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 22:6 נָשָׂ֣א na.Sa' · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And Elam bare the quiver, with chariots of men and horsemen; and Kir uncovered the shield.

  2. Isaiah 24:14 יִשְׂא֥וּ yis.'U · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    These shall lift up their voice, they shall shout; for the majesty of Jehovah they cry aloud from the sea.

  3. Isaiah 30:6 יִשְׂאוּ֩ yis.'U · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    The burden of the beasts of the South. Through the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the lioness and the lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the humps of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.

  4. Isaiah 30:25 נִשָּׂאָ֔ה ni.sa.'Ah · An -ing word: receiving the action

    And there shall be upon every lofty mountain, and upon every high hill, brooks and streams of waters, in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.

  5. Isaiah 33:10 אֶנָּשֵֽׂא׃ 'e.na.Se' · An action: receiving the action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    Now will I arise, saith Jehovah; now will I lift up myself; now will I be exalted.

  6. Isaiah 33:24 נְשֻׂ֥א ne.Su' · An -ing word: simple action, it is done to the subject

    And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.

  7. Isaiah 37:4 וְנָשָׂ֣אתָ ve.na.Sa.ta · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by you

    It may be Jehovah thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to defy the living God, and will rebuke the words which Jehovah thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left.

  8. Isaiah 37:23 וַתִּשָּׂ֥א va.ti.Sa' · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by you

    Whom hast thou defied and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.

  9. Isaiah 38:21 יִשְׂא֖וּ yis.'U · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    Now Isaiah had said, Let them take a cake of figs, and lay it for a plaster upon the boil, and he shall recover.

  10. Isaiah 39:6 וְנִשָּׂ֣א׀ ve.ni.Sa' · An action: receiving the action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    Behold, the days are coming, when all that is in thy house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith Jehovah.

  11. Isaiah 40:4 יִנָּשֵׂ֔א yi.na.Se' · An action: receiving the action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the uneven shall be made level, and the rough places a plain:

  12. Isaiah 40:11 יִשָּׂ֑א yi.Sa' · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    He will feed his flock like a shepherd, he will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and will gently lead those that have their young.

  13. Isaiah 40:24 תִּשָּׂאֵֽם׃ ס ti.sa.'Em · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Yea, they have not been planted; yea, they have not been sown; yea, their stock hath not taken root in the earth: moreover he bloweth upon them, and they wither, and the whirlwind taketh them away as stubble.

  14. Isaiah 40:26 שְׂאוּ־ se.'u- · A command to all of you: simple action

    Lift up your eyes on high, and see who hath created these, that bringeth out their host by number; he calleth them all by name; by the greatness of his might, and for that he is strong in power, not one is lacking.

  15. Isaiah 41:16 תִּשָּׂאֵ֔ם ti.sa.'Em · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Thou shalt winnow them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them; and thou shalt rejoice in Jehovah, thou shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.

  16. Isaiah 42:2 יִשָּׂ֑א yi.Sa' · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    He will not cry, nor lift up his voice, nor cause it to be heard in the street.

  17. Isaiah 42:11 יִשְׂא֤וּ yis.'U · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit; let the inhabitants of Sela sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.

  18. Isaiah 45:20 הַנֹּֽשְׂאִים֙ ha.no.se.'Im · An -ing word: simple action

    Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that carry the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.

  19. Isaiah 46:3 הַנְּשֻׂאִ֖ים ha.ne.su.'Im · An -ing word: simple action, it is done to the subject

    Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, that have been borne by me from their birth, that have been carried from the womb;

  20. Isaiah 46:4 אֶשָּׂ֔א 'e.Sa' · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    and even to old age I am he, and even to hoar hairs will I carry you; I have made, and I will bear; yea, I will carry, and will deliver.

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