נֵצַח
nēṣaḥ
eminence
Strong's H5331NounHebrewTWOT 1402a

נֵצַח (nēṣaḥ) is a Hebrew noun meaning eminence. It appears 43 times in 11 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H5331).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1402a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1402a)eminence, enduring, everlasting, perpetuity; goal, splendor, truthfulness, confidence, continually; alway, constantly, end, ever, perpetual, strength, victory
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

נֵ֫צַח noun, masculine: eminence, enduring, everlasting, perpetuity

Strong's H5331 נֶצַח: properly, a goal, i.e. the bright object at a distance travelled towards; hence (figuratively), splendor, or (subjectively) truthfulness, or (objectively) confidence; but usually (adverbially), continually (i.e. to the most distant point of view)
KJV:alway(-s), constantly, end, (n-) ever(more), perpetual, strength, victory.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1402: נָצַח nāṣaḥ — be pre-eminent, enduring; act as overseer, superintendent, director; glitter from afar, be eminent, be permanent; excel, chief musician, oversee, overseer, set forward

See it in Scripture

1 Samuel 15:292 Samuel 2:261 Chronicles 29:11

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