Natsach נָצַח

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Natsach
נָצַח
Transliterationnatsach
Strong's numberH5329
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechverb
Glossto conduct
Occurrences10 in 10 verses
Most frequent in2 Chronicles (4)

Natsach (Hebrew נָצַח, Strong's H5329) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to conduct”. It occurs 10 times in 10 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) to excel, be bright, be preeminent, be perpetual, be overseer, be enduring
1a) (Niphal) enduring (participle)
1b) (Piel) to act as overseer or superintendent or director or chief
Aramaic equivalent: ne.tsach (נְצַח "to distinguish oneself" H5330)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVforward (3), overseers (3), excel (1), oversee (1), perpetual (1), singer (1)
BSBsupervisors (2), supervise (2), were to lead the music (1), are to oversee (1), supervised (1), choirmaster (1)

Verses

Every verse with Natsach, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Ezra

Jeremiah

Habakkuk

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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