm 31:23 · KJV

O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.

Psalm 32:7 · KJV

Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.

Psalm 34:13 · KJV

Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

Psalm 64:1 · KJV

Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.

Psalm 78:7 · KJV

That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:

Psalm 105:45 · KJV

That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD.

Psalm 119:2 · KJV

Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.

Psalm 119:22 · KJV

Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.

Psalm 119:33 · KJV

Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end.

Psalm 119:34 · KJV

Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.

Psalm 119:56 · KJV

This I had, because I kept thy precepts.

Psalm 119:69 · KJV

The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.

Psalm 119:100 · KJV

I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.

Psalm 119:115 · KJV

Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.

Psalm 119:145 · KJV

I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes.

Psalm 140:1 · KJV

Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;

Psalm 140:4 · KJV

Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.

Psalm 141:3 · KJV

Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

Proverbs 2:8 · KJV

He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.

Proverbs 3:1 · KJV

My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:

Proverbs 3:21 · KJV

My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:

Proverbs 4:13 · KJV

Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.

Proverbs 4:23 · KJV

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

Proverbs 5:2 · KJV

That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.

Proverbs 6:20 · KJV

My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

Proverbs 7:10 · KJV

And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.

Proverbs 13:3 · KJV

He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

Proverbs 13:6 · KJV

Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

Proverbs 16:17 · KJV

The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.

Proverbs 20:28 · KJV

Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.

Common questions

What does Strong's H5341 mean?

H5341 is the Hebrew word נָצַר (nâtsar), meaning to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.).

How is H5341 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it keep (20 times), preserve (9 times), keepeth (5 times), kept (3 times), watchmen (3 times), among others.

How many times does H5341 appear in the Bible?

נָצַר (nâtsar) is tagged in 57 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H5341 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.

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