נֵצֶר
nêtser · H5342 · Hebrew · 4 occurrences
Meanings
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sprout, shoot, branch
A young branch springing from the main stock of a tree or plant; often used in a figurative sense to denote human offspring
ExamplesIsaiah 11:1 Then a shoot will spring from the stem of Jesse, And a Branch from his roots will bear fruit.
Isaiah 14:19 “But you have been hurled out of your tomb Like a rejected branch, Clothed with those killed who have been pierced with a sword, Who go down to the stones of the pit Like a trampled corpse.
Isaiah 60:21 “Then all your people will be righteous; They will possess the land forever, The branch of My planting, The work of My hands, That I may be glorified.
How it’s used In 5 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- מַטָּעplanting 1
- שֶׁרֶשׁroot 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- תַּעָבto abhor 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- לְבוּשׁclothing 1
What it doesIt is the subject
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- עָמַדto stand 1
- פָּרָהto grow 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- מִןfrom 1
- כlike/as 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 3 words
- חֹטֵר chôṭêr · H2415 · shoot, branch
- Hebrew term for a branch, rod, or shoot; appears in similar contexts (e.g., Isaiah 11:1 uses both חֹטֶר and נֵצֶר in parallel for messianic branch imagery)
- צֶמַח tsemach · H6780 · sprout, growth, vegetation
- Hebrew term for a sprout or branch, frequently used in messianic contexts parallel to נֵצֶר (e.g., Jeremiah 23:5, 33:15; Zechariah 3:8, 6:12 use צֶמַח for the messianic 'Branch')
- שָׂרִיג sârîyg · H8299 · branch, tendril
- Hebrew term for a tendril or branch of a vine; semantically overlaps with נֵצֶר in denoting plant offshoots or branches
In the other Testament 2 words
- κλάδος kládos · G2798 · branch (of a tree or woody shrub)
- Standard Greek translation equivalent for Hebrew נֵצֶר in contexts referring to a branch or shoot; used in LXX and New Testament for branches of trees and metaphorical branches (e.g., Romans 11:16-21)
- κλῆμα klēma · G2814 · branch (principally of grapevines)
- Greek term specifically for tender branches or shoots, particularly vine branches; semantically overlaps with נֵצֶר's use for tender shoots or sprouts, especially in metaphorical messianic contexts
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Trees001002007002
- The word names a branch or shoot, used messianically of a shoot growing from the stump of Jesse (Isaiah 11:1), tying the word to new growth from a tree's root or trunk.
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H5342. netser נֵ֫צְר noun masculine sprout, shoot, in figurative uses: — absolute ׳נ Isa…
נֵ֫צְר noun masculine sprout, shoot, in figurative uses: — absolute ׳נ Isa 11:1; Isa 14:19 (simile); construct Isa 60:21 (׳נ מַטָּעַי), Dan 11:7 (׳מִנּ שָׁרָשֶׁיהָ; but ᵐ5 Bev 'possibly' ׳נ מִשֶּׁרָשֶׁיהָ).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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