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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 - After these things God tested Abraham, and said to him, "Abraham!" And he said, "Here am I."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:25 - And he cried to the LORD; and the LORD showed him a tree, and he threw it into the water, and the water became sweet. There the LORD made for them a statute and an ordinance and there he proved them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:4 - Then the LORD said to Moses, "Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a day's portion every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law or not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:2 - Therefore the people found fault with Moses, and said, "Give us water to drink." And Moses said to them, "Why do you find fault with me? Why do you put the LORD to the proof?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:7 - And he called the name of the place Massah and Mer'ibah, because of the faultfinding of the children of Israel, and because they put the LORD to the proof by saying, "Is the LORD among us or not?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:20 - And Moses said to the people, "Do not fear; for God has come to prove you, and that the fear of him may be before your eyes, that you may not sin."

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:22 - none of the men who have seen my glory and my signs which I wrought in Egypt and in the wilderness, and yet have put me to the proof these ten times and have not hearkened to my voice,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:34

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:34 - Or has any god ever attempted to go and take a nation for himself from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, and by war, by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:16 - "You shall not put the LORD your God to the test, as you tested him at Massah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:2 - And you shall remember all the way which the LORD your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments, or not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:16 - who fed you in the wilderness with manna which your fathers did not know, that he might humble you and test you, to do you good in the end.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:3 - you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or to that dreamer of dreams; for the LORD your God is testing you, to know whether you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:56

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:56 - The most tender and delicately bred woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot upon the ground because she is so delicate and tender, will grudge to the husband of her bosom, to her son and to her daughter,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:8 - And of Levi he said, "Give to Levi thy Thummim, and thy Urim to thy godly one, whom thou didst test at Massah, with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Mer'ibah;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:22 - that by them I may test Israel, whether they will take care to walk in the way of the LORD as their fathers did, or not."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:1 - Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to test Israel by them, that is, all in Israel who had no experience of any war in Canaan;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:4 - They were for the testing of Israel, to know whether Israel would obey the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded their fathers by Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:39 - Then Gideon said to God, "Let not thy anger burn against me, let me speak but this once; pray, let me make trial only this once with the fleece; pray, let it be dry only on the fleece, and on all the ground let there be dew."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:39 - And David girded his sword over his armor, and he tried in vain to go, for he was not used to them. Then David said to Saul, "I cannot go with these; for I am not used to them." And David put them off.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:1 - Now when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to test him with hard questions.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:1 - Now when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon she came to Jerusalem to test him with hard questions, having a very great retinue and camels bearing spices and very much gold and precious stones. When she came to Solomon, she told him all that was on her mind.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:31 - And so in the matter of the envoys of the princes of Babylon, who had been sent to him to inquire about the sign that had been done in the land, God left him to himself, in order to try him and to know all that was in his heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:2 - "If one ventures a word with you, will you be offended? Yet who can keep from speaking?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:2 - Prove me, O LORD, and try me; test my heart and my mind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:18 - They tested God in their heart by demanding the food they craved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:41

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:41 - They tested him again and again, and provoked the Holy One of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:56

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:56 - Yet they tested and rebelled against the Most High God, and did not observe his testimonies,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 95:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:9 - when your fathers tested me, and put me to the proof, though they had seen my work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:14 - But they had a wanton craving in the wilderness, and put God to the test in the desert;

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:1 - I said to myself, "Come now, I will make a test of pleasure; enjoy yourself." But behold, this also was vanity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:23 - All this I have tested by wisdom; I said, "I will be wise"; but it was far from me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:12 - But Ahaz said, "I will not ask, and I will not put the LORD to the test."

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:12 - "Test your servants for ten days; let us be given vegetables to eat and water to drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:14 - So he hearkened to them in this matter, and tested them for ten days.
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