excel, chief musician singer, overseer, set forward
A primitive root; properly, to glitter from afar, i.e. To be eminent (as a superintendent, especially of the Temple services and its music); also (as denominative from netsach), to be permanent -- excel, chief musician (singer), oversee(-r), set forward.
1) to excel, be bright, be preeminent, be perpetual, be overseer, be enduring 1a) (Niphal) enduring (participle) 1b) (Piel) to act as overseer or superintendent or director or chief Part of Speech: verb A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root Same Word by TWOT Number: 1402
Brown-Driver-Briggs
I. [נָצַח] verbbe pre-eminent, enduring (Ecclus [Pi`el] make brilliant Ecclesiasticus 43:5; Ecclesiasticus 43:13 [?] (compare Oxford ed.xxxiii); Late Hebrew נָצַחconquer, etc.; Phoenician נצח, Aramaic נְצַח, shine, be illustrious, pre-eminent, victorious; Arabic be pure, reliable; Ethiopic be pure, innocent; both classes of meaning probably derived form shine, be bright, brilliant, see also Dr1Samuel 15:29); —
Niph`alParticiple active feminine נִצַּ֫חַתJeremiah 8:5enduring (מְשֻׁבָהapostasy).
3 in liturgical service of song, עלהֿשׁמינית, over the bass voices, leading them with כִּנֹּרוֺת1 Chronicles 15:21; לַמְנַצֵּחַ in titles Psalms has probably simile meaning, = musical director or choirmaster; Greek Vrss. of 2nd cent. A.D., Aq Theod Sym, and so Jerome, think of Aramaic victorious, but no clear explanation; ᵐ5εἰς τὸ τέλος (probably לַמִּנְצָח) follows ordinary meaning of noun נֵצַח, which may be explained in eschatological sense as referring to end of age of world after Euseb Theod; or for full rendering after De; neither satisfactory. Chronicles, near in date, gives the clue which is intrinsically probably: לְ indicates, not assignment (nothing special in these Psalms to suggest it, and assignment of Psalms for such use a matter of course), but that these Psalms were taken by final editor from an older major Psalter known as the Director's Collection, compare the still earlier collections known as (ל)דוד, (ל)אסף, (ל)בני קרח. The 55 Psalms with למנצח were taken 39 from Davidic, 9 from Korahite, and 5 from Asaphic Psalters; only 2anonymous. Habakkuk 3 originally belonged to Director's Psalter. This and other Director's Psalms have musical directions in titles. The Director's Psalter was probably the prayer-book of synagogue of Greek period, presupposed by our Hab., the collection of the twelve Minor Prophets, the prophetic canon, and Daniel (see BrGen. Intr. 123).
[נְצַח] verb Hithpa.distinguish oneself (see Biblical Hebrew I. נצח); — ParticipleמִתְנַצַּחDaniel 6:4, עַל person
1 Chronicles 15:21 HEB:עַל־ הַשְּׁמִינִ֖ית לְנַצֵּֽחַ׃ NAS: and Azaziah, to lead with lyres KJV: with harps on the Sheminith to excel. INT: on the Sheminith to lead
1 Chronicles 23:4 HEB: מֵאֵ֗לֶּה לְנַצֵּ֙חַ֙ עַל־ מְלֶ֣אכֶת NAS: 24000were to oversee the work KJV: thousand [were] to set forward the work INT: of which forward and the work
2 Chronicles 2:2 HEB:חֹצֵ֣ב בָּהָ֑ר וּמְנַצְּחִ֣ים עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת NAS: and 3,600 to supervise them. KJV: and six hundred to oversee them. INT: to hew the mountain to supervise and and three
2 Chronicles 2:18 HEB:וְשֵׁ֣שׁ מֵא֔וֹת מְנַצְּחִ֖ים לְהַעֲבִ֥יד אֶת־ NAS: and 3,600 supervisors to make the people KJV: hundred overseers to set INT: and six hundred supervisors work the people
2 Chronicles 34:12 HEB:בְּנֵ֥י הַקְּהָתִ֖ים לְנַצֵּ֑חַ וְהַ֨לְוִיִּ֔ם כָּל־ NAS: over them to supervise: Jahath KJV: faithfully: and the overseers of them [were] Jahath INT: of the sons of the Kohathites to supervise and the Levites all
2 Chronicles 34:13 HEB:וְעַ֣ל הַסַּבָּלִ֗ים וּֽמְנַצְּחִים֙ לְכֹל֙ עֹשֵׂ֣ה NAS: the burden bearers, and supervised all KJV: Also [they were] over the bearers of burdens, and [were] overseers of all that wrought INT: over the burden and supervised all wrought
Ezra 3:8 HEB:שָׁנָה֙ וָמַ֔עְלָה לְנַצֵּ֖חַ עַל־ מְלֶ֥אכֶת NAS: and older to oversee the work KJV: and upward, to set forward the work INT: years and older to oversee and the work
Ezra 3:9 HEB:יְהוּדָה֙ כְּאֶחָ֔ד לְנַצֵּ֛חַ עַל־ עֹשֵׂ֥ה NAS: the Levites, to oversee the workmen KJV: together, to set forward the workmen INT: of Judah united to oversee and accomplish
Psalm 4:1 HEB: לַמְנַצֵּ֥חַ בִּנְגִינ֗וֹת מִזְמ֥וֹר KJV:< on Neginoth, INT:Musician Neginoth A Psalm
Psalm 5:1 HEB: לַמְנַצֵּ֥חַ אֶֽל־ הַנְּחִיל֗וֹת KJV:< upon Nehiloth, INT:Musician upon Nehiloth
Psalm 6:1 HEB: לַמְנַצֵּ֣חַ בִּ֭נְגִינוֹת עַֽל־ KJV:< on Neginoth INT:Musician Neginoth upon
Psalm 76:1 HEB: לַמְנַצֵּ֥חַ בִּנְגִינֹ֑ת מִזְמ֖וֹר KJV:< on Neginoth, INT:Musician Neginoth A Psalm
Psalm 77:1 HEB: לַמְנַצֵּ֥חַ עַֽל־ [יְדִיתוּן KJV:< to Jeduthun, INT:Musician and Jeduthun
Psalm 80:1 HEB: לַמְנַצֵּ֥חַ אֶל־ שֹׁשַׁנִּ֑ים KJV:< upon Shoshannimeduth, INT:Musician about Shoshannimeduth
Psalm 81:1 HEB: לַמְנַצֵּ֬חַ ׀ עַֽל־ הַגִּתִּ֬ית KJV:< upon Gittith, INT:Musician upon Gittith
Psalm 84:1 HEB: לַמְנַצֵּ֥חַ עַֽל־ הַגִּתִּ֑ית KJV:< upon Gittith, INT:Musician upon Gittith
Psalm 85:1 HEB: לַמְנַצֵּ֬חַ ׀ לִבְנֵי־ קֹ֬רַח KJV:< A Psalm INT:Musician the sons of Korah
Psalm 88:1 HEB:לִבְנֵ֫י קֹ֥רַח לַמְנַצֵּ֣חַ עַל־ מָחֲלַ֣ת KJV: of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath INT: the sons of Korah Musician upon Mahalath
Psalm 109:1 HEB: לַ֭מְנַצֵּחַ לְדָוִ֣ד מִזְמ֑וֹר KJV:< A Psalm INT:Musician of David A Psalm
Psalm 139:1 HEB: לַ֭מְנַצֵּחַ לְדָוִ֣ד מִזְמ֑וֹר KJV:< A Psalm INT:Musician of David A Psalm
Psalm 140:1 HEB: לַמְנַצֵּ֗חַ מִזְמ֥וֹר לְדָוִֽד׃ KJV:< A Psalm INT:Musician A Psalm of David
Habakkuk 3:19 HEB:בָּמוֹתַ֖י יַדְרִכֵ֑נִי לַמְנַצֵּ֖חַ בִּנְגִינוֹתָֽי׃ NAS: on my high places. For the choir director, on my stringed instruments. KJV: upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments. INT: my high walk the choir my stringed
shine, be illustrious, pre-eminent, victorious; Arabic 
be pure, reliable; Ethiopic 
be pure, innocent; both classes of meaning probably derived form shine, be bright, brilliant, see also Dr1Samuel 15:29); —