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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. Joshua 4:10 נֹשְׂאֵ֣י no.se.'Ei · An -ing word: simple action

    For the priests that bare the ark stood in the midst of the Jordan, until everything was finished that Jehovah commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hasted and passed over.

  2. Joshua 4:16 נֹשְׂאֵ֖י no.se.'Ei · An -ing word: simple action

    Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of the Jordan.

  3. Joshua 4:18 נֹשְׂאֵ֨י no.se.'Ei · An -ing word: simple action

    And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah were come up out of the midst of the Jordan, and the soles of the priests' feet were lifted up unto the dry ground, that the waters of the Jordan returned unto their place, and went over all its banks, as aforetime.

  4. Joshua 5:13 וַיִּשָּׂ֤א vai.yi.Sa' · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?

  5. Joshua 6:4 יִשְׂאוּ֩ yis.'U · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    And seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets.

  6. Joshua 6:6 שְׂא֖וּ se.'U · A command to all of you: simple action

    And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them, Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of Jehovah.

  7. Joshua 6:6 יִשְׂאוּ֙ yis.'U · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them, Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of Jehovah.

  8. Joshua 6:8 נֹשְׂאִים֩ no.se.'Im · An -ing word: simple action

    And it was so, that, when Joshua had spoken unto the people, the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns before Jehovah passed on, and blew the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah followed them.

  9. Joshua 6:12 וַיִּשְׂא֥וּ vai.yis.'U · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of Jehovah.

  10. Joshua 6:13 נֹשְׂאִים֩ no.se.'Im · An -ing word: simple action

    And the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of Jehovah went on continually, and blew the trumpets: and the armed men went before them; and the rearward came after the ark of Jehovah, the priests blowing the trumpets as they went.

  11. Joshua 8:33 נֹשְׂאֵ֣י׀ no.se.'Ei · An -ing word: simple action

    And all Israel, and their elders and officers, and their judges, stood on this side of the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, that bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, as well the sojourner as the homeborn; half of them in front of mount Gerizim, and half of them in front of mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of Jehovah had commanded at the first, that they should bless the people of Israel.

  12. Joshua 24:19 יִשָּׂ֥א yi.Sa' · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve Jehovah; for he is a holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgression nor your sins.

  13. Judges 2:4 וַיִּשְׂא֥וּ vai.yis.'U · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And it came to pass, when the angel of Jehovah spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.

  14. Judges 3:18 נֹשְׂאֵ֖י no.se.'Ei · An -ing word: simple action

    And when he had made an end of offering the tribute, he sent away the people that bare the tribute.

  15. Judges 8:28 לָשֵׂ֣את la.Set · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    So Midian was subdued before the children of Israel, and they lifted up their heads no more. And the land had rest forty years in the days of Gideon.

  16. Judges 9:7 וַיִּשָּׂ֥א vai.yi.Sa' · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood on the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you.

  17. Judges 9:48 וַיִּ֨שָּׂאֶ֔הָ vai.Yi.sa.'E.ha · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it up, and laid it on his shoulder: and he said unto the people that were with him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done.

  18. Judges 9:54 נֹשֵׂ֣א no.Se' · An -ing word: simple action

    Then he called hastily unto the young man his armorbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and kill me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died.

  19. Judges 16:31 וַיִּשְׂא֣וּ vai.yis.'U · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the burying-place of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.

  20. Judges 19:17 וַיִּשָּׂ֣א vai.yi.Sa' · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the wayfaring man in the street of the city; and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?

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