{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H5341",
  "lemma": "נָצַר",
  "transliteration": "nâtsar",
  "definition": "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…",
  "occurrences": 61,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "[נָצַר] vb. watch, guard, keep;—Qal",
    "1. Watch, guard, keep",
    "2. Guard from dangers, preserve",
    "3. Guard with fidelity, keep, observe",
    "4. Guard, keep secret",
    "5. Keep close, blockaded"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 34:7",
      "text": "keeping loving kindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity and disobedience and sin; and who will by no means clear the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/34?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 32:10",
      "text": "He found him in a desert land, in the waste howling wilderness. He surrounded him. He cared for him. He kept him as the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/32?v=10"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 33:9",
      "text": "He said of his father, and of his mother, ‘I have not seen him.’ He didn’t acknowledge his brothers, nor did he know…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/33?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Kings 17:9",
      "text": "The children of Israel secretly did things that were not right against the LORD their God; and they built high places…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/17?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Kings 18:8",
      "text": "He struck the Philistines to Gaza and its borders, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/18?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 1:8",
      "text": "The daughter of Zion is left like a shelter in a vineyard, like a hut in a field of melons, like a besieged city.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/1?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 26:3",
      "text": "You will keep whoever’s mind is steadfast in perfect peace, because he trusts in you.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/26?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 27:3",
      "text": "I, the LORD, am its keeper. I will water it every moment. Lest anyone damage it, I will keep it night and day.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/27?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 42:6",
      "text": "“I, the LORD, have called you in righteousness. I will hold your hand. I will keep you, and make you a covenant for the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/42?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 48:6",
      "text": "You have heard it. Now see all this. And you, won’t you declare it? “I have shown you new things from this time, even…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/48?v=6"
    }
  ],
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