Hebrew

To shine

נָצַץStrong’s H5340

natsats (na-tsats)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Natsats is the Hebrew word usually translated “gleaming”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf’s foot: and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass.”

Ezekiel 1:7 KJV

Meaning

(Qal) to shine, sparkle

How it's translated

and gleaming 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

Ezekiel 1

1 book in all.

Related words

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Hebrew dictionary

נָצַץ natsats · to shine

(Qal) to shine, sparkle

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “shine” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

SHINE, verb intransitive

[If s is a prefix, this word accords with the root of Latin canus, caneo.

To emit rays of light; to give light; to beam with steady radiance; to exhibit lightness or splendor; as, the sun shines by day; the moon shines by night.
To be bright; to be lively and animated; to be brilliant.
To be unclouded; as, the moon shines.
To be glossy or bright, as silk.

All definitions and other forms of “shine”

To be gay or splendid.
To be beautiful.
To be eminent, conspicuous or distinguished; as, to shine in courts.
To give light, real or figurative.
To manifest glorious excellencies.
To be clearly published.
To be conspicuously displayed; to be manifest.“Let your light so shine before men-” Matthew 5:16

SHINE, noun

Fair weather.
Brightness; splendor; luster; gloss.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.