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נֵס (nes) means “Banner” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

נֵס Hebrew · H5251 21 tagged occurrences in 21 verses

Pronunciation guide: nace Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H5251G

נֵס · nes · Banner

This name means a standard, signal, ensign, banner Another name of ye.ho.vah (יהוה "LORD" H3068G)

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TBESH · H5251H

נֵס · nes · ensign

1) something lifted up, standard, signal, signal pole, ensign, banner, sign, sail 1a) standard (as rallying point), signal 1b) standard (pole) 1c) ensign, signal

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

from H5264 (נָסַס); a flag; also a sail; by implication, a flagstaff; generally a signal; figuratively, a token

KJV glosses: banner, pole, sail, (en-) sign, standard.

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How translators render H5251

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
a banner 8
a pole 2
a signal flag 1
as a banner 1
as a warning sign 1
at the sight of the battle standard 1
banner 1
is my banner 1
like a banner 1
my banner 1
the sail 1
the signal flag 1
when a banner 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
a standard 3
an ensign 3
the standard 3
a banner 2
it upon a pole 2
and as an ensign 1
and they became a sign 1
for an ensign 1
my standard 1
of the ensign 1
the sail 1
to be thy sail 1

Verses containing H5251

Page 1 of 1. 21 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Exodus 17:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And Moses built an altar and named it The LORD Is My Banner.

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  2. Numbers 21:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent and mount it on a pole. When anyone who is bitten looks at it, he will live.”

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  3. Numbers 21:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Moses made a bronze snake and mounted it on a pole. If anyone who was bitten looked at the bronze snake, he would live.

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  4. Numbers 26:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them along with Korah, whose followers died when the fire consumed 250 men. They serve as a warning sign.

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  5. Psalms 60:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You have raised a banner for those who fear You, that they may flee the bow. Selah

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    Source alternate reference: 60.6

  6. Isaiah 5:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He lifts a banner for the distant nations and whistles for those at the ends of the earth. Behold—how speedily and swiftly they come!

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  7. Isaiah 11:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    On that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples. The nations will seek Him, and His place of rest will be glorious.

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  8. Isaiah 11:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; He will collect the scattered of Judah from the four corners of the earth.

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  9. Isaiah 13:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Raise a banner on a barren hilltop; call aloud to them. Wave your hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles.

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  10. Isaiah 18:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    All you people of the world and dwellers of the earth, when a banner is raised on the mountains, you will see it; when a ram’s horn sounds, you will hear it.

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  11. Isaiah 30:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    A thousand will flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five you will all flee, until you are left alone like a pole on a mountaintop, like a banner on a hill.

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  12. Isaiah 31:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Their rock will pass away for fear, and their princes will panic at the sight of the battle standard,” declares the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, whose furnace is in Jerusalem.

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  13. Isaiah 33:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Your ropes are slack; they cannot secure the mast or spread the sail. Then an abundance of spoils will be divided, and even the lame will carry off plunder.

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  14. Isaiah 49:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This is what the Lord GOD says: “Behold, I will lift up My hand to the nations, and raise My banner to the peoples. They will bring your sons in their arms and carry your daughters on their shoulders.

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  15. Isaiah 62:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Go out, go out through the gates; prepare the way for the people! Build it up, build up the highway; clear away the stones; raise a banner for the nations!

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  16. Jeremiah 4:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Raise a signal flag toward Zion. Seek refuge! Do not delay! For I am bringing disaster from the north, and terrible destruction.

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  17. Jeremiah 4:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    How long must I see the signal flag and hear the sound of the horn?

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  18. Jeremiah 50:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Announce and declare to the nations; lift up a banner and proclaim it; hold nothing back when you say, ‘Babylon is captured; Bel is put to shame; Marduk is shattered, her images are disgraced, her idols are broken in pieces.’

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  19. Jeremiah 51:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Raise a banner against the walls of Babylon; post the guard; station the watchmen; prepare the ambush. For the LORD has both devised and accomplished what He spoke against the people of Babylon.

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  20. Jeremiah 51:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Raise a banner in the land! Blow the ram’s horn among the nations! Prepare the nations against her. Summon the kingdoms against her—Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a captain against her; bring up horses like swarming locusts.

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  21. Ezekiel 27:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Of embroidered fine linen from Egypt they made your sail, which served as your banner. Of blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah they made your awning.

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