Quick Definition
to conduct
Strong's Definition
properly, to glitter from afar, i.e. to be eminent (as a superintendent, especially of the Temple services and its music); to be permanent
Derivation: a primitive root; also as denominative from H5331 (נֶצַח)
KJV Usage: excel, chief musician (singer), oversee(-r), set forward.
TWOT Reference: 1402
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to excel, be bright, be preeminent, be perpetual, be overseer, be enduring
1a) (Niphal) enduring (participle)
1b) (Piel) to act as overseer or superintendent or director or chief
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
1) to excel, be bright, be preeminent, be perpetual, be overseer, be enduring
1a) (Niphal) enduring (participle)
1b) (Piel) to act as overseer or superintendent or director or chief
Aramaic equivalent: ne.tsach (נְצַח "to distinguish oneself" H5330)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
נָצַח
nâtsach
BDB Definition:
1) to excel, be bright, be preeminent, be perpetual, be overseer, be enduring
1a) (Niphal) enduring (participle)
1b) (Piel) to act as overseer or superintendent or director or chief
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1402
Total KJV Occurrences: 119