נֵ֫צַח
ne.tsach
“perpetuity”
Definition
properly, a goal, i.e. the bright object at adistance travelled towards; hence (figuratively), splendor, or (subjectively) truthfulness, or (objectively) confidence; but usually (adverbially), continually (i.e. to the most distant point of view)
or נֵצַח; from H5329 (נָצַח);
- eminence, perpetuity, strength, victory, enduring, everlastingness 1a) eminence 1b) enduring of life 1c) endurance in time, perpetual, continual, unto the end 1d) everlastingness, ever
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
נֵ֫צַח appears 32 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the splendor and the majesty, for everything in heaven and on earth belongs to You.Yours, O LORD, is the kingdom, and You are exalted as head over all.
She will never be inhabitedor settled from generation to generation;no nomad will pitch his tent there,no shepherd will rest his flock there.
Why is my pain unending,and my wound incurable,refusing to be healed?You have indeed become like a mirage to me—water that is not there.
If only Job were tried to the utmostfor answering like a wicked man.
He says to himself, “God has forgotten;He hides His face and never sees.”
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