Know the Word.

Hebrew word

nâçaç

naw-sas'

נָסַס

What it means

to raise a beacon

Where it comes from

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

How the King James translates it

  • ensign1

Every place it appears 1

Zechariah9:16