- Original: נצר - Transliteration: Natsar - Phonetic: naw-tsar' - Definition: 1. to guard, watch, watch over, keep a. (Qal) 1. to watch, guard, keep 2. to preserve, guard from dangers 3. to keep, observe, guard with fidelity 4. to guard, keep secret 5. to be kept close, be blockaded 6. watchman (participle) - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 1407 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to guard in a good sense (to protect maintain obey etc.) or a bad one (to conceal etc.): - besieged hidden thing keep (-er -ing) monument observe preserve (-r) subtil watcher (-man). Total KJV Occurrences: 63 • besieged, 2 Isaiah 1:8; Ezekiel 6:12 • keep, 26 Psalm 25:10; Psalm 34:13; Psalm 78:7; Psalm 105:45; Psalm 119:2; Psalm 119:33; Psalm 119:34; Psalm 119:69; Psalm 119:100; Psalm 119:115; Psalm 119:129; Psalm 119:145; Psalm 141:3; Proverbs 2:11; Proverbs 3:1; Proverbs 3:21; Proverbs 4:6; Proverbs 4:13; Proverbs 4:23; Proverbs 5:2; Proverbs 6:20; Isaiah 26:3; Isaiah 27:3(2); Isaiah 42:6; Nahum 2:1 • keeper, 1 Job 27:18 • keepeth, 7 Proverbs 2:8; Proverbs 13:3; Proverbs 13:6; Proverbs 16:17; Proverbs 24:12; Proverbs 27:18; Proverbs 28:7 • Keeping, 1 Exodus 34:7 • kept, 4 Deuteronomy 32:10; Deuteronomy 33:9; Psalm 119:22; Psalm 119:56 • monuments, 1 Isaiah 65:4 • observe, 1 Proverbs 23:26 • preserve, 11 Psalm 12:7; Psalm 25:21; Psalm 32:7; Psalm 40:11; Psalm 61:7; Psalm 64:1; Psalm 140:1; Psalm 140:4; Proverbs 20:28; Proverbs 22:12; Isaiah 49:8 • preserved, 1 Isaiah 49:6 • preserver, 1 Job 7:20 • preserveth, 1 Psalm 31:23 • subtle, 1 Proverbs 7:10 • things, 1 Isaiah 48:6 • watchers, 1 Jeremiah 4:16 • watchmen, 3 2 Kings 17:9; 2 Kings 18:8; Jeremiah 31:6