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 24:15 וַיִּשָּׂ֥א vai.yi.Sa' · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor saith, And the man whose eye was closed saith;

  2. Numbers 24:20 וַיִּשָּׂ֥א vai.yi.Sa' · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And he looked on Amalek, and took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; But his latter end shall come to destruction.

  3. Numbers 24:21 וַיִּשָּׂ֥א vai.yi.Sa' · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And he looked on the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwelling-place, And thy nest is set in the rock.

  4. Numbers 24:23 וַיִּשָּׂ֥א vai.yi.Sa' · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this?

  5. Numbers 26:2 שְׂא֞וּ se.'U · A command to all of you: simple action

    Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers' houses, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel.

  6. Numbers 30:15 וְנָשָׂ֖א ve.na.Sa' · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    But if he shall make them null and void after that he hath heard them, then he shall bear her iniquity.

  7. Numbers 31:26 שָׂ֗א Sa' · A command to you: simple action

    Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the fathers' houses of the congregation;

  8. Numbers 31:49 נָֽשְׂא֗וּ na.se.'U · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    and they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war that are under our charge, and there lacketh not one man of us.

  9. Deuteronomy 1:9 שְׂאֵ֥ת se.'Et · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone:

  10. Deuteronomy 1:12 אֶשָּׂ֖א 'e.Sa' · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?

  11. Deuteronomy 1:31 נְשָׂאֲךָ֙ ne.sa.'a.Kha · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    and in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that Jehovah thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came unto this place.

  12. Deuteronomy 1:31 יִשָּׂא־ yi.sa'- · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    and in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that Jehovah thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came unto this place.

  13. Deuteronomy 3:27 וְשָׂ֥א ve.Sa' · A command to you: simple action

    Get thee up unto the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan.

  14. Deuteronomy 4:19 תִּשָּׂ֨א ti.Sa' · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    and lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of heaven, thou be drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which Jehovah thy God hath allotted unto all the peoples under the whole heaven.

  15. Deuteronomy 5:11 תִשָּׂ֛א ti.Sa' · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    Thou shalt not take the name of Jehovah thy God in vain: for Jehovah will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

  16. Deuteronomy 5:11 יִשָּׂ֥א yi.Sa' · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Thou shalt not take the name of Jehovah thy God in vain: for Jehovah will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

  17. Deuteronomy 10:8 לָשֵׂ֖את la.Set · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    At that time Jehovah set apart the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, to stand before Jehovah to minister unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day.

  18. Deuteronomy 10:17 יִשָּׂ֣א yi.Sa' · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    For Jehovah your God, he is God of gods, and Lord of lords, the great God, the mighty, and the terrible, who regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward.

  19. Deuteronomy 12:26 תִּשָּׂ֣א ti.Sa' · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which Jehovah shall choose:

  20. Deuteronomy 14:24 שְׂאֵתוֹ֒ se.'e.To · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it, because the place is too far from thee, which Jehovah thy God shall choose, to set his name there, when Jehovah thy God shall bless thee;

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