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Lexicon :: Strong's H5255 - nāsaḥ

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נָסַח
Transliteration
nāsaḥ
Pronunciation
naw-sakh'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1374

Strong’s Definitions

נָסַח nâçach, naw-sakh'; a primitive root; to tear away:—destroy, pluck, root.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's H5255 in the following manner: pluck (2x), rooted (1x), destroy (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's H5255 in the following manner: pluck (2x), rooted (1x), destroy (1x).

  1. to pull or tear away

    1. (Qal) to tear away, tear down

    2. (Niphal) to be torn away

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נָסַח nâçach, naw-sakh'; a primitive root; to tear away:—destroy, pluck, root.
STRONGS H5255: Abbreviations
† [נָסַח] verb pull or tear away (Late Hebrew נָסַח, Targum נְסַח both remove; Assyrian nasâḫu = Biblical Hebrew, so Old Aramaic נסח Cook82 Lzb323; Arabic bdb065003 annul, supersede, change by substitution, copy; compare Assyrian nisḫu, nusḫu, extract, excerpt DlHWB 472 MeissnZA iv (1889), 267; Late Hebrew נָסְחָה, Nabataean נסחת id., also Aramaic נוסחא (whence Arabic bdb065004) HoffmZMG xxxii. 760 compare Frä251; Syriac bdb065005 copy); —
Qal Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular בְּית גֵּאִים יִסַּח י׳ Proverbs 15:25 the house of proud men will י׳ tear down; וְיִסָּֽחֲךָ מֵאֹהֶל Psalm 52:7 [Psalm 52:5] yea, he [י׳] shall tear thee away, without a tent; 3rd person masculine plural יִסְּחוּ מִן Proverbs 2:22 transgressors shall (men) tear away from the land (read perhaps יִנָּֽסְחוּ shall be torn away; || יִכָּרֵ֑תוּ; compare Ges§ 144, 3b. R DaSynt. § 108. b).
Niph. Perfect 2nd person masculine plural consecutive וְנִסַּחְתֶּם מֵעַל הָאֲדָמָה Deuteronomy 28:63 and ye shall be torn away from off the land.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H5256.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

28:63

Psalms

52:5

Proverbs

2:22; 15:25

H5255

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5255 matches the Hebrew נָסַח (nāsaḥ),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:63

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:63 - And as the LORD took delight in doing you good and multiplying you, so the LORD will take delight in bringing ruin upon you and destroying you. And you shall be plucked off the land that you are entering to take possession of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 52:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:5 - But God will break you down forever;
he will snatch and tear you from your tent;
he will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:22 - but the wicked will be cut off from the land,
and the treacherous will be rooted out of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:25 - The LORD tears down the house of the proud
but maintains the widow’s boundaries.
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