STRONGS H5251:
Abbreviations
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נֵס noun [
masculine]
standard, ensign, signal, sign (Late Hebrew
id., flag, usually
sign, i.e.
miracle;
נֵס,
נִסָּא sign, miracle); —
נ׳ absolute
Numbers 21:8 +; construct
Isaiah 11:10; suffix
נִסִּי [
H3071 Exodus 17:15];
Isaiah 49:22; —
1.
a. standard, as rallying-point,
נִסִּי י׳ [
H3071 Exodus 17:15] (E),
י׳ my standard (name of altar); conspicuously set on hill
Isaiah 30:17 (simile of solitariness; ||
תֹּרֶן עַלרֿאֹשׁ הָהָר); signal of war [see Schumacher
ZPV ix. 232, Across the Jordan, 104 f.] (especially to the nations, for destruction or deliverance of Judah, Isaiah, Jeremiah),
לַגּוֺיִם נָשָׂא נ׳ Isaiah 5:26;
Isaiah 11:12; compare
Isaiah 18:3 (on mountains, ||
תָּקַע שׁוֺפָר);
אֶלעַֿמִּים אָרִים נ׳ Isaiah 49:22 (||
אֶשָּׂא אֶלגּֿוֺיִם יָדִי), — in all these subject
י׳; compare
עֹמֵד לְנֵס עַמִּים Isaiah 10:11 (of Messianic king);
שְׂאוּ נ׳ Isaiah 13:2 (on mountain),
Jeremiah 50:2;
Jeremiah 51:12 (with
אֶלֿ against),
Jeremiah 51:27 (||
תִּקְעוּ שׁוֺפָר בַּגּוֺיִם),
עַלעַֿמִּים הָרִימוּ נ׳ Isaiah 62:10, compare
Jeremiah 4:21 (||
קוֺל שׁוֺפָר);
לְהִתְנוֺסֵס נ׳ ֗֗֗ נָתַתָּה Psalm 60:6 [
Psalm 60:4]
thou hast set a standard (only)
for fleeing.
b. signal,
צִיּ֫וֺנָה שְׂאוּ נ׳ Jeremiah 4:6 (i.e. to direct refugees to Zion).
3.
a. ensign, signal,
לְנֵס לָך לִהְיוֺת מִפְרָשֵׁך הָיָה מִמִּצְרַיִם ֗֗֗ שֵׁשׁ Ezekiel 27:7 byssus from Egypt was thy sail, to serve thee for an ensign (so DaToy; on lack of pennon on ancient ships see Co; > strike out Co Berthol); so
b. (since sails were the only ensign) =
sail Isaiah 33:23 (Che Di and others; >
pennon Ges Hi Ew De Du).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
Numbers
21:8; 21:8; 21:9; 26:10
Psalms
60:4
Isaiah
5:26; 10:11; 11:10; 11:12; 13:2; 18:3; 30:17; 33:23; 49:22; 49:22; 62:10
Jeremiah
4:6; 4:21; 50:2; 51:12; 51:27
Ezekiel
27:7
