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Banner is the most commonly used word in the bible for banners. Other words used are standard, and ensign.

A banner is a piece of cloth attached by an edge to a staff or pole and used by a leader, monarch or lord as his standard or as an ensign displaying a distinct symbol, especially a symbol that is presented as an award of honor or distinction.

A flag is a usually a rectangular piece of fabric of a design and character that is used as a symbol (as of a nation or of a people) or as an instrument to signal with.

An ensign is a flag that is flown and displayed as by a vessel to indicate the symbol of nationality with a distinguishing mark added to its design. In the military it reveals office, rank or power.

A standard is conspicuous or obvious object (like a banner) formerly carried at the top of a pole and used as an identifying mark, a rallying point especially in battle or to serve as an emblem, a heraldic device. It is also the personal flag of the head of a state, president, or member of a royal family. In militaries, a standard refers to a type of “ensign” placed on a vehicle to indicate the rank of the occupant.

Yahweh Nissi also Jehovah Nissi – The Lord is My Banner.

Exodus 17:14-16 14 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write this forit in the hearing of Joshua, that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from underheaven.” 15 And Moses built an altar and called its name, The-LORD-Is-My-Banner; 16 for he said, “Because the LORD has sworn: the LORD will have war with Amalekfrom generation to generation.” a memorial in the book and recount

Isaiah 11:10

And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.

There are several Hebrew words found in the bible that represent these names.

Degel (deh’-gel ) Strong’s number 1714

1. Banner, standard

This is the Hebrew word that is used for the standards of the children of Israel to set apart the tribes. There are many references in Numbers chapters 1,2 and 10.

Numbers 2:2

Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father’s house: far off about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch.

Numbers 2:17 Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camp: as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place by their standards.

Also there is the Beloved.

Song of Solomon 2:4 He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.

Dagal ( daw-gal’) Strong’s number 1713

1. to look, behold
   1. (Qal) looked at, conspicuous (participle)
2. to carry a banner or standard, set up banner or standard
   1. (Qal) to set up standard (in battle)
   2. (Niphal) supplied with banners, bannered

Psalm 20:4-6

4 May He grant you according to your heart’s desire,
And fulfill all your purpose.
5 We will rejoice in your salvation,
And in the name of our God we will set up our banners!
May the LORD fulfill all your petitions.
6 Now I know that the LORD saves His anointed;
He will answer him from His holy heaven
With the saving strength of His right hand.

Salvation in this passage is Strong’s number 3444 Y@shuw`ah (yesh-oo’-aw )

1. Salvation, deliverance

1. welfare, prosperity
2. deliverance
3. salvation (by God)
4. victory

In Song of Songs 6:4 and 6:10 the beloved is likened to an army. An awesome army with banners!

Nec (nace ) Strong’s number 5251

1. something lifted up, standard, signal, signal pole, ensign, banner, sign, sail
   1. standard (as rallying point), signal
   2. standard (pole)
   3. ensign, signal

Psalm 60:4 Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.

Isaiah 5:26 And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly

Isaiah 11: 10 “ And in that day there shall be a Root of Jesse,
Who shall stand as a banner to the people;
For the Gentiles shall seek Him,
And His resting place shall be glorious.”
11 It shall come to pass in that day
That the Lord shall set His hand again the second time
To recover the remnant of His people who are left,
From Assyria and Egypt,
From Pathros and Cush,
From Elam and Shinar,
From Hamath and the islands of the sea. 12 He will set up a banner for the nations,
And will assemble the outcasts of Israel,
And gather together the dispersed of Judah
From the four corners of the earth.

Isaiah 13: 2 “ Lift up a banner on the high mountain,
Raise your voice to them;
Wave your hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles. 3 I have commanded My sanctified ones;
I have also called My mighty ones for My anger—
Those who rejoice in My exaltation.”

Isaiah 18:3 All inhabitants of the world and dwellers on the earth:
When he lifts up a banner on the mountains, you see it;
And when he blows a trumpet, you hear it.

Isaiah 49:22

Thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.

Isaiah 62:10 Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people

Jeremiah 50:2 Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces.

Jeremiah 51:12 Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes: for the LORD hath both devised and done that which he spake against the inhabitants of Babylon.

Nuwc (noos) Strong’s number 5127

1. to flee, escape

1. (Qal)

1. to flee

2. to escape

3. to take flight, depart, disappear

4. to fly (to the attack) on horseback

1. (Polel) to drive at
2. (Hithpolel) to take flight
3. (Hiphil)

1. to put to flight

2. to drive hastily

3. to cause to disappear, hide

Isaiah 59:18 According to their deeds, accordingly He will repay,
Fury to His adversaries,
Recompense to His enemies;
The coastlands He will fully repay.
19 So shall they fear
The name of the LORD from the west,
And His glory from the rising of the sun;
When the enemy comes in like a flood,
The Spirit of the LORD will lift up a standard against him.

A more obscure banner word is ‘owth (oth ) Strong’s number 226

1. sign, signal
   1. a distinguishing mark
   2. banner
   3. remembrance
   4. miraculous sign
   5. omen
   6. warning
2. token, ensign, standard, miracle, proof

In Genesis 9 the rainbow becomes a banner, a sign of His covenant.

12 And God said:” This is the sign on the covenant which I make between Me and you, and every living creature that is with you , for perpetual generations: 13 I set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth. 14 It shall be, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow shall be seen in the cloud; 15 and I will remember My covenant which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh.

In this next numbers passage there is both degel (standard) and ‘owth (ensign).

Numbers 2:2

Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father’s house: far off about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch.

Isaiah 38:7 And this shall be a sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he hath spoken;

We wield these weapons as a sign, proclamation and covenant promise of Who God is. He is faithful and true. This is a God of signs wonders and miracles and He has chosen us to participate in His plans here on earth. Hear His rallying cry, receive His salvation, deliverance and healing.