Definition

to raise a beacon

Etymology

a primitive root; to gleam from afar, i.e. to be conspicuous as a signal; or rather perhaps a denominative from H5251 (נֵס) (and identical with H5263 (נָסַס), through the idea of a flag as fluttering in the wind);

Word family

• נֵס nêç
• נָסַס nâçaç

How the KJV renders it

• lift up as an ensign

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.