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. Numbers 1:2 שְׂא֗וּ se.'U · A command to all of you: simple action

    Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, every male, by their polls;

  2. Numbers 1:49 תִשָּׂ֑א ti.Sa' · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    Only the tribe of Levi thou shalt not number, neither shalt thou take the sum of them among the children of Israel;

  3. Numbers 1:50 יִשְׂא֤וּ yis.'U · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    but appoint thou the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, and over all the furniture thereof, and over all that belongeth to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the furniture thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle.

  4. Numbers 3:40 וְשָׂ֕א ve.Sa' · A command to you: simple action

    And Jehovah said unto Moses, Number all the first-born males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.

  5. Numbers 4:2 נָשֹׂ֗א na.So' · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers' houses,

  6. Numbers 4:15 לָשֵׂ֔את la.Set · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the furniture of the sanctuary, as the camp is set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: but they shall not touch the sanctuary, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting.

  7. Numbers 4:22 נָשֹׂ֗א na.So' · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    Take the sum of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers' houses, by their families;

  8. Numbers 4:25 וְנָ֨שְׂא֜וּ ve.Na.se.'U · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by them

    they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tent of meeting, its covering, and the covering of sealskin that is above upon it, and the screen for the door of the tent of meeting,

  9. Numbers 5:31 תִּשָּׂ֖א ti.Sa' · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And the man shall be free from iniquity, and that woman shall bear her iniquity.

  10. Numbers 6:26 יִשָּׂ֨א yi.Sa' · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Jehovah lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.

  11. Numbers 7:9 יִשָּֽׂאוּ׃ yi.Sa.'u · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none, because the service of the sanctuary belonged unto them; they bare it upon their shoulders.

  12. Numbers 9:13 יִשָּׂ֖א yi.Sa' · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    But the man that is clean, and is not on a journey, and forbeareth to keep the passover, that soul shall be cut off from his people; because he offered not the oblation of Jehovah in its appointed season, that man shall bear his sin.

  13. Numbers 10:17 נֹשְׂאֵ֖י no.se.'Ei · An -ing word: simple action

    And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who bare the tabernacle, set forward.

  14. Numbers 10:21 נֹשְׂאֵ֖י no.se.'Ei · An -ing word: simple action

    And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and the others did set up the tabernacle against their coming.

  15. Numbers 11:12 שָׂאֵ֣הוּ sa.'E.hu · A command to you: simple action

    Have I conceived all this people? have I brought them forth, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing-father carrieth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?

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

    Have I conceived all this people? have I brought them forth, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing-father carrieth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?

  17. Numbers 11:14 לָשֵׂ֖את la.Set · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.

  18. Numbers 11:17 וְנָשְׂא֤וּ ve.na.se.'U · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by them

    And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the Spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.

  19. Numbers 11:17 תִשָּׂ֥א ti.Sa' · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the Spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.

  20. Numbers 13:23 וַיִּשָּׂאֻ֥הוּ vai.yi.sa.'U.hu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And they came unto the valley of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it upon a staff between two; they brought also of the pomegranates, and of the figs.

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