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. Nehemiah 2:1 וָאֶשָּׂ֤א va.'e.Sa' · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by me

    And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, that I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence.

  2. Nehemiah 4:17 וְהַנֹּשְׂאִ֥ים ve.ha.no.se.'Im · An -ing word: simple action

    They all builded the wall and they that bare burdens laded themselves; every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other held his weapon;

  3. Nehemiah 5:7 נֹשְׂאִים no.Sim · An -ing word: simple action

    Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I held a great assembly against them.

  4. Nehemiah 9:15 נָשָׂ֥אתָ na.Sa.ta · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by you

    and gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and commandedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.

  5. Nehemiah 13:25 תִּשְׂאוּ֙ tis.'U · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by all of you

    And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons, or for yourselves.

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