Definition

a flag; also a sail; by implication, a flagstaff; generally a signal; figuratively, a token

Etymology

from H5264 (נָסַס);

Word family

• נָסַס nâçaç

How the KJV renders it

• banner
• pole
• sail
• (en-) sign
• standard

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.