נֵצֶר
nêtser · nay'-tser
a shoot; figuratively, a descendant
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5341 (נָצַר) in the sense of greenness as a striking color;
a shoot; figuratively, a descendant
- a shoot
- figuratively, a descendant
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: branch.
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › to pursue the straight path › the head, the highest
The seed, life continuing that works to pursue the straight path of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נֵצֶר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and a branch1 · 25%
- branch1 · 25%
- the branch1 · 25%
- but out of a branch1 · 25%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.