נָצַב

Strong’s Definition

to station, in various applications (literally or figuratively)

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV Usage

appointed, deputy, erect, establish, [idiom] Huzzah (by mistake for a proper name), lay, officer, pillar, present, rear up, set (over, up), settle, sharpen, establish, (make to) stand(-ing, still, up, upright), best state.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to stand, take one's stand, stand upright, be set (over), establish
• 2.(niphal)
• 3.(hiphil)
• 4.(hophal) to be fixed, be determined, be stationary

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: nâtsab; Pronunciation: naw-tsab'