Numbers 2:2
Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father's house: far off about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch.
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Ensign
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Zechariah 9:16
And the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his people: for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his land.
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נֵס
nêç · nace
6 times translated as this KJV form20 total Strong's occurrences
a flag; also a sail; by implication, a flagstaff; generally a signal; figuratively, a token
Strong's KJV usage: banner, pole, sail, (en-) sign, standard.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Isaiah 5:26Strong's last: Isaiah 31:9
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ʼôwth · oth
1 times translated as this KJV form79 total Strong's occurrences
a signal (literally or figuratively), as a flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc.
Strong's KJV usage: mark, miracle, (en-) sign, token.
Strong's first: Numbers 2:2Strong's last: Numbers 2:2
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nâçaç · naw-sas'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
to raise a beacon
Strong's KJV usage: lift up as an ensign.
Strong's first: Zechariah 9:16Strong's last: Zechariah 9:16
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H226
Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father's house: far off about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch.
H5251
And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly:
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And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.
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And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
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All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see ye, when he lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; and when he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye.
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One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill.
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And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.
H5264
And the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his people: for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his land.
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ensign
EN'SIGN, noun en'sine. [Latin insigne, insignia, from signum, a mark impressed, a sign.]
1. The flag or banner of a military band; a banner of colors; a standard; a figured cloth or piece of silk, attached to a staff, and usually with figures, colors or arms thereon, borne by an officer at the head of a company, troop or other band.
2. Any signal to assemble or to give notice.
He will lift up an ensign to the nations. Isaiah 5:26.
Ye shall be left as an ensign on a hill. Isaiah 30:17.
3. A badge; a mark of distinction, rank or office; as ensigns of power or virtue.
4. The officer who carries the flag or colors, being the lowest commissioned officer in a company of infantry.
5. Naval ensign is a large banner hoisted on a staff and carried over the poop or stern of a ship; used to distinguish ships of different nations, or to characterize different squadrons of the same navy.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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