נָצַר (nāṣar) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning watch. It appears
63 times
in 10 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H5341).
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1407)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1407)watch, guard, keep; Guard from dangers, preserve; Guard with fidelity, observe; keep secret; Keep close, blockaded; protect, maintain, obey, conceal; besieged, hidden thing, keeper, keeping, monument, preserver, subtil, watcher…
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
נָצַרverb: watch, guard, keep
1.Watch, guard, keep
2.Guard from dangers, preserve
3.Guard with fidelity, keep, observe
4.Guard, keep secret
5.Keep close, blockaded
Strong's H5341נָצַר: to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.) KJV:besieged, hidden thing, keep(-er, -ing), monument, observe, preserve(-r), subtil, watcher(-man).
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.