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Lexicon :: Strong's H5254 - nāsâ

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נָסָה
Transliteration
nāsâ
Pronunciation
naw-saw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1373

Strong’s Definitions

נָסָה nâçâh, naw-saw'; a primitive root; to test; by implication, to attempt:—adventure, assay, prove, tempt, try.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 36x

The KJV translates Strong's H5254 in the following manner: prove (20x), tempt (12x), assay (2x), adventure (1x), try (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 36x
The KJV translates Strong's H5254 in the following manner: prove (20x), tempt (12x), assay (2x), adventure (1x), try (1x).

  1. to test, try, prove, tempt, assay, put to the proof or test

    1. (Piel)

      1. to test, try

      2. to attempt, assay, try

      3. to test, try, prove, tempt

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נָסָה nâçâh, naw-saw'; a primitive root; to test; by implication, to attempt:—adventure, assay, prove, tempt, try.
STRONGS H5254: Abbreviations
† [נָסָה] verb Pi. test, try (Late Hebrew id., Pi.; Targum Pa. נַסִּי; Syriac Pa. bdb065001; compare Ethiopic bdb065002 temptation); —
Pi. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נִסָּה Deuteronomy 4:34 + 3 times; suffix נִסָּהוּ Exodus 15:25; 3rd person feminine singular נִסְּתָה Deuteronomy 28:56; 1st person singular נִסִּיתִי Ecclesiastes 7:23, + 4 times Perfect; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix יְנַסֵּם Daniel 1:14; 1st person singular אֲנַסֶּה Judges 6:39; suffix אֲנַסְּכָה Ecclesiastes 2:2; 3rd person masculine plural יְנַסּוּ Numbers 14:22; 2nd person masculine plural תְּנַסּ֑וּן Exodus 17:2, + 7 times Imperfect; Imperative נַס Daniel 1:12; suffix נַסֵּנִי Psalm 26:2; Infinitive construct נַסּוֺת Exodus 20:20, + 8 times Infinitive; Participle מְנַסֶּה Deuteronomy 13:4; —
1. test, try (synonym בחן), absolute 1 Samuel 17:39 (a sword); with בְּ Judges 7:39; Ecclesiastes 2:1; with accusative Daniel 1:12, 14; accusative + בְּ 1 Kings 10:1 2 Chronicles 9:1; Ecclesiastes 7:23.
2. attempt, assay, try to do a thing, with Infinitive Deuteronomy 4:34; Deuteronomy 28:56; with accusative Job 4:2 (venture a word).
3. test, try, prove, tempt [but not in modern sense of the word: see DrDeuteronomy 6:16; Psalms 453, 483]
a. God tests or proves Abraham Genesis 22:1 (E), Israel Exodus 15:25; Exodus 20:20 (E), Exodus 16:4 (J), Deuteronomy 8:2, 16; Deuteronomy 13:4; with בְּ Judges 2:22; Judges 3:1, 4; tribe of Levi Deuteronomy 33:8 (poem); Hezekiah 2 Chronicles 32:31; psalmist Psalm 26:2.
b. Israel tests, or tries God: Exodus 17:2, 7; Numbers 14:22 (J), Deuteronomy 6:16; Psalm 78:18; Psalm 78:41; Psalm 78:56; Psalm 95:9; Psalm 106:14; so Ahaz, Isaiah 7:12.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

22:1

Exodus

15:25; 15:25; 16:4; 17:2; 17:2; 17:7; 20:20; 20:20

Numbers

14:22; 14:22

Deuteronomy

4:34; 4:34; 6:16; 6:16; 8:2; 8:16; 13:4; 13:4; 28:56; 28:56; 33:8

Judges

2:22; 3:1; 3:4; 6:39

1 Samuel

17:39

1 Kings

10:1

2 Chronicles

9:1; 32:31

Job

4:2

Psalms

26:2; 26:2; 78:18; 78:41; 78:56; 95:9; 106:14

Ecclesiastes

2:1; 2:2; 7:23; 7:23

Isaiah

7:12

Daniel

1:12; 1:12; 1:14; 1:14

H5254

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Strong's Number H5254 matches the Hebrew נָסָה (nāsâ),
which occurs 36 times in 34 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 22:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:1 - Some time after these things God tested Abraham. He said to him, "Abraham!" "Here I am!" Abraham replied.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:25 - He cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a tree. When Moses threw it into the water, the water became safe to drink. There the Lord made for them a binding ordinance, and there he tested them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:4 - Then the LORD said to Moses, "I am going to rain bread from heaven for you, and the people will go out and gather the amount for each day, so that I may test them. Will they walk in my law or not?

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:2 - So the people contended with Moses, and they said, "Give us water to drink!" Moses said to them, "Why do you contend with me? Why do you test the LORD?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:7 - He called the name of the place Massah and Meribah, because of the contending of the Israelites and because of their testing the LORD, saying, "Is the LORD among us or not?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:20 - Moses said to the people, "Do not fear, for God has come to test you, that the fear of him may be before you so that you do not sin."

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:22 - For all the people have seen my glory and my signs that I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and yet have tempted me now these ten times, and have not obeyed me,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:34

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:34 - Or has God ever before tried to deliver a nation from the middle of another nation, accompanied by judgments, signs, wonders, war, strength, power, and other very terrifying things like the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your very eyes?

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:16 - You must not put the LORD your God to the test as you did at Massah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:2 - Remember the whole way by which he has brought you these forty years through the desert so that he might, by humbling you, test you to see if you have it within you to keep his commandments or not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:16 - fed you in the desert with manna (which your ancestors had never before known) so that he might by humbling you test you and eventually bring good to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:3 - You must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer, for the LORD your God will be testing you to see if you love him with all your mind and being.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:56

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:56 - Likewise, the most tender and delicate of your women, who would never think of putting even the sole of her foot on the ground because of her daintiness, will turn against her beloved husband, her sons and daughters,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:8 - Of Levi he said: Your Thummim and Urim belong to your godly one, whose authority you challenged at Massah, and with whom you argued at the waters of Meribah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:22 - Joshua left those nations to test Israel. I wanted to see whether or not the people would carefully walk in the path marked out by the LORD, as their ancestors were careful to do."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:1 - These were the nations the LORD permitted to remain so he could use them to test Israel - he wanted to test all those who had not experienced battle against the Canaanites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:4 - They were left to test Israel, so the LORD would know if his people would obey the commands he gave their ancestors through Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:39 - Gideon said to God, "Please do not get angry at me, when I ask for just one more sign. Please allow me one more test with the fleece. This time make only the fleece dry, while the ground around it is covered with dew."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:39 - David strapped on his sword over his fighting attire and tried to walk around, but he was not used to them. David said to Saul, "I can't walk in these things, for I'm not used to them." So David removed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:1 - When the queen of Sheba heard about Solomon, she came to challenge him with difficult questions.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:1 - When the queen of Sheba heard about Solomon, she came to challenge him with difficult questions. She arrived in Jerusalem with a great display of pomp, bringing with her camels carrying spices, a very large quantity of gold, and precious gems. She visited Solomon and discussed with him everything that was on her mind.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:31 - So when the envoys arrived from the Babylonian officials to visit him and inquire about the sign that occurred in the land, God left him alone to test him, in order to know his true motives.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:2 - "If someone should attempt a word with you, will you be impatient? But who can refrain from speaking?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:2 - Examine me, O LORD, and test me! Evaluate my inner thoughts and motives!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:18 - They willfully challenged God by asking for food to satisfy their appetite.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:41

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:41 - They again challenged God, and offended the Holy One of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:56

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:56 - Yet they challenged and defied the sovereign God, and did not obey his commands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 95:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:9 - where your ancestors challenged my authority, and tried my patience, even though they had seen my work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:14 - In the wilderness they had an insatiable craving for meat; they challenged God in the desert.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:1 - I thought to myself, "Come now, I will try self-indulgent pleasure to see if it is worthwhile." But I found that it also is futile.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:23 - I have examined all this by wisdom; I said, "I am determined to comprehend this" - but it was beyond my grasp.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:12 - But Ahaz responded, "I don't want to ask; I don't want to put the LORD to a test."

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:12 - "Please test your servants for ten days by providing us with some vegetables to eat and water to drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:14 - So the warden agreed to their proposal and tested them for ten days.
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