Natsar נָצַר

Natsar (Hebrew נָצַר, Strong's H5341) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to watch”. It occurs 63 times in 62 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

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

Translated as

Verses

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

Exodus

• Exodus 34:7
  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.maintaining loving devotion to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers on their children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.”

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 32:10
  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.He found him in a desert land, in a barren, howling wilderness; He surrounded him, He instructed him, He guarded him as the apple of His eye.
• Deuteronomy 33:9
  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.He said of his father and mother, ‘I do not consider them.’ He disregarded his brothers and did not know his own sons, for he kept Your word and maintained Your covenant.

2 Kings

• 2 Kings 17:9
  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.The Israelites secretly did things against the LORD their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city, they built high places in all their cities.
• 2 Kings 18:8
  He smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza, and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.He defeated the Philistines as far as Gaza and its borders, from watchtower to fortified city.

Job

• Job 7:20
  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?If I have sinned, what have I done to You, O watcher of mankind? Why have You made me Your target, so that I am a burden to You?
• Job 27:18
  He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.The house he built is like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut set up by a watchman.

Psalms

• Psalm 12:7
  Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.You, O LORD, will keep us; You will forever guard us from this generation.
• Psalm 25:10
  All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.All the LORD’s ways are loving and faithful to those who keep His covenant and His decrees.
• Psalm 25:21
  Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.May integrity and uprightness preserve me, because I wait for You.
• Psalm 31:23
  O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.Love the LORD, all His saints. The LORD preserves the faithful, but fully repays the arrogant.
• Psalm 32:7
  Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.You are my hiding place. You protect me from trouble; You surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah
• Psalm 34:13
  Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech.
• Psalm 40:11
  Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.O LORD, do not withhold Your mercy from me; Your loving devotion and faithfulness will always guard me.
• Psalm 61:7
  He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him.May he sit enthroned in God’s presence forever; appoint Your loving devotion and Your faithfulness to guard him.
• Psalm 64:1
  Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.Hear, O God, my voice of complaint; preserve my life from dread of the enemy.
• Psalm 78:7
  That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:that they should put their confidence in God, not forgetting His works, but keeping His commandments.
• Psalm 105:45
  That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD.that they might keep His statutes and obey His laws. Hallelujah!
• Psalm 119:2
  Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.Blessed are those who keep His testimonies and seek Him with all their heart.
• Psalm 119:22
  Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.Remove my scorn and contempt, for I have kept Your testimonies.
• Psalm 119:33
  Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end.Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your statutes, and I will keep them to the end.
• Psalm 119:34
  Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.Give me understanding that I may obey Your law, and follow it with all my heart.
• Psalm 119:56
  This I had, because I kept thy precepts.This is my practice, for I obey Your precepts.
• Psalm 119:69
  The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep Your precepts with all my heart.
• Psalm 119:100
  I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.I discern more than the elders, for I obey Your precepts.
• Psalm 119:115
  Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may obey the commandments of my God.
• Psalm 119:129
  Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.Wonderful are Your testimonies; therefore I obey them.
• Psalm 119:145
  I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes.I call with all my heart; answer me, O LORD! I will obey Your statutes.
• Psalm 140:1
  Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men. Protect me from men of violence,
• Psalm 140:4
  Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.Guard me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked. Keep me safe from men of violence who scheme to make me stumble.
• Psalm 141:3
  Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 2:8
  He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.to guard the paths of justice and protect the way of His saints.
• Proverbs 2:11
  Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you,
• Proverbs 3:1
  My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;
• Proverbs 3:21
  My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:My son, do not lose sight of this: Preserve sound judgment and discernment.
• Proverbs 4:6
  Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.Do not forsake wisdom, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will guard you.
• Proverbs 4:13
  Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.
• Proverbs 4:23
  Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.
• Proverbs 5:2
  That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge.
• Proverbs 6:20
  My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
• Proverbs 7:10
  And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.Then a woman came out to meet him, with the attire of a harlot and cunning of heart.
• Proverbs 13:3
  He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.
• Proverbs 13:6
  Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.Righteousness guards the man of integrity, but wickedness undermines the sinner.
• Proverbs 16:17
  The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.The highway of the upright leads away from evil; he who guards his way protects his life.
• Proverbs 20:28
  Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.Loving devotion and faithfulness preserve a king; by these he maintains his throne.
• Proverbs 22:12
  The eyes of the Lord preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.The LORD’s eyes keep watch over knowledge, but He frustrates the words of the faithless.
• Proverbs 23:26
  My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes delight in my ways.
• Proverbs 24:12
  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?If you say, “Behold, we did not know about this,” does not He who weighs hearts consider it? Does not the One who guards your life know? Will He not repay a man according to his deeds?
• Proverbs 27:18
  Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who looks after his master will be honored.
• Proverbs 28:7
  Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.A discerning son keeps the law, but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 1:8
  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.And the Daughter of Zion is abandoned like a shelter in a vineyard, like a shack in a cucumber field, like a city besieged.
• Isaiah 26:3
  Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.
• Isaiah 27:3
  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, am its keeper; I water it continually. I guard it night and day so no one can disturb it;
• Isaiah 42:6
  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;“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 48:6
  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.You 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 49:6
  And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.He 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.”
• Isaiah 49:8
  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;This 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 65:4
  Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine’s flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;sitting among the graves, spending nights in secret places, eating the meat of pigs and polluted broth from their bowls.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 4:16
  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.Warn the nations now! Proclaim to Jerusalem: “A besieging army comes from a distant land; they raise their voices against the cities of Judah.
• Jeremiah 31:6
  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.For 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

• Ezekiel 6:12
  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 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

• Nahum 2:1
  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.One who scatters advances against you, O Nineveh. Guard the fortress! Watch the road! Brace yourselves! Summon all your strength!

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).