נָשָׂא

na.sa · to lift: bear

Hebrew · Strong's H5375 · Verb · Sounds like: naw-saw' · 656 occurrences

Word meanings

Senses and individuals

  • to lift: bear H5375H · a Meaning of 220
  • to lift: raise H5375G 131
  • to lift: look H5375M · a Meaning of 48
  • to lift: kindness H5375Q · a Meaning of 41
  • to lift: loud H5375N · a Meaning of 40
  • to lift: guilt H5375J · a Meaning of 39
  • to lift: vow H5375P · a Meaning of 26
  • to lift: forgive H5375I · a Meaning of 25
  • to lift: bearing(armour) H5375W · a Meaning of 22
  • to lift: exalt H5375L · a Meaning of 13
  • to lift: marry H5375U · a Meaning of 10
  • to lift: count H5375V · a Meaning of 10
  • to lift: trust H5375O · a Meaning of 9
  • to lift: aid H5375K · a Meaning of 8
  • to lift: fight H5375R · a Meaning of 6
  • to lift: enthuse H5375S · a Meaning of 5
  • to lift: journey H5375T · a Meaning of 2
  • to lift: give(gift) H5375X · a Meaning of 1

Strong's dictionary

or נָסָה; (Psalm 4:6 (אֲבַד)), a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative; accept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable ([phrase] man), lade, lay, lift (self) up, lofty, marry, magnify, [idiom] needs, obtain, pardon, raise (up), receive, regard, respect, set (up), spare, stir up, [phrase] swear, take (away, up), [idiom] utterly, wear, yield.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
נָשָׂא 656 vb. lift, carry, take
Qal
1. lift, lift up
2. Bear, carry
3. Take, take away
Niph.
1. be lifted up
2. refl. lift oneself up = rise up, of י׳, to display power in judgment
3. be borne, carried
4. be taken away, carried off
Pi.
1. lift up = exalt
2. fig. = desire, long
3. carry, bear continuously
4. take, take away
Hithp. lift oneself up
Hiph.
1. cause one to bear iniquity
2. appar. cause to bring, have brought

Every occurrence

  1. 1 Samuel 2:28 לָשֵׂ֥את la.Set · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    and did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up unto mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings of the children of Israel made by fire?

  2. 1 Samuel 4:4 וַיִּשְׂא֣וּ vai.yis.'U · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    So the people sent to Shiloh; and they brought from thence the ark of the covenant of Jehovah of hosts, who sitteth above the cherubim: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.

  3. 1 Samuel 6:13 וַיִּשְׂא֣וּ vai.yis.'U · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And they of Beth-shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley; and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it.

  4. 1 Samuel 10:3 נֹשֵׂ֣א׀ no.Se' · An -ing word: simple action

    Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come to the oak of Tabor; and there shall meet thee there three men going up to God to Beth-el, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine:

  5. 1 Samuel 10:3 נֹשֵׂ֗א no.Se' · An -ing word: simple action

    Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come to the oak of Tabor; and there shall meet thee there three men going up to God to Beth-el, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine:

  6. 1 Samuel 10:3 נֹשֵׂ֖א no.Se' · An -ing word: simple action

    Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come to the oak of Tabor; and there shall meet thee there three men going up to God to Beth-el, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine:

  7. 1 Samuel 11:4 וַיִּשְׂא֧וּ vai.yis.'U · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and spake these words in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voice, and wept.

  8. 1 Samuel 14:1 נֹשֵׂ֣א no.Se' · An -ing word: simple action

    Now it fell upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the young man that bare his armor, Come, and let us go over to the Philistines' garrison, that is on yonder side. But he told not his father.

  9. 1 Samuel 14:3 נֹשֵׂ֣א no.Se' · An -ing word: simple action

    and Ahijah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the priest of Jehovah in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone.

  10. 1 Samuel 14:6 נֹשֵׂ֣א no.Se' · An -ing word: simple action

    And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armor, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that Jehovah will work for us; for there is no restraint to Jehovah to save by many or by few.

  11. 1 Samuel 14:7 נֹשֵׂ֣א no.Se' · An -ing word: simple action

    And his armorbearer said unto him, Do all that is in thy heart: turn thee, behold, I am with thee according to thy heart.

  12. 1 Samuel 14:12 נֹשֵׂ֣א no.Se' · An -ing word: simple action

    And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armorbearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will show you a thing. And Jonathan said unto his armorbearer, Come up after me; for Jehovah hath delivered them into the hand of Israel.

  13. 1 Samuel 14:12 נֹשֵׂ֤א no.Se' · An -ing word: simple action

    And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armorbearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will show you a thing. And Jonathan said unto his armorbearer, Come up after me; for Jehovah hath delivered them into the hand of Israel.

  14. 1 Samuel 14:13 וְנֹשֵׂ֥א ve.no.Se' · An -ing word: simple action

    And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his armorbearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan; and his armorbearer slew them after him.

  15. 1 Samuel 14:13 וְנֹשֵׂ֥א ve.no.Se' · An -ing word: simple action

    And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his armorbearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan; and his armorbearer slew them after him.

  16. 1 Samuel 14:14 וְנֹשֵׂ֥א ve.no.Se' · An -ing word: simple action

    And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armorbearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were half a furrow's length in an acre of land.

  17. 1 Samuel 14:17 וְנֹשֵׂ֥א ve.no.Se' · An -ing word: simple action

    Then said Saul unto the people that were with him, Number now, and see who is gone from us. And when they had numbered, behold, Jonathan and his armorbearer were not there.

  18. 1 Samuel 15:25 שָׂ֥א sa' · A command to you: simple action

    Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship Jehovah.

  19. 1 Samuel 16:21 נֹשֵׂ֥א no.Se' · An -ing word: simple action

    And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armorbearer.

  20. 1 Samuel 17:7 וְנֹשֵׂ֥א ve.no.Se' · An -ing word: simple action

    And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and his shield-bearer went before him.

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