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. Job 32:21 אֶשָּׂ֣א 'e.Sa' · A wish or plan to act: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    Let me not, I pray you, respect any man's person; Neither will I give flattering titles unto any man.

  2. Job 32:22 יִשָּׂאֵ֥נִי yi.sa.'E.ni · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    For I know not to give flattering titles; Else would my Maker soon take me away.

  3. Job 34:19 נָשָׂ֨א׀ na.Sa' · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    That respecteth not the persons of princes, Nor regardeth the rich more than the poor; For they all are the work of his hands.

  4. Job 34:31 נָשָׂ֗אתִי na.Sa.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    For hath any said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:

  5. Job 36:3 אֶשָּׂ֣א 'e.Sa' · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    I will fetch my knowledge from afar, And will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

  6. Job 40:20 יִשְׂאוּ־ yis.'u- · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    Surely the mountains bring him forth food, Where all the beasts of the field do play.

  7. Job 42:8 אֶשָּׂ֗א 'e.Sa' · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    Now therefore, take unto you seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt-offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you; for him will I accept, that I deal not with you after your folly; for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.

  8. Job 42:9 וַיִּשָּׂ֥א vai.yi.Sa' · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as Jehovah commanded them: and Jehovah accepted Job.

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