Strong's Definition
from 5264; a flag; also a sail; by implication, a flagstaff; generally a signal; figuratively, a token
KJV Usage: banner, pole, sail, (en-)sign, standard
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
נֵס (nes) — Banner. This name means a standard, signal, ensign, banner Another name of ye.ho.vah (יהוה "LORD" H3068G)
נֵס (nes) — ensign. 1) something lifted up, standard, signal, signal pole, ensign, banner, sign, sail 1a) standard (as rallying point), signal 1b) standard (pole) 1c) ensign, signal
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · נוס
Signs
banner = a distinctive object in the form of a flag or board attached to a stick, or a metal device or image fitted on the end of a pole; ► normally used to identify a particular group, or as a rallying point for soldiers in war; ≈ often used figuratively to denote an example, or a person or deity that one can rely on, or something that shows the way
NUM 21:8 · NUM 21:9 · NUM 26:10 · PSA 60:6 · ISA 5:26 · ISA 11:10 · ISA 11:12 · ISA 13:2 · ISA 18:3 · ISA 30:17 · ISA 31:9 · ISA 49:22 · ISA 62:10 · JER 4:6 · JER 4:21 · JER 50:2 · JER 51:12 · JER 51:27
Names of Constructions
Collocation: יהוה נִסִּי
YHWH is my banner = altar built by Moses after the victory of Israel over Amalek
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
נֵס n.[m.] standard, ensign, signal, sign base
