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. Isaiah 1:14 נְשֹֽׂא׃ ne.So' · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth; they are a trouble unto me; I am weary of bearing them.

  2. Isaiah 2:2 וְנִשָּׂ֖א ve.ni.Sa' · An -ing word: receiving the action

    And it shall come to pass in the latter days, that the mountain of Jehovah's house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.

  3. Isaiah 2:4 יִשָּׂ֨א yi.Sa' · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And he will judge between the nations, and will decide concerning many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

  4. Isaiah 2:9 תִּשָּׂ֖א ti.Sa' · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    And the mean man is bowed down, and the great man is brought low: therefore forgive them not.

  5. Isaiah 2:12 נִשָּׂ֥א ni.Sa' · An -ing word: receiving the action

    For there shall be a day of Jehovah of hosts upon all that is proud and haughty, and upon all that is lifted up; and it shall be brought low;

  6. Isaiah 2:13 וְהַנִּשָּׂאִ֑ים ve.han.ni.sa.'Im · An -ing word: receiving the action

    and upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan,

  7. Isaiah 2:14 הַנִּשָּׂאֽוֹת׃ ha.ni.sa.'ot · An -ing word: receiving the action

    and upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up,

  8. Isaiah 3:3 וּנְשׂ֣וּא u.ne.Su' · An -ing word: simple action, it is done to the subject

    the captain of fifty, and the honorable man, and the counsellor, and the expert artificer, and the skilful enchanter.

  9. Isaiah 3:7 יִשָּׂא֩ yi.Sa' · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    in that day shall he lift up his voice, saying, I will not be a healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: ye shall not make me ruler of the people.

  10. Isaiah 5:26 וְנָֽשָׂא־ ve.na.sa'- · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss for them from the end of the earth; and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly.

  11. Isaiah 6:1 וְנִשָּׂ֑א ve.ni.Sa' · An -ing word: receiving the action

    In the year that king Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and his train filled the temple.

  12. Isaiah 8:4 יִשָּׂ֣א׀ yi.Sa' · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and, My mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be carried away before the king of Assyria.

  13. Isaiah 9:15 וּנְשׂוּא־ u.ne.su'- · An -ing word: simple action, it is done to the subject

    The elder and the honorable man, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.

  14. Isaiah 10:24 יִשָּֽׂא־ yi.sa'- · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Therefore thus saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian, though he smite thee with the rod, and lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt.

  15. Isaiah 10:26 וּנְשָׂא֖וֹ u.ne.sa.'O · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    And Jehovah of hosts will stir up against him a scourge, as in the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and his rod will be over the sea, and he will lift it up after the manner of Egypt.

  16. Isaiah 11:12 וְנָשָׂ֥א ve.na.Sa' · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    And he will set up an ensign for the nations, and will assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.

  17. Isaiah 13:2 שְֽׂאוּ־ se.'u- · A command to all of you: simple action

    Set ye up an ensign upon the bare mountain, lift up the voice unto them, wave the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.

  18. Isaiah 14:4 וְנָשָׂ֜אתָ ve.na.Sa.ta · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by you

    that thou shalt take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!

  19. Isaiah 15:7 יִשָּׂאֽוּם׃ yi.sa.'Um · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away over the brook of the willows.

  20. Isaiah 18:3 כִּנְשֹׂא־ kin.so'- · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    All ye inhabitants of the world, and ye dwellers on the earth, when an ensign is lifted up on the mountains, see ye; and when the trumpet is blown, hear ye.

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