King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H5201
Transliteration: natar
Phonetic Spelling: (naw-tar')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to keep
Meaning: to guard, to cherish
Word Summary
natar: to keep
Original Word: נָטַרTransliteration: natar
Phonetic Spelling: (naw-tar')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to keep
Meaning: to guard, to cherish
Strong's Concordance
bear grudge, keeper, reserve A primitive root; to guard; figuratively, to cherish (anger) -- bear grudge, keep(-er), reserve.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H5201. natar
[נָטַר] verb keep (less common "" of נָצַר) (Late Hebrew id.; נְטַר ᵑ7, Syriac id.; Nabataean in proper name Lzb323 (compare also below), Arabic id. (object garden, etc.)); —
Qal Perfect1singular נָטָ֑רְתִּי Song of Solomon 1:6; Imperfect3masculine singular יִטּוֺר Psalm 103:9, יִנְטוֺר Jeremiah 3:5; read וַיִּטֹּר also Amos 1:11 (for יִטְרֹף ᵑ0) OlPsalm 103:9 We Now GASm Dr; 2 masculine singular תִּטִּר Leviticus 19:18; 1singular אֶטּוֺר Jeremiah 3:12; Participle active נוֺטֵר Nahum 1:2; feminine נֹטֵרָה Song of Solomon 1:6; masculine plural נֹטְרִים 8:11-12, —
1 keep, maintain (that is, wrath), of ׳י Jeremiah 3:5, 12; Nahum 1:2 (with לְ for), Psalm 103:9; of Edom Amos 1:11 (reading אַמּוֺ לָעַד וַיִּטֹּר and he kept his anger perpetually, see above).
2 keep, guard a vineyard Song of Solomon 1:6, 6 (in figurative), absolute 8:11, object מִּרְיוֺ 8:12.