Definition
a primitive root; to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.)
Traditional renderings: besieged, hidden thing, keep(-er, -ing), monument, observe, preserve(-r), subtil, watcher(-man).
Traditional renderings: besieged, hidden thing, keep(-er, -ing), monument, observe, preserve(-r), subtil, watcher(-man).
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders נָצַר:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
61 total
- Isaiah 26:3תִּצֹּ֖ר · You will keepYou will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.
- Isaiah 27:3נֹֽצְרָ֔הּ · am its keeper; אֶצֳּרֶֽנָּה׃ · I guard itI, the LORD, am its keeper; I water it continually. I guard it night and day so no one can disturb it;
- Isaiah 42:6וְאֶצָּרְךָ֗ · I will keep you“I, the LORD, have called you for a righteous purpose, and I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and appoint you to be a covenant for the people and a light to the nations,
- Isaiah 48:6וּנְצֻר֖וֹת · hidden thingsYou have heard these things; look at them all. Will you not acknowledge them? From now on I will tell you of new things, hidden things unknown to you.
- Isaiah 49:8וְאֶצָּרְךָ֗ · I will keep YouThis is what the LORD says: “In the time of favor I will answer You, and in the day of salvation I will help You; I will keep You and appoint You to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land, to apportion its desolate inheritances,
- Isaiah 65:4וּבַנְּצוּרִ֖ים · in secret places…sitting among the graves, spending nights in secret places, eating the meat of pigs and polluted broth from their bowls.
- Jeremiah 4:16נֹצְרִ֥ים · A besieging armyWarn the nations now! Proclaim to Jerusalem: “A besieging army comes from a distant land; they raise their voices against the cities of Judah.
- Jeremiah 31:6נֹצְרִ֖ים · when watchmenFor there will be a day when watchmen will call out on the hills of Ephraim, ‘Arise, let us go up to Zion, to the LORD our God!’”
- Ezekiel 6:12וְהַנָּצ֔וּרHe who is far off will die by the plague, he who is near will fall by the sword, and he who remains will die by famine. So I will vent My fury upon them.
- Nahum 2:1נָצ֣וֹר · GuardOne who scatters advances against you, O Nineveh. Guard the fortress! Watch the road! Brace yourselves! Summon all your strength!