Hebrew noun (masculine) · H5251
נֵס
nesnace
Banner
21 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: nêç
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5251is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 39Old Testament books
- 17spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H5251
a flag; also a sail; by implication, a flagstaff; generally a signal; figuratively, a token
The King James renders it: banner, pole, sail, (en-) sign, standard.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
nes is rendered "Banner". It stands 21 times in the Hebrew text, across six books.
- Ten of the uses stand in Isaiah, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 17:15And Moses built an altar and named it The LORD Is My Banner.
- The Greek text spells it seventeen different ways.
The first use
And Moses built an altar and named it The LORD Is My Banner.
Exodus 17:15נִסִּֽי׃
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- a standard12
- standard my2
- and like the standard1
- for a standard of1
- from a standard1
- into a sail1
- into a warning sign1
- sail1
- the standard1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 21, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
17 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- נֵ֔ס3
- נֵ֤ס2
- נֵ֣ס2
- הַנֵּ֑ס1
- וְכַנֵּ֖ס1
- לְנֵ֣ס1
- לְנֵ֑ס1
- לְנֵֽס׃1
- מִנֵּ֖ס1
- נֵ֑ס1
- נֵס֙1
- נֵ֖ס1
and 5 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular13HNcmsa
- preposition + noun · masculine singular3HR/Ncmsa
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular2HNcmsc/Sp1bs
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular1HC/Rd/Ncmsa
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HR/Ncmsc
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular1HTd/Ncmsa
Exodus
one use
And Moses built an altar and named it The LORD Is My Banner.
- נִסִּֽי׃nisinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: standard my
Numbers
three uses
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent and mount it on a pole. When anyone who is bitten looks at it, he will live.”
- נֵ֑סnesnoun · masculine singulartagged: a standard
So Moses made a bronze snake and mounted it on a pole. If anyone who was bitten looked at the bronze snake, he would live.
- הַנֵּ֑סhanesthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the standard
And the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them along with Korah, whose followers died when the fire consumed 250 men. They serve as a warning sign.
- לְנֵֽס׃lenespreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: into a warning sign
Psalms
one use
You have raised a banner for those who fear You, that they may flee the bow. Selah
- נֵּ֭סnesnoun · masculine singulartagged: a standard
Isaiah
ten uses
He lifts a banner for the distant nations and whistles for those at the ends of the earth. Behold—how speedily and swiftly they come!
- נֵ֤סnesnoun · masculine singulartagged: a standard
On that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples. The nations will seek Him, and His place of rest will be glorious.
- לְנֵ֣סlenespreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: for a standard of
He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; He will collect the scattered of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
- נֵס֙nesnoun · masculine singulartagged: a standard
Raise a banner on a barren hilltop; call aloud to them. Wave your hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles.
- נֵ֔סnesnoun · masculine singulartagged: a standard
All you people of the world and dwellers of the earth, when a banner is raised on the mountains, you will see it; when a ram’s horn sounds, you will hear it.
- נֵ֤סnesnoun · masculine singulartagged: a standard
A thousand will flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five you will all flee, until you are left alone like a pole on a mountaintop, like a banner on a hill.
- וְכַנֵּ֖סvekhanesconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: and like the standard
Their rock will pass away for fear, and their princes will panic at the sight of the battle standard,” declares the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, whose furnace is in Jerusalem.
- מִנֵּ֖סminespreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from a standard
Your ropes are slack; they cannot secure the mast or spread the sail. Then an abundance of spoils will be divided, and even the lame will carry off plunder.
- נֵ֔סnesnoun · masculine singulartagged: sail
This is what the Lord GOD says: “Behold, I will lift up My hand to the nations, and raise My banner to the peoples. They will bring your sons in their arms and carry your daughters on their shoulders.
- נִסִּ֑יnisinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: standard my
Go out, go out through the gates; prepare the way for the people! Build it up, build up the highway; clear away the stones; raise a banner for the nations!
- נֵ֖סnesnoun · masculine singulartagged: a standard
Jeremiah
five uses
Raise a signal flag toward Zion. Seek refuge! Do not delay! For I am bringing disaster from the north, and terrible destruction.
- נֵ֣סnesnoun · masculine singulartagged: a standard
How long must I see the signal flag and hear the sound of the horn?
- נֵּ֑סnesnoun · masculine singulartagged: a standard
“Announce and declare to the nations; lift up a banner and proclaim it; hold nothing back when you say, ‘Babylon is captured; Bel is put to shame; Marduk is shattered, her images are disgraced, her idols are broken in pieces.’
- נֵ֔סnesnoun · masculine singulartagged: a standard
Raise a banner against the walls of Babylon; post the guard; station the watchmen; prepare the ambush. For the LORD has both devised and accomplished what He spoke against the people of Babylon.
- נֵ֗סnesnoun · masculine singulartagged: a standard
“Raise a banner in the land! Blow the ram’s horn among the nations! Prepare the nations against her. Summon the kingdoms against her—Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a captain against her; bring up horses like swarming locusts.
- נֵ֣סnesnoun · masculine singulartagged: a standard
Ezekiel
one use
Of embroidered fine linen from Egypt they made your sail, which served as your banner. Of blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah they made your awning.
- לְנֵ֑סlenespreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: into a sail
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.