Natsar means “guard” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G5341 — phelones (“cloke”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H5341 נָצַר (natsar) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. natsar (naw-tsar') v. 1. to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.) [a primitive root] It has 60 linked Bible usages across 10 books. Visible English usage signals include besieged and hidden. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
natsar (naw-tsar') v. 1. to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.) [a primitive root] KJV: besieged, hidden thing, keep(-er, -ing), monument, observe, preserve(-r), subtil, watcher(-man).
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to watch
Usage: 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)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render natsar, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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60 indexed usages in Old Testament.
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.
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.
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.
First 60 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H5341.
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.
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.
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.
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.
He smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza, and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.
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?
He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.
Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.
O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.
Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him.
Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:
That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD.
Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.
Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end.
Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
This I had, because I kept thy precepts.
The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.
I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.
Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.
Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.
I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes.
Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;
Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.
Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.
Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.
He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.
The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.
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 render to every man according to his works?
Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.
And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.
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 Gentiles;
Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare it? I have shewed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know them.
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 covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;
Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;
Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah.
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.
He that is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he that is near shall fall by the sword; and he that remaineth and is besieged shall die by the famine: thus will I accomplish my fury upon them.
He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily.
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Natsar (Strong's H5341) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "guard". natsar (naw-tsar') v. 1. to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.) [a primitive root]
This page currently indexes 60 linked usages for Strong's H5341 across 10 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H5341 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as besieged and hidden. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.