נָשִׂיא

na.si · leader

Hebrew · Strong's H5387 · Noun · Sounds like: naw-see' · 134 occurrences

Word meanings

Senses and individuals

  • leader H5387A 130
  • mist H5387B 4

Strong's dictionary

or נָשִׂא; from נָשָׂא; properly, an exalted one, i.e. a king or sheik; also a rising mist; captain, chief, cloud, governor, prince, ruler, vapour.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
נָשִׂיא 128 n.m. one lifted up, i.e. a chief prince
Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
[נָשִׂיא] n.[m.] rising mist, vapour

Every occurrence

  1. Genesis 17:20 נְשִׂיאִם֙ ne.si.'Im · A person, place or thing

    And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.

  2. Genesis 23:6 נְשִׂ֨יא ne.Si' · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Hear us, my lord; thou art a prince of God among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.

  3. Genesis 25:16 נְשִׂיאִ֖ם ne.si.'Im · A person, place or thing

    these are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their villages, and by their encampments; twelve princes according to their nations.

  4. Genesis 34:2 נְשִׂ֣יא ne.Si' · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her; and he took her, and lay with her, and humbled her.

  5. Exodus 16:22 נְשִׂיאֵ֣י ne.si.'Ei · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.

  6. Exodus 22:28 וְנָשִׂ֥יא ve.na.Si' · A person, place or thing

    Thou shalt not revile God, nor curse a ruler of thy people.

  7. Exodus 34:31 הַנְּשִׂאִ֖ים ha.ne.si.'Im · A person, place or thing

    And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned unto him: and Moses spake to them.

  8. Exodus 35:27 וְהַנְּשִׂאִ֣ם ve.ha.ne.si.'Im · A person, place or thing

    And the rulers brought the onyx stones, and the stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate;

  9. Leviticus 4:22 נָשִׂ֖יא na.Si' · A person, place or thing

    When a ruler sinneth, and doeth unwittingly any one of all the things which Jehovah his God hath commanded not to be done, and is guilty;

  10. Numbers 1:16 נְשִׂיאֵ֖י ne.si.'Ei · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    These are they that were called of the congregation, the princes of the tribes of their fathers; they were the heads of the thousands of Israel.

  11. Numbers 1:44 וּנְשִׂיאֵ֣י u.ne.si.'Ei · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    These are they that were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: they were each one for his fathers' house.

  12. Numbers 2:3 וְנָשִׂיא֙ ve.na.Si' · A person, place or thing

    And those that encamp on the east side toward the sunrising shall be they of the standard of the camp of Judah, according to their hosts: and the prince of the children of Judah shall be Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

  13. Numbers 2:5 וְנָשִׂיא֙ ve.na.Si' · A person, place or thing

    And those that encamp next unto him shall be the tribe of Issachar: and the prince of the children of Issachar shall be Nethanel the son of Zuar.

  14. Numbers 2:7 וְנָשִׂיא֙ ve.na.Si' · A person, place or thing

    And the tribe of Zebulun: and the prince of the children of Zebulun shall be Eliab the son of Helon.

  15. Numbers 2:10 וְנָשִׂיא֙ ve.na.Si' · A person, place or thing

    On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their hosts: and the prince of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur.

  16. Numbers 2:12 וְנָשִׂיא֙ ve.na.Si' · A person, place or thing

    And those that encamp next unto him shall be the tribe of Simeon: and the prince of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

  17. Numbers 2:14 וְנָשִׂיא֙ ve.na.Si' · A person, place or thing

    And the tribe of Gad: and the prince of the children of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel.

  18. Numbers 2:18 וְנָשִׂיא֙ ve.na.Si' · A person, place or thing

    On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their hosts: and the prince of the children of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud.

  19. Numbers 2:20 וְנָשִׂיא֙ ve.na.Si' · A person, place or thing

    And next unto him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and the prince of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

  20. Numbers 2:22 וְנָשִׂיא֙ ve.na.Si' · A person, place or thing

    And the tribe of Benjamin: and the prince of the children of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni.

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