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Lexicon :: Strong's H5375 - nāśā'

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נָשָׂא
Transliteration
nāśā'
Pronunciation
naw-saw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1421

Strong’s Definitions

נָשָׂא nâsâʼ, naw-saw'; or נָסָה nâçâh; (Psalm 4:6 [7]), 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 ( man), lade, lay, lift (self) up, lofty, marry, magnify, × needs, obtain, pardon, raise (up), receive, regard, respect, set (up), spare, stir up, swear, take (away, up), × utterly, wear, yield.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 654x

The KJV translates Strong's H5375 in the following manner: (bare, lift, etc...) up (219x), bear (115x), take (58x), bare (34x), carry (30x), (take, carry)..away (22x), borne (22x), armourbearer (18x), forgive (16x), accept (12x), exalt (8x), regard (5x), obtained (4x), respect (3x), miscellaneous (74x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 654x
The KJV translates Strong's H5375 in the following manner: (bare, lift, etc...) up (219x), bear (115x), take (58x), bare (34x), carry (30x), (take, carry)..away (22x), borne (22x), armourbearer (18x), forgive (16x), accept (12x), exalt (8x), regard (5x), obtained (4x), respect (3x), miscellaneous (74x).
  1. to lift, bear up, carry, take

    1. (Qal)

      1. to lift, lift up

      2. to bear, carry, support, sustain, endure

      3. to take, take away, carry off, forgive

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to be lifted up, be exalted

      2. to lift oneself up, rise up

      3. to be borne, be carried

      4. to be taken away, be carried off, be swept away

    3. (Piel)

      1. to lift up, exalt, support, aid, assist

      2. to desire, long (fig.)

      3. to carry, bear continuously

      4. to take, take away

    4. (Hithpael) to lift oneself up, exalt oneself

    5. (Hiphil)

      1. to cause one to bear (iniquity)

      2. to cause to bring, have brought

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נָשָׂא nâsâʼ, naw-saw'; or נָסָה nâçâh; (Psalm 4:6 [7]), 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 ( man), lade, lay, lift (self) up, lofty, marry, magnify, × needs, obtain, pardon, raise (up), receive, regard, respect, set (up), spare, stir up, swear, take (away, up), × utterly, wear, yield.
STRONGS H5375: Abbreviations
נָשָׂא verb lift, carry, take (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Phoenician נשא id. Lzb326; Assyrian našû, id. DlHWB 484; Biblical Aramaic H5376 נְשָׂא (rare); Syriac in bdb066908 scales; Palmyrene נסא, נשא proper name Lzb326 Cook81, 83 (compare נשׁא forget); Arabic bdb066909 intransitive rise, be high, etc.; Sabean in proper name, e.g. CISiv. 5. 1; also נשא verb HalRev. Semitic iv (1896), 69 Minaean נשא take, HomSüdar. Chrest. 128; Ethiopic bdb066910 suscipere, tollere Di635, so Old Ethiopic, DHMEpigr. Denkm. aus Abess. (1894), 52); —
Qal599 Perfect נ׳ Genesis 13:6 +; 2nd person masculine singular נָשָׂאתָ 1 Kings 2:26 +, נֶשָׂאתָה Numbers 14:19, suffix נְשָׂאתַ֫נִי Psalm 102:11; 2nd person feminine singular suffix נְשָֹׂאתִים Ezekiel 16:58; 3rd person plural נָֽשְׂאוּ 2 Samuel 18:28 +, נָשׂוּא Psalm 139:20, וְנָשׂוּ consecutive Ezekiel 39:26, suffix נְשָׂאוּם 2 Chronicles 12:11, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִשָּׂא Genesis 32:21 +, וַיִּשָּׂא Genesis 13:10 +, suffix יִשָּׂאֵהוּ Deuteronomy 32:11+; 3rd person masculine plural יִשְׂאוּ Hosea 4:8 +, יִשָּׂ֑אוּ Habakkuk 2:6 +, וַיִּשְׂאוּ Judges 2:4 +; suffix יִשָּׂאֻנוּ Isaiah 64:5; 3rd person feminine plural תִּשֶּׂ֫נָה Jeremiah 9:17, וַתִּשֶּׂ֫אנָה Ruth 1:9, וַתִּשֶּׂ֫נָה Zechariah 5:9; Ruth 1:14; 2nd person feminine plural תִּשֶּׂ֫אינָה Ezekiel 23:49, etc.; Imperative masculine singular שָׂא Genesis 13:14 +, נְשָׂא Psalm 10:12, נְסָה Psalm 4:7; suffix שָׂאֵהוּ Numbers 11:12; 2 Kings 4:19; feminine singular שְׂאִי Genesis 21:18 +, etc.; Infinitive absolute נָשׂוֺא Jeremiah 10:5, נָשׂא Hosea 1:6 + 2 times; construct נְשׂא Isaiah 1:14 + 2 times, שׂוֺא [H7721 Psalm 89:10 [Psalm 89:9]], (read perhaps שְׁאוֺן roar Ri Bi Che, compare Hi שׁוֺא), usually שְׂאֵת Genesis 4:7 +; suffix נָשְׂאִי Psalm 28:2, שְׂאֵתִי Jeremiah 15:15; Psalm 89:51, etc.; Aramaizing Infinitive לְמַשְׂאוֺת Ezekiel 17:9 (si vera lectio; Co Berthol לְיוֺם שְׂאֵת); Participle active נשֵֹׁא Exodus 34:7 +, feminine נשְֹׁאֵת 1 Kings 10:22, נשֵֹׁאת Esther 2:15, etc.; passive construct נְשׂוּא Isaiah 3:3 +, נְשׂוּי Psalm 32:1, etc.; —
1. lift, lift up:
a. literally, with accusative of person or thing; the flood lifts ark Genesis 7:17 (J), י׳ lifts standard (נֵס) Isaiah 5:26; Isaiah 11:12 + (often followed by ל person), rod Isaiah 10:26, with עַל against Isaiah 10:24, חֶרֶב אֶלֿ נ׳ Micah 4:3 = Isaiah 2:4, etc.; — especially lift in order to hold, carry away, etc. Genesis 21:18 (E), Judges 9:48; Amos 6:10; 2 Samuel 2:32; 2 Samuel 4:4; 1 Kings 13:29; 2 Kings 9:25, 26; Ezekiel 3:12, 14; Ezekiel 8:3; Ezekiel 11:24 +; lift up wings to fly Ezekiel 10:16, 19; Ezekiel 11:22; רַגְלָיו וַיֵּלֶךְ נ׳ Genesis 29:1 he lifted up his feet and went; lift up, upon (על) Genesis 31:17; Genesis 42:26 (both E), figurative Job 31:36; בְּמאֹזְנַיִם נ׳ Job 6:2 put a thing into scale; בוֺ אָלָה נ׳ put on him (require of him) an oath 1 Kings 8:31 2 Chronicles 6:22, so van d. H., Greek Version of the LXX; correct MT נָשָׁא (Baer Ginsb), but sense hardly possible; אֶשָּׂא בְשָׂרִי בְשִׁנָּ֑י Job 13:14 I will take up my flesh in my teeth (figurative for hazarding life).
b. in many phrases, literal and figurative, e.g.:
(1) lift up hand; against (ב) 2 Samuel 18:28; 2 Samuel 20:21, with לְ Psalm 106:26; אֶלֿ (as signal) Isaiah 49:22; absolute, in display of power Psalm 10:12; frequently in oath (especially Ezekiel, P; of י׳ usually followed by infinitive, often + ל person) Exodus 6:8; Numbers 14:30 (both P), Ezekiel 20:5 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 20:6, 15, 23, 28, 42; Ezekiel 36:7; Ezekiel 44:12; Ezekiel 47:14; Nehemiah 9:15, + אֶלשָֿׁמַיִם Deuteronomy 32:40 lift hand to heaven; in prayer (with אֶלֿ) Psalm 28:2; Lamentations 2:19, so (בְּשִׁמְךָ) Psalm 63:5, absolute Psalm 134:2, and, remarkably, אֶלמִֿצְוֺתֶיךָ Psalm 119:48; also figurative of the deep (תְּהוֺם) Habakkuk 3:10; in blessing Leviticus 9:22 (P; with אֶל).
(2) lift up one's head = shew boldness, independence Judges 8:28; Zechariah 2:4; Job 10:15; Psalm 83:3; of another = restore to honour Genesis 40:13, 20 (E), but lift thy head from off thee (מֵעָלֶיךָ), Genesis 40:19, by word-play; — + מִבֵּית כֶּלֶא 2 Kings 25:27 = Jeremiah 52:31; figurative of gates, lift up your heads Psalm 24:7; Psalm 24:9.
(3) lift up one's face, countenance (פָּנִים), literal, 2 Kings 9:32 (אֶלֿ); sign of good conscience 2 Samuel 2:22 (אֶלֿ), absolute Job 11:15; of י׳, sign of favour, אֶל־ פָּנֶיךָ נ׳ Numbers 6:26 (P; form of benediction); compare אוֺר נ׳ עַל־ פָּנֶיךָ Psalm 4:7; especially lift up face of another (originally probably of one prostrate in humility; opposed to הֵשִׁיב פָּנִים repel), in various shades of meaning: = grant a request Genesis 19:21 (J; + לַדָּבָר הַזֶּה), 1 Samuel 25:35; Job 42:8, 9; = be gracious to, Genesis 32:21 (E), Malachi 1:8, 9; hence phrase נְשׂוּא פָנִים graciously received, held in honour2 Kings 5:1 (of Naaman), and, as substantive, honourable, eminent one Isaiah 3:3; Isaiah 9:14 (but strike out as gloss), Job 22:8†; = shew consideration for Deuteronomy 28:50; Lamentations 4:16; also in bad sense = be unduly influenced by Job 32:21, and, specifically, = shew partiality (towards) Deuteronomy 10:17 (denied of י׳), Leviticus 19:15 (H), Malachi 2:9 (בַּתּוֺרָה), Job 13:8, 10; Job 34:19; Proverbs 18:5; Psalm 82:2 (synonym הִכִּיר פ׳); even כל־כֹּפֶר פְּנֵי נ׳ Proverbs 6:35 i.e. regard any bribe.
(4) lift up eyes, on high 2 Kings 19:22 = Isaiah 37:23, compare Psalm 121:1 (אֶלֿ); לַשָּׁמַיִם Isaiah 51:6 (|| הִבִּיט אֶלֿ); followed by ה locative Deuteronomy 3:27; Deuteronomy 4:19 compare Ezekiel 8:5 (twice in verse); toward (אֶלֿ) idols Ezekiel 18:6, 12, 15; Ezekiel 33:25, compare Ezekiel 23:27; toward (אֶל־) י׳ Psalm 123:1 (these with implied worship); עֵינֶיהָ אֶלֿ נ׳ Genesis 39:7 i.e. she gazed at him with desire; usually + verb of seeing (35 times) Genesis 13:10, 14; Genesis 18:2 + (Hexateuch only J E), Isaiah 40:26 (+ מָרוֺם), Isaiah 49:18; Isaiah 60:4 (both + סָבִיב), Jeremiah 3:2 (+ עַלֿ).
(5) lift up voice (קוֺל), give (loud) utterance Isaiah 52:8, of floods Psalm 93:3, + and weep Genesis 21:16 (E) Genesis 27:38; Genesis 29:11 (both J), Judges 2:4, + וַתִּשָּׂא וַיִּתְּנוּ אֶתקֿוֺלָם וַיִּבִכוּ Numbers 14:1 (P), + 9 times; + יָרֹ֫נוּ Isaiah 24:14; + קָרָא Judges 9:7; קוֺל omitted Isaiah 3:7; Isaiah 42:2, Isaiah 42:11 (|| יָרֹ֫נוּ); also
(6) lift up (+ verb of saying, usually אָמַר), often of formal and solemn utterance, מָשָׁל נ׳ Numbers 23:7, 18; Numbers 24:3, 15, 20, 21, 23; Job 27:1; Job 29:1 + עַל Micah 2:4; Habakkuk 2:6; Isaiah 14:4; ונשׂאבֿוֺ אָלָה 1 Kings 8:31 and he shall lift up against him an oath = 2 Chronicles 6:22 MT וְנָשָׁא see Baer Ginsb, but sense difficult; read rather וְנָשָׂא); עָלָיו הַמַּשָּׂא הַזֶּה נ׳ י׳ 2 Kings 9:25; קִינָה נ׳, + עַלֿ Jeremiah 7:29; Ezekiel 26:17; Ezekiel 27:2; Ezekiel 28:12; Ezekiel 32:2, + אֶלֿ Ezekiel 19:1; Ezekiel 27:32; lift up word Amos 5:1 (על, + קִינָה); weeping Jeremiah 9:9 (עַלֿ); lamentation (נְהִי) Jeremiah 9:17 (עַלֿ), reproach Psalm 15:3 (עַלֿ).
(7) lift up, take up = utter: name of י׳, לַשָּׁוְא Exodus 20:7 (twice in verse) = Deuteronomy 5:11 (twice in verse) (Decalogue); compare Psalm 139:20 (read probably שְׁמֶ֑ךָ Bö Ol Che Kau); בַּלאֶֿשָּׂא שְׁמוֺתָם עַלשְֿׂפָתָ֑י Psalm 16:4; בְּרִיתִי עֲלֵיפִֿיךָ נ׳ Psalm 50:16; probably also שֵׁמַע שָׁוְא נ׳ Exodus 23:1 (E).
(8) lift up prayer in behalf of (בְּעַד) † 2 Kings 19:4 = Isaiah 37:4; Jeremiah 7:16; Jeremiah 11:14.
(9) lift up soul (נֶפֶשׁ), i.e. direct the desire (נֶפֶשׁ 1d) towards (אל) a thing, Deuteronomy 24:15; Proverbs 19:18, אֶלעָֿוֺן Hosea 4:8, לַשָּׁוְא Psalm 24:4 (compare Pi. and II. מַשָּׂא 2); אֶליֿ׳ Psalm 25:1; Psalm 86:4; Psalm 143:8, so the heart Lamentations 3:41.
(10) take up (incur) sin, iniquity, (only HP) † Exodus 28:43; Numbers 18:22, with עַל for Leviticus 19:17; Leviticus 22:9; Numbers 18:32 (compare also 2 b).
(11) of heart lifting one up, (inciting), Exodus 35:21, 26; Exodus 36:2 (all P); of presumption 2 Kings 14:10 2 Chronicles 25:19. — MT apparently requires intransitive or reflexive meaning, lift oneself up, in following, text dubious in all: Hosea 13:1 read perhaps נָשִׂיא Oort We compare Now; Nahum 1:5 Now (after Bi) וַתֵּשָׁא (read וַתֵּ֫שֶׁא ? √ שׁאה); [H7721 Psalm 89:10 [Psalm 89:9]] read H7588 שְׁאוֺן Bi Ri Che; Habakkuk 1:3 יִשָּׂא queried by We Gr Buhl and others, compare GunkSchöpfung 33.
2. Bear, carry:
a. literally, a load or burden (usually accusative) Genesis 37:25; Genesis 44:1 (both J), Genesis 45:23 (twice in verse) (E), 1 Samuel 10:3 (3 times in verse); Jeremiah 10:5; Jeremiah 17:21, 27 + very often; נֹשֵׂא כֵלִים armour-bearer Judges 9:54; 1 Samuel 14:1 + often Samuel; bearing weapons 1 Chronicles 5:18; 1 Chronicles 12:24; 2 Chronicles 14:7 (twice in verse); Lamentations 3:27 (עֹל נ׳ figurative), Isaiah 1:14 (figurative, compare d below); a load of care, responsibility Deuteronomy 1:9, 12; share a burden with אֶתֿ נ׳ Exodus 18:22 (E; no accusative); with ב׳, יִשָּׂא בְשִׁיחִי מִשְׁכָּבִי Job 7:13 my bed shall carry at (help carry) my grief, Numbers 11:17; take up and carry (idolatrous images) Amos 5:26; Isaiah 46:7; bear ephod, 1 Samuel 2:28; 1 Samuel 14:3 + 1 Samuel 14:18 (Greek Version of the LXX.), 1 Samuel 22:18 (see Dr in HastingsDict. 726); in triumph Isaiah 8:4.
b. especially bear guilt, or punishment H5375 Genesis 4:13 (J, עֲוֺנִי), often Ezekiel HP: † עָוֺן נ׳ Leviticus 5:1, 17; Leviticus 7:18; Numbers 5:31; Numbers 14:34, compare Numbers 15:31 (all P), Leviticus 17:16; Leviticus 19:8; Leviticus 20:17, 19 (H) Ezekiel 14:10; Ezekiel 44:12 (compare Hiph. Leviticus 22:16); חֵטְא נ׳ Leviticus 20:20; Leviticus 24:15 (H) Numbers 9:13 (P), compare Ezekiel 23:49; compare כְּלִמָּה נ׳ Ezekiel 16:52 (twice in verse), עֹנֶשׁ נ׳ Proverbs 19:19, נ׳ absolute Proverbs 9:12; עֲוֺן ֗֗֗ נ׳ = be responsible for Exodus 28:33; Numbers 18:1 (twice in verse) compare Numbers 18:23; **incur guilt Exodus 28:43 = bear guilt for others Leviticus 10:17; Leviticus 16:22 (of goat; + אֶלאֿרץ, construct praegn.), Numbers 30:16 (all P), Ezekiel 4:4, 5, 6, compare זְנוּתֵיכֶם נ׳ Numbers 14:33; חֵטְא נ׳ Isaiah 53:12, compare חֳלָיֵנוּ נ׳ Isaiah 53:4; also בַּעֲוֺן ֗֗֗ נ׳ bear at (share in), Ezekiel 18:19, 20 (twice in verse).
c. support, sustain, on (על) wings Exodus 19:4; Deuteronomy 32:11; Psalm 91:12 (all figurative); land could not support them Genesis 13:6 (J), Genesis 36:7 (P).
e. bear, carry, אֲלֵהֶם פָּנָיו מֵאֵת וַיִּשָּׂא Genesis 43:34 (J) and they (indefinite) carried portions from his presence unto them; carry gifts as tribute 2 Samuel 8:2, 6; later, bring an offering Psalm 96:8 = 1 Chronicles 16:29; Ezekiel 20:31 (Greek Version of the LXX Co בראשׁית; Toy following MT).
f. carry = contain, hold: bath to hold 1/10 homer Ezekiel 45:11.
g. bear fruit, of tree Haggai 2:19; Joel 2:22, figurative Ezekiel 36:8; boughs Ezekiel 17:23 (in figurative); produce, yield, of mountains Job 40:20; Psalm 72:3 (both with לְ for).
3. Take, take away:
a. literal with מִן 1 Samuel 17:34; Numbers 16:15 (unjustly).
b. take away, carry off, Judges 21:23; 1 Kings 15:22 2 Chronicles 16:6; 1 Kings 18:12; Lamentations 5:13; Micah 2:2; Jeremiah 49:29 (ל person), Isaiah 40:24; Isaiah 41:16 +; take away head (מֵעַל person) Genesis 40:19 (see above); sweep away = destroy Job 32:22 (compare Niph. 4); life 2 Samuel 14:14.
c. take away, guilt, iniquity, transgression, etc., i.e. forgive, with accusative Genesis 50:17 (E), Exodus 32:32 (E), Exodus 10:17; Exodus 34:7 (J), Numbers 14:18 (JE), 1 Samuel 15:25; Hosea 14:3; Job 7:21 (|| הֶעֱכִיר עָוֺן), Psalm 32:5; + ל person Micah 7:18; ל person, accusative omitted, Genesis 18:20 (J), Numbers 14:19 (J E; || סלח עָוֺן), Hosea 1:6; Isaiah 2:9 (probably gloss.), Psalm 99:8; with ל of sin Genesis 50:17; Exodus 23:21 (both E), 1 Samuel 25:28; Psalm 25:18; נְשֻׂא עָוֺן Isaiah 33:24; נְשׂוּיֿ פֶּשַׁע Psalm 32:1. [In this sense נ׳ used in E; סלח in D P; both in J; נ׳ also in early prophets, Samuel and Job, and in earlier and latest Psalms; not in Jeremiah, Kings, Isa2, Lamentations, Chronicles, Daniel, which use סלח; see BrHexateuch 155.]
d. take as wife (usually with לְ for), late: Ezra 9:2, 12; Ezra 10:44; Nehemiah 13:25; 2 Chronicles 11:21; 13:21; 24:3; Ruth 1:4.
e. take an enumeration, usually with ראֹשׁ sum Exodus 30:12; Numbers 1:2; Numbers 1:49; Numbers 4:2; Numbers 4:22; Numbers 26:2; Numbers 32:26; Numbers 32:49 (all P); with מִםְפָּר Numbers 3:40; 1 Chronicles 27:23.
f. take and carry away, receive, Deuteronomy 33:3; 1 Kings 5:23; Psalm 24:5; hence, obtain favour (חֶסֶד, חֵן) Esther 2:9, 17 (both + לִפְנֵי), Esther 5:2 (+ בְּעֵינָיו). — לְמַשְׂאוֺת אוֺתָהּ מִשָּׁרָשֶׁיהָ Ezekiel 17:9 (Co Berthol לְיוֺם שְׂאֵת וגו׳) is usually rendered plucking it up (tearing it away) by the roots, but dubious; נ׳ not elsewhere in this sense.
Niph. Perfect נִשָּׂא Jeremiah 51:9, וְנ׳ consecutive Exodus 25:28 +; Imperfect יִנָּשֵׂא Isaiah 40:4; 3rd person masculine plural יִנָּֽשְׂאוּ Ezekiel 1:19, 20, 21, יִנָּשׂוּא Jeremiah 10:5, יִנָּשֵׂ֑אוּ Proverbs 30:13; 3rd person feminine plural תִּנָּשֶׂאנָה Isaiah 49:22, etc.; Imperative הִנָּשֵׂא Psalm 7:7; Psalm 94:2, masculine plural הִנָּֽשְׂאוּ Psalm 24:7; Infinitive הִנָּשֵׂא Ezekiel 1:19, suffix הִנָּֽשְׂאָם Ezekiel 1:21; Participle נִשָּׂא Isaiah 2:2 +, feminine נִשָּׂאָה Isaiah 30:25, נִשֵּׂאת Zechariah 5:7; 1 Chronicles 14:2, etc.; — 2 Samuel 19:43 is dubious, and participle (Ol§ 192 ci. 632 f.) inexplicable; read נִשּׂא (Infinitive absolute Niph.) Dr (compare Th), or מַשְׂאֵת portion Gr HPS; > BaNB 90 thinks נִשֵּׂאת Infinitive Niph. with compensative ending; —
1. be lifted up,
a. literal Zechariah 5:7; Ezekiel 1:19, 21 (both מֵעַל הָאָרֶץ), Ezekiel 1:19; Ezekiel 1:20; Ezekiel 1:21 (all in vision), of valleys Isaiah 40:4; of gates Psalm 24:7 + Psalm 24:9b (read Niph.); of eyelids Proverbs 30:13 (superciliousness); metaphor of judgment on Babylon reaching up to the sky (עַד); participle = elevated, exalted Isaiah 6:1 (of י׳'s throne, in vision); of lofty hills Isaiah 2:14; Isaiah 30:25; Isaiah 57:7, compare Micah 4:1 = Isaiah 2:2 מִן lifted from out the hills), once of trees Isaiah 2:13 (text dubious); generally, Isaiah 2:12.
b. figurative, be exalted, of king, 2 Chronicles 32:23, kingdom 1 Chronicles 14:2, servant of י׳ Isaiah 52:13, י׳ himself Isaiah 57:15.
2. reflexive lift oneself up = rise up, of י׳, to display power in judgment: Isaiah 33:10; Psalm 94:2.
3. be borne, carried Jeremiah 10:5; Exodus 25:28 (P), Isaiah 49:22; Isaiah 66:22.
4. be taken away, carried off, 2 Kings 20:17 (ה locative) = Isaiah 39:6; be swept away (of multitude) Daniel 11:12 (compare Bev Behrm, Prince, see also Qal 3; Ew Hi as 2, see Dr).
Pi. Perfect נִשֵּׂא 2 Samuel 5:12, נִשָּׂא (analogue of ה ל׳) 2 Samuel 19:43; 1 Kings 9:11, וְנִשָּׂא consecutive Amos 4:2, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix וַיְנַשְּׂאֵ֫הוּ Esther 3:1, וַיְנַשְּׂאֵם Isaiah 63:9; 3rd person masculine plural suffix יְנַשְּׂאוּהוּ Ezra 1:4; Imperative masculine singular suffix נַשְּׂאֵם Psalm 28:9; Participle plural מְנַשְּׂאִים Jeremiah 22:27 + 2 times; —
1. lift up = exalt, kingdom 2 Samuel 5:12 (|| Niph. 1 Chronicles 14:2), person Esther 5:11 (עַל), compare Esther 3:1; = support, aid, assist Ezra 8:36; Esther 9:3; with ב aid with trees (supply with) 1 Kings 9:11, so Ezra 1:4.
2. figurative נֶפֶשׁ נ׳ = desire, long, Jeremiah 22:14; Jeremiah 44:14.
3. carry, bear continuously Isaiah 63:9; Psalm 28:9.
4. take, take away 2 Samuel 19:43 (ל for; but see Niph. above); Amos 4:2 (ב instrumental; We Now וְנָֽשְׂאוּ). —
Hithp. Imperfect יִתְנַשָּׂ֑א Numbers 23:24; 3rd person feminine singular תִּנַּשֵּׂא Numbers 24:7; 2nd person masculine singular תִּתְנַשֵּׂא Ezekiel 29:15; 3rd person masculine plural יִנַּשְּׂאוּ Daniel 11:14; 2nd person masculine plural תִּתְנַשְּׂאוּ Numbers 16:3; Infinitive הִתְנַשֵּׂא Ezekiel 17:14; Proverbs 30:32; Participle מִתְנַשֵּׂא 1 Kings 1:5; 1 Chronicles 29:11; — lift oneself up, like a lion Numbers 23:24 (JE); participle he who exalts himself 1 Chronicles 29:11 (+ לְכֹל לְראֹשׁ) as human ruler (Kau), > (sc. אַתָּה) of י׳ as ruler; Ew§ 160 e Ke Be as substantive [infinitive of Aramaic form], the exaltation; of a kingdom Numbers 24:7 (JE), compare Ezekiel 17:14; in arrogance 1 Kings 1:5; Numbers 16:3 (P; with עַלֿ), Ezekiel 29:15 (with עַל), Proverbs 30:32; Daniel 11:14.
Hiph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular consecutive.
1. cause one to bear iniquity (2 accusative) וְהִשִּׂ֫יאוּ Leviticus 22:16.
2. apparently cause to bring, have brought, וְהִשִּׂיאוּ 2 Samuel 17:13 (with accusative of thing + אֶל location), but very dubious; Ki Kit Bu וְיָשִׂימוּ HPS וְהֵבִיאוּ; > We הֵשִׂימוּ.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

4:7; 4:13; 7:17; 13:6; 13:6; 13:10; 13:10; 13:14; 13:14; 18:2; 18:20; 19:21; 21:16; 21:18; 21:18; 27:38; 29:1; 29:11; 31:17; 32:21; 32:21; 36:7; 37:25; 39:7; 40:13; 40:19; 40:19; 40:20; 42:26; 43:34; 44:1; 45:23; 50:17; 50:17

Exodus

6:8; 10:17; 18:22; 19:4; 20:7; 23:1; 23:21; 25:28; 25:28; 28:33; 28:43; 28:43; 30:12; 32:32; 34:7; 34:7; 35:21; 35:26; 36:2

Leviticus

5:1; 5:17; 7:18; 9:22; 10:17; 16:22; 17:16; 19:8; 19:15; 19:17; 20:17; 20:19; 20:20; 22:9; 22:16; 22:16; 24:15

Numbers

1:2; 1:49; 3:40; 4:2; 4:22; 5:31; 6:26; 9:13; 11:12; 11:17; 14:1; 14:18; 14:19; 14:19; 14:30; 14:33; 14:34; 15:31; 16:3; 16:3; 16:15; 18:1; 18:22; 18:23; 18:32; 23:7; 23:18; 23:24; 23:24; 24:3; 24:7; 24:7; 24:15; 24:20; 24:21; 24:23; 26:2; 30:16; 32:26

Deuteronomy

1:9; 1:12; 3:27; 4:19; 5:11; 10:17; 24:15; 28:50; 32:11; 32:11; 32:40; 33:3

Judges

2:4; 2:4; 8:28; 9:7; 9:48; 9:54; 21:23

Ruth

1:4; 1:9; 1:14

1 Samuel

2:28; 10:3; 14:1; 14:3; 14:18; 15:25; 17:34; 22:18; 25:28; 25:35

2 Samuel

2:22; 2:32; 4:4; 5:12; 5:12; 8:2; 8:6; 14:14; 17:13; 18:28; 18:28; 19:43; 19:43; 19:43; 20:21

1 Kings

1:5; 1:5; 2:26; 8:31; 8:31; 9:11; 9:11; 10:22; 13:29; 15:22; 18:12

2 Kings

4:19; 5:1; 9:25; 9:25; 9:26; 9:32; 14:10; 19:4; 19:22; 20:17; 25:27

1 Chronicles

5:18; 12:24; 14:2; 14:2; 14:2; 16:29; 27:23; 29:11; 29:11

2 Chronicles

6:22; 6:22; 11:21; 12:11; 13:21; 14:7; 16:6; 24:3; 25:19; 32:23

Ezra

1:4; 1:4; 8:36; 9:2; 9:12; 10:44

Nehemiah

9:15; 13:25

Esther

2:9; 2:15; 2:17; 3:1; 3:1; 5:2; 5:11; 9:3

Job

6:2; 7:13; 7:21; 10:15; 11:15; 13:8; 13:10; 13:14; 21:3; 22:8; 27:1; 29:1; 31:36; 32:21; 32:22; 34:19; 34:31; 40:20; 42:8; 42:9

Psalms

4:7; 4:7; 7:7; 10:12; 10:12; 15:3; 16:4; 24:4; 24:5; 24:7; 24:7; 24:7; 24:9; 24:9; 25:1; 25:18; 28:2; 28:2; 28:9; 28:9; 32:1; 32:1; 32:5; 50:16; 55:13; 63:5; 69:8; 72:3; 82:2; 83:3; 86:4; 88:16; 89:51; 91:12; 93:3; 94:2; 94:2; 96:8; 99:8; 102:11; 106:26; 119:48; 121:1; 123:1; 134:2; 139:20; 139:20; 143:8

Proverbs

6:35; 9:12; 18:5; 18:14; 19:18; 19:19; 30:13; 30:13; 30:21; 30:32; 30:32

Isaiah

1:14; 1:14; 2:2; 2:2; 2:4; 2:9; 2:12; 2:13; 2:14; 3:3; 3:3; 3:7; 5:26; 6:1; 8:4; 9:14; 10:24; 10:26; 11:12; 14:4; 24:14; 30:25; 30:25; 33:10; 33:24; 37:4; 37:23; 39:6; 40:4; 40:4; 40:24; 40:26; 41:16; 42:2; 42:11; 46:7; 49:18; 49:22; 49:22; 49:22; 51:6; 52:8; 52:13; 53:4; 53:12; 57:7; 57:15; 60:4; 63:9; 63:9; 64:5; 66:22

Jeremiah

3:2; 7:16; 7:29; 9:9; 9:17; 9:17; 10:5; 10:5; 10:5; 10:5; 11:14; 15:15; 15:15; 17:21; 17:27; 22:14; 22:27; 31:19; 44:14; 49:29; 51:9; 52:31

Lamentations

2:19; 3:27; 3:41; 4:16; 5:13

Ezekiel

1:19; 1:19; 1:19; 1:19; 1:20; 1:20; 1:21; 1:21; 1:21; 1:21; 3:12; 3:14; 4:4; 4:5; 4:6; 8:3; 8:5; 10:16; 10:19; 11:22; 11:24; 14:10; 16:52; 16:58; 17:9; 17:9; 17:14; 17:14; 17:23; 18:6; 18:12; 18:15; 18:19; 18:20; 19:1; 20:5; 20:6; 20:15; 20:23; 20:28; 20:31; 20:42; 23:27; 23:49; 23:49; 26:17; 27:2; 27:32; 28:12; 29:15; 29:15; 32:2; 33:25; 36:6; 36:7; 36:8; 39:26; 44:12; 44:12; 45:11; 47:14

Daniel

11:12; 11:14; 11:14

Hosea

1:6; 1:6; 4:8; 4:8; 13:1; 14:3

Joel

2:22

Amos

4:2; 4:2; 5:1; 5:26; 6:10

Micah

2:2; 2:4; 4:1; 4:3; 7:18

Nahum

1:5

Habakkuk

1:3; 2:6; 2:6; 3:10

Haggai

2:19

Zechariah

2:4; 5:7; 5:7; 5:9

Malachi

1:8; 1:9; 2:9

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5375 matches the Hebrew נָשָׂא (nāśā'),
which occurs 654 times in 609 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 4 / 13 (Deu 24:15–1Sa 14:3)

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:15 - “You shall give him his wages on his day [fn]before the sun goes down, for he is afflicted and sets H5375 his soul on it, so that he will not cry against you to Yahweh and it become sin in you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:49 -

“Yahweh will bring H5375 a nation against you from afar, from the end of the earth, as the eagle swoops down, a nation whose tongue you shall not understand,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:50 - a nation of fierce countenance who will have H5375 no respect for the old, nor show favor to the young.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:9 -

So Moses wrote this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi who carried H5375 the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, and to all the elders of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:25 - that Moses commanded the Levites who carried H5375 the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:11 -

“Like an eagle that stirs up its nest,

That hovers over its young,

He spread His wings and caught them;

He carried H5375 them on His pinions.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:40 -

‘Indeed, I lift H5375 up H5375 My hand to heaven,

And say, as I live forever,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:3 -

“Indeed, He loves [fn]the people;

All [fn]Your holy ones are in Your hand,

And they [fn]followed in Your steps;

Everyone is bearing H5375 up H5375 Your words.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:3 - and they commanded the people, saying, “When you see the ark of the covenant of Yahweh your God with the Levitical priests carrying H5375 it, then you shall set out from your place and go after it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:6 - And Joshua spoke to the priests, saying, “Carry H5375 the ark of the covenant and cross over ahead of the people.” So they carried H5375 the ark of the covenant and went ahead of the people.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:8 - “Moreover, you shall command the priests who are carrying H5375 the ark of the covenant, saying, ‘When you come to the edge of the waters of the Jordan, you shall stand still in the Jordan.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:13 - “And it will be that when the soles of the feet of the priests who carry H5375 the ark of Yahweh, the Lord of all the earth, rest in the waters of the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan will be cut off, and the waters which are [fn]flowing down from above [fn]will stand in one heap.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:14 -

So it happened that when the people set out from their tents to cross the Jordan with the priests carrying H5375 the ark of the covenant before the people,

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:15 - and when those who carried H5375 the ark came into the Jordan, and the feet of the priests carrying H5375 the ark were dipped in the edge of the water (for the Jordan overflows all its banks all the days of harvest),
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:17 - And the priests who carried H5375 the ark of the covenant of Yahweh stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan while all Israel crossed on dry ground until all the nation had completed crossing the Jordan.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:3 - and command them, saying, ‘Carry H5375 for yourselves twelve stones from here out of the middle of the Jordan, from the place where the priests’ feet are standing firm, and carry them over with you and lay them down in the lodging place where you will lodge tonight.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:8 -

Thus the sons of Israel did as Joshua commanded and carried H5375 twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, just as Yahweh spoke to Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel; and they carried them over with them to the lodging place and laid them down there.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:9 - But Joshua set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan at the place where the feet of the priests who carried H5375 the ark of the covenant were standing, and they are there to this day.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:10 - Now the priests who carried H5375 the ark were standing in the middle of the Jordan until everything was completed that Yahweh had commanded Joshua to speak to the people, according to all that Moses had commanded Joshua. And the people hurried and crossed.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:16 - “Command the priests who carry H5375 the ark of the testimony that they come up from the Jordan.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:18 - So it happened when the priests who carried H5375 the ark of the covenant of Yahweh had come up from the middle of the Jordan, and the soles of the priests’ feet were [fn]lifted up to the dry ground, that the waters of the Jordan returned to their place and went over all its banks as before.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:13 -

Now it happened when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted H5375 up H5375 his eyes and looked, and behold, a man was standing opposite him with his sword drawn in his hand, and Joshua went to him and said to him, “Are you for us or for our adversaries?”

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:4 - “Also seven priests shall carry H5375 seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark; then on the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:6 -

So Joshua the son of Nun called the priests and said to them, “Carry H5375 the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests carry H5375 seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark of Yahweh.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:8 - And so it happened that, when Joshua had spoken to the people, the seven priests carrying H5375 the seven trumpets of rams’ horns before Yahweh passed on forward and blew the trumpets; and the ark of the covenant of Yahweh came after them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:12 -

Then Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests carried H5375 the ark of Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:13 - And the seven priests carrying H5375 the seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark of Yahweh went on continually and blew the trumpets; and the armed men went before them, and the rear guard came after the ark of Yahweh, and they continued to blow the trumpets.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:33 - And all Israel with their elders and officers and their judges were standing on both sides of the ark before the Levitical priests who carried H5375 the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, the sojourner as well as the native. Half of them stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, just as Moses the servant of Yahweh had given a command at first to bless the people of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:19 -

Then Joshua said to the people, “You will not be able to serve Yahweh, for He is a holy God. He is a jealous God; He will not forgive H5375 your transgression or your sins.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:4 - So it happened that when the angel of Yahweh spoke these words to all the sons of Israel, the people lifted H5375 up H5375 their voices and wept.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:18 - And it happened when he had finished bringing the tribute near, that he sent away the people who had carried H5375 the tribute.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:28 - So Midian was subdued before the sons of Israel, and they did not lift H5375 up H5375 their heads anymore. And the land was quiet for forty years in the days of Gideon.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:7 -

Then they told Jotham, so he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim and lifted H5375 his voice and called out. Thus he said to them, “Listen to me, O lords of Shechem, that God may listen to you.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:48 - So Abimelech went up to Mount Zalmon, he and all the people who were with him; and Abimelech took [fn]an axe in his hand and cut down a branch from the trees and lifted H5375 it and laid it on his shoulder. Then he said to the people who were with him, “What you have seen me do, hurry and do [fn]likewise.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:54 - Then he called quickly to the young man, his armor bearer H5375, and said to him, “Draw your sword and put me to death, lest they say of me, ‘A woman killed him.’” So [fn]the young man pierced him through, and he died.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:31 - Then his brothers and all his father’s household came down, carried H5375 him, brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol, in the tomb of Manoah his father. Thus he had judged Israel twenty years.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:17 - And he lifted H5375 up H5375 his eyes and saw the traveler in the open square of the city; and the old man said, “Where are you going, and where do you come from?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:2 - So the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening and lifted H5375 up H5375 their voices and wept [fn]bitterly.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:23 - And the sons of Benjamin did so and carried H5375 away H5375 wives according to their number from those who danced, whom they stole away. And they went and returned to their inheritance and rebuilt the cities and lived in them.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:4 - They took H5375 for themselves Moabite women as wives; the name of the one was Orpah and the name of the other Ruth. And they lived there about ten years.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:9 - “May Yahweh grant that you may find rest, each in the house of her husband.” Then she kissed them, and they lifted H5375 up H5375 their voices and wept.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:14 - And they lifted H5375 up H5375 their voices and wept again; and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:18 - She took H5375 it up H5375 and went into the city, and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. She also took it out and gave [fn]Naomi what she had left after [fn]she was satisfied.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:28 - ‘And did I not choose them from all the tribes of Israel to be My priests, to go up to My altar, to burn incense, to carry H5375 an ephod before Me; and did I not give to the house of your father all the fire offerings of the sons of Israel?
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:4 - So the people sent to Shiloh, and from there they carried H5375 the ark of the covenant of Yahweh of hosts who sits above the cherubim; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:13 -

Now the people of Beth-shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley, and they raised H5375 their eyes and saw the ark and were glad to see it.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:3 - “Then you will go on further from there, and you will come as far as the [fn]oak of Tabor, and there three men going up to God at Bethel will meet you, one carrying H5375 three young goats, another carrying H5375 three loaves of bread, and another carrying H5375 a jug of wine;
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:4 - Then the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and spoke these words in the hearing of the people, and all the people lifted H5375 up H5375 their voices and wept.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:1 -

Now the day came that Jonathan, the son of Saul, said to the young man who was carrying H5375 his armor, “Come and let us cross over to the Philistines’ garrison that is on the other side.” But he did not tell his father.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:3 - and Ahijah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod’s brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the priest of Yahweh at Shiloh, was [fn]wearing H5375 an ephod. And the people did not know that Jonathan had gone.

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