Word Study · Strong's H5342 · Hebrew
נֵצֶר
netser
nay'-tser
Strong's 1890 spelling: nêtser
“a shoot”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a shoot; figuratively, a descendant
Rendered in the KJV as
branch.
- 4occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- וְנֵ֖צֶר1
- כְּנֵ֣צֶר1
- מִנֵּ֥צֶר1
- נֵ֧צֶר1
How it is rendered · 4
- [the] shoot of1
- and a branch1
- like a branch1
- one of [the] shoot[s] of1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- preposition + noun · masculine singular1
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HC/Ncmsa · 1
- HNcmsc · 1
- HR/Ncmsa · 1
- HR/Ncmsc · 1
All 4, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Isaiah3 occurrences
- Isaiah 11:1וְנֵ֖צֶרvenetzerconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularThen a shoot will spring up from the stump of Jesse, and a Branch from his roots will bear fruit.here: and a branch
- Isaiah 14:19כְּנֵ֣צֶרkenetzerpreposition + noun · masculine singularBut you are cast out of your grave like a rejected branch, covered by those slain with the sword, and dumped into a rocky pit like a carcass trampled underfoot.here: like a branch
- Isaiah 60:21נֵ֧צֶרnetzernoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Then all your people will be righteous; they will possess the land forever; they are the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, so that I may be glorified.here: [the] shoot of