נָצַר

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.”

Exodus 34:7

• נֹצֵ֥רnotzerverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: maintaining

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 32:10

• יִצְּרֶ֖נְהוּyitzerenhuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he guarded it

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.

Deuteronomy 33:9

• יִנְצֹֽרוּ׃yintzoruverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they observed

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 17:9

• נוֹצְרִ֖יםnotzrimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: watchmen

He defeated the Philistines as far as Gaza and its borders, from watchtower to fortified city.

2 Kings 18:8

• נוֹצְרִ֖יםnotzrimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: watchmen

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 7:20

• נֹצֵ֪רnotzerverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: O watcher of

The house he built is like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut set up by a watchman.

Job 27:18

• נֹצֵֽר׃notzerverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: a watchman

You, O LORD, will keep us; You will forever guard us from this generation.

Psalms 12:7

• תִּצְּרֶ֓נּוּ׀titzerenuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: you will guard him

All the LORD’s ways are loving and faithful to those who keep His covenant and His decrees.

Psalms 25:10

• לְנֹצְרֵ֥יlenotzereipreposition + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to keep

May integrity and uprightness preserve me, because I wait for You.

Psalms 25:21

• יִצְּר֑וּנִיyitzeruniverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: may they preserve me

Love the LORD, all His saints. The LORD preserves the faithful, but fully repays the arrogant.

Psalms 31:23

• נֹצֵ֣רnotzerverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: preserving

You are my hiding place. You protect me from trouble; You surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah

Psalms 32:7

• תִּ֫צְּרֵ֥נִיtitzereniverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: you will preserve me

Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech.

Psalms 34:13

• נְצֹ֣רnetzorverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: keep

O LORD, do not withhold Your mercy from me; Your loving devotion and faithfulness will always guard me.

Psalms 40:11

• יִצְּרֽוּנִי׃yitzeruniverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: they preserve me

May he sit enthroned in God’s presence forever; appoint Your loving devotion and Your faithfulness to guard him.

Psalms 61:7

• יִנְצְרֻֽהוּ׃yintzeruhuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: they will preserve him

Hear, O God, my voice of complaint; preserve my life from dread of the enemy.

Psalms 64:1

• תִּצֹּ֥רtitzorverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will preserve

that they should put their confidence in God, not forgetting His works, but keeping His commandments.

Psalms 78:7

• יִנְצֹֽרוּ׃yintzoruverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will observe

that they might keep His statutes and obey His laws. Hallelujah!

Psalms 105:45

• יִנְצֹ֗רוּyintzoruverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they may observe

Blessed are those who keep His testimonies and seek Him with all their heart.

Psalms 119:2

• נֹצְרֵ֥יnotzereiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: observe

Remove my scorn and contempt, for I have kept Your testimonies.

Psalms 119:22

• נָצָֽרְתִּי׃natzaretiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I observe

Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your statutes, and I will keep them to the end.

Psalms 119:33

• וְאֶצְּרֶ֥נָּהveetzerenahHC/Vqu1cs/Sp3fstagged: so I may observe it

Give me understanding that I may obey Your law, and follow it with all my heart.

Psalms 119:34

• וְאֶצְּרָ֥הveetzerahconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singulartagged: so let me observe

This is my practice, for I obey Your precepts.

Psalms 119:56

• נָצָֽרְתִּי׃natzaretiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have observed

Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep Your precepts with all my heart.

Psalms 119:69

• אֱצֹּ֬רʾetzorverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I observe

I discern more than the elders, for I obey Your precepts.

Psalms 119:100

• נָצָֽרְתִּי׃natzaretiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have observed

Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may obey the commandments of my God.

Psalms 119:115

• וְ֝אֶצְּרָ֗הveetzerahconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singulartagged: and let me observe

Wonderful are Your testimonies; therefore I obey them.

Psalms 119:129

• נְצָרָ֥תַםnetzaratamverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: it observes them

I call with all my heart; answer me, O LORD! I will obey Your statutes.

Psalms 119:145

• אֶצֹּֽרָה׃ʾetzorahverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will observe

Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men. Protect me from men of violence,

Psalms 140:1

• תִּנְצְרֵֽנִי׃tintzereniverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: you will preserve me

Guard me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked. Keep me safe from men of violence who scheme to make me stumble.

Psalms 140:4

• תִּנְצְרֵ֑נִיtintzereniverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: you will preserve me

Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.

Psalms 141:3

• נִ֝צְּרָ֗הnitzerahverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic hetagged: keep watch

to guard the paths of justice and protect the way of His saints.

Proverbs 2:8

• לִ֭נְצֹרlintzorpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to guard

Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you,

Proverbs 2:11

• תִנְצְרֶֽכָּה׃tintzerekahverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: it will preserve you

My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;

Proverbs 3:1

• יִצֹּ֥רyitzorverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: let it keep

My son, do not lose sight of this: Preserve sound judgment and discernment.

Proverbs 3:21

• נְצֹ֥רnetzorverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: keep

Do not forsake wisdom, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will guard you.

Proverbs 4:6

• וְתִצְּרֶֽךָּ׃vetitzerekaHC/Vqu3fs/Sp2mstagged: and she will guard you

Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.

Proverbs 4:13

• נִ֝צְּרֶ֗הָnitzerehaverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: keep her

Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.

Proverbs 4:23

• נְצֹ֣רnetzorverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: guard

that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge.

Proverbs 5:2

• יִנְצֹֽרוּ׃yintzoruverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will observe

My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.

Proverbs 6:20

• נְצֹ֣רnetzorverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: keep

Then a woman came out to meet him, with the attire of a harlot and cunning of heart.

Proverbs 7:10

• וּנְצֻ֥רַתunetzuratconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and guarded of

He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.

Proverbs 13:3

• נֹצֵ֣רnotzerverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: guards

Righteousness guards the man of integrity, but wickedness undermines the sinner.

Proverbs 13:6

• תִּצֹּ֣רtitzorverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it preserves

The highway of the upright leads away from evil; he who guards his way protects his life.

Proverbs 16:17

• נֹצֵ֥רnotzerverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: guards

Loving devotion and faithfulness preserve a king; by these he maintains his throne.

Proverbs 20:28

• יִצְּרוּ־yitzeru-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they preserve

The LORD’s eyes keep watch over knowledge, but He frustrates the words of the faithless.

Proverbs 22:12

• נָ֣צְרוּnatzeruverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they preserve

My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes delight in my ways.

Proverbs 23:26

• תִּצֹּֽרְנָה׃tirtzenahverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine pluraltagged: let them observe

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 24:12

• וְנֹצֵ֣רvenotzerconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: and guards

Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who looks after his master will be honored.

Proverbs 27:18

• נֹצֵ֣רnotzerverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: keeps

A discerning son keeps the law, but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father.

Proverbs 28:7

• נוֹצֵ֣רnotzerverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: keeps

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 1:8

• נְצוּרָֽה׃netzurahverb · simple (qal), passive participle · feminine singulartagged: besieged

You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.

Isaiah 26:3

• תִּצֹּ֖רtitzorverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will keep

I, the LORD, am its keeper; I water it continually. I guard it night and day so no one can disturb it;

Isaiah 27:3

• נֹֽצְרָ֔הּnotzerahverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: keeper its
• אֶצֳּרֶֽנָּה׃ʾetzorenahverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: I guard it

“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 42:6

• וְאֶצָּרְךָ֗veetzarekhaHC/Vqu1cs/Sp2mstagged: and I may watch over you

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 48:6

• וּנְצֻר֖וֹתunetzurotconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · feminine pluraltagged: and secret

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 49:6

• וּנְצוּרֵ֥יunetzireiconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and preserved of

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 49:8

• וְאֶצָּרְךָ֗veetzarekhaHC/Vqu1cs/Sp2mstagged: and I will watch over you

sitting among the graves, spending nights in secret places, eating the meat of pigs and polluted broth from their bowls.

Isaiah 65:4

• וּבַנְּצוּרִ֖יםuvanetzurimconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and in the secret places

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 4:16

• נֹצְרִ֥יםnotzerimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: besiegers

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!’”

Jeremiah 31:6

• נֹצְרִ֖יםnotzerimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: watchmen

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.

Ezekiel 6:12

• וְהַנָּצ֔וּרvehanatzurconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: and the is preserved

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

Nahum 2:1

• נָצ֣וֹרnatzorverb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: guard