נָצַר (na.tsar) means “to watch” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: naw-tsar' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
נָצַר · na.tsar · to watch
1) to guard, watch, watch over, keep 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to watch, guard, keep 1a2) to preserve, guard from dangers 1a3) to keep, observe, guard with fidelity 1a4) to guard, keep secret 1a5) to be kept close, be blockaded 1a6) watchman (participle)
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a primitive root; to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.)
KJV glosses: besieged, hidden thing, keep(-er, -ing), monument, observe, preserve(-r), subtil, watcher(-man).
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| keep | 4 |
| preserve | 3 |
| guard | 2 |
| he who guards | 2 |
| i obey | 2 |
| i will keep you | 2 |
| that i may obey | 2 |
| a besieging army | 1 |
| am its keeper | 1 |
| and cunning | 1 |
| and i will keep them | 1 |
| and maintained | 1 |
| and obey | 1 |
| and she will guard you | 1 |
| are those who keep | 1 |
| besieged | 1 |
| but keeping | 1 |
| by a watchman | 1 |
| guard it | 1 |
| guard me | 1 |
| guards | 1 |
| he guarded him | 1 |
| hidden things | 1 |
| i guard it | 1 |
| i have kept | 1 |
| i will obey | 1 |
| in secret places | 1 |
| keep me safe | 1 |
| keep watch | 1 |
| keep watch over | 1 |
| keeps | 1 |
| maintaining | 1 |
| may preserve | 1 |
| o watcher | 1 |
| obey them | 1 |
| preserve me | 1 |
| preserves | 1 |
| protect me | 1 |
| to guard | 1 |
| to guard him | 1 |
| to those who keep | 1 |
| watchtower | 1 |
| when watchmen | 1 |
| who guards | 1 |
| whoever tends | 1 |
| will guard you | 1 |
| you protect me | 1 |
| you will forever guard us | 1 |
| you will keep | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| keep | 9 |
| preserve | 7 |
| and i shall keep | 2 |
| he that keepeth | 2 |
| i will keep | 2 |
| of the watchmen | 2 |
| thou shalt preserve | 2 |
| whoso keepeth | 2 |
| and he that keepeth | 1 |
| and is besieged | 1 |
| and keep | 1 |
| and kept | 1 |
| and subtil | 1 |
| and will keep | 1 |
| as a besieged | 1 |
| because i keep | 1 |
| but keep | 1 |
| do keep | 1 |
| even hidden things | 1 |
| for i have kept | 1 |
| for i will keep | 1 |
| he keepeth | 1 |
| her and she shall keep | 1 |
| him he kept | 1 |
| in the monuments | 1 |
| it i will keep | 1 |
| keepeth | 1 |
| keeping | 1 |
| may keep | 1 |
| may preserve | 1 |
| observe | 1 |
| preserveth | 1 |
| shall keep | 1 |
| the keeper | 1 |
| the preserved | 1 |
| the watchmen | 1 |
| thee and i will preserve | 1 |
| they that keep | 1 |
| this i had because i kept | 1 |
| thou wilt keep | 1 |
| unto such as keep | 1 |
| unto thee o thou preserver | 1 |
| watchers | 1 |
Page 2 of 2. 62 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
And the Daughter of Zion is abandoned like a shelter in a vineyard, like a shack in a cucumber field, like a city besieged.
Read word by wordYou will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.
Read word by wordI, the LORD, am its keeper; I water it continually. I guard it night and day so no one can disturb it;
Read word by word“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,
Read word by wordYou 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.
Read word by wordHe says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth.”
Read word by wordThis 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,
Read word by wordsitting among the graves, spending nights in secret places, eating the meat of pigs and polluted broth from their bowls.
Read word by wordWarn the nations now! Proclaim to Jerusalem: “A besieging army comes from a distant land; they raise their voices against the cities of Judah.
Read word by wordFor 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!’”
Read word by wordHe 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.
Read word by wordOne who scatters advances against you, O Nineveh. Guard the fortress! Watch the road! Brace yourselves! Summon all your strength!
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 2.2
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