BDB5349
נֵ֫צְר noun masculine sprout, shoot, in figurative uses: — absolute ׳ נ Isa 11:1; Isa 14:19 (simile); construct Isa 60:21 (מַטָּעַי ׳ נ), Dan 11:7 (שָׁרָשֶׁיהָ ׳ מִנּ; but ᵐ5 Bev 'possibly' מִשֶּׁרָשֶׁיהָ ׳ נ).
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
| Strong's Number: | H5342 |
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| Word: | נֵצֶר |
| Part of Speech: | noun masc |
| Etymology: | from H5341 in the sense of greenness as a striking color |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 4 |
| Transliteration: | netser |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | nay'-tser |
| Meaning: | 1. a shoot 2. (figuratively) a descendant |
| KJV Renderings: | branch. |
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נֵ֫צְר noun masculine sprout, shoot, in figurative uses: — absolute ׳ נ Isa 11:1; Isa 14:19 (simile); construct Isa 60:21 (מַטָּעַי ׳ נ), Dan 11:7 (שָׁרָשֶׁיהָ ׳ מִנּ; but ᵐ5 Bev 'possibly' מִשֶּׁרָשֶׁיהָ ׳ נ).
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke