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נָשָׂא

na.sa · to lift: bear

Hebrew · Strong's H5375 · Verb · Sounds like: naw-saw' · 656 occurrences

English

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. 1 Samuel 14:13 וְנֹשֵׂ֥א ve.no.Se' · An -ing word: simple action

    And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his armorbearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan; and his armorbearer slew them after him.

  2. 1 Samuel 14:14 וְנֹשֵׂ֥א ve.no.Se' · An -ing word: simple action

    And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armorbearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were half a furrow's length in an acre of land.

  3. 1 Samuel 14:17 וְנֹשֵׂ֥א ve.no.Se' · An -ing word: simple action

    Then said Saul unto the people that were with him, Number now, and see who is gone from us. And when they had numbered, behold, Jonathan and his armorbearer were not there.

  4. 1 Samuel 15:25 שָׂ֥א sa' · A command to you: simple action

    Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship Jehovah.

  5. 1 Samuel 16:21 נֹשֵׂ֥א no.Se' · An -ing word: simple action

    And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armorbearer.

  6. 1 Samuel 17:7 וְנֹשֵׂ֥א ve.no.Se' · An -ing word: simple action

    And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and his shield-bearer went before him.

  7. 1 Samuel 17:20 וַיִּשָּׂ֣א vai.yi.Sa' · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the place of the wagons, as the host which was going forth to the fight shouted for the battle.

  8. 1 Samuel 17:34 וְנָשָׂ֥א ve.na.Sa' · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    And David said unto Saul, Thy servant was keeping his father's sheep; and when there came a lion, or a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock,

  9. 1 Samuel 17:41 נֹשֵׂ֥א no.Se' · An -ing word: simple action

    And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man that bare the shield went before him.

  10. 1 Samuel 22:18 נֹשֵׂ֖א no.Se' · An -ing word: simple action

    And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and he slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.

  11. 1 Samuel 24:16 וַיִּשָּׂ֥א vai.yi.Sa' · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And it came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these words unto Saul, that Saul said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept.

  12. 1 Samuel 25:28 שָׂ֥א sa' · A command to you: simple action

    Forgive, I pray thee, the trespass of thy handmaid: for Jehovah will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord fighteth the battles of Jehovah; and evil shall not be found in thee all thy days.

  13. 1 Samuel 25:35 וָאֶשָּׂ֖א va.'e.Sa' · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by me

    So David received of her hand that which she had brought him: and he said unto her, Go up in peace to thy house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person.

  14. 1 Samuel 30:4 וַיִּשָּׂ֨א vai.yi.Sa' · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.

  15. 1 Samuel 31:4 לְנֹשֵׂ֨א le.no.Se' · An -ing word: simple action

    Then said Saul to his armorbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armorbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took his sword, and fell upon it.

  16. 1 Samuel 31:4 נֹשֵׂ֣א no.Se' · An -ing word: simple action

    Then said Saul to his armorbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armorbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took his sword, and fell upon it.

  17. 1 Samuel 31:5 נֹשֵֽׂא־ no.se'- · An -ing word: simple action

    And when his armorbearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell upon his sword, and died with him.

  18. 1 Samuel 31:6 וְנֹשֵׂ֨א ve.no.Se' · An -ing word: simple action

    So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armorbearer, and all his men, that same day together.

  19. 2 Samuel 2:22 אֶשָּׂ֣א 'e.Sa' · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother?

  20. 2 Samuel 2:32 וַיִּשְׂאוּ֙ vai.yis.'U · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which was in Beth-lehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and the day brake upon them at Hebron.

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