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Lexicon :: Strong's H4853 - maśśā'

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מַשָּׂא
Transliteration
maśśā'
Pronunciation
mas-saw'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun, proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1421d,1421e

Strong’s Definitions

מַשָּׂא massâʼ, mas-saw'; from H5375; a burden; specifically, tribute, or (abstractly) porterage; figuratively, an utterance, chiefly a doom, especially singing; mental, desire:—burden, carry away, prophecy, × they set, song, tribute.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 66x

The KJV translates Strong's H4853 in the following manner: burden (57x), song (3x), prophecy (2x), set (1x), exaction (1x), carry away (1x), tribute (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 66x
The KJV translates Strong's H4853 in the following manner: burden (57x), song (3x), prophecy (2x), set (1x), exaction (1x), carry away (1x), tribute (1x).
masculine noun

  1. load, bearing, tribute, burden, lifting

    1. load, burden

    2. lifting, uplifting, that to which the soul lifts itself up

    3. bearing, carrying

    4. tribute, that which is carried or brought or borne

  2. utterance, oracle, burden

    proper masculine noun (BDB)

    1. Massa = "burden"

  3. a son of Ishmael

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַשָּׂא massâʼ, mas-saw'; from H5375; a burden; specifically, tribute, or (abstractly) porterage; figuratively, an utterance, chiefly a doom, especially singing; mental, desire:—burden, carry away, prophecy, × they set, song, tribute.
STRONGS H4853: Abbreviations
† II. מַשָּׂא noun masculinePsalm 38:5 load, burden, lifting, bearing, tribute; — מ׳ absolute Nehemiah 13:19 +; construct 2 Kings 5:17 +; suffix מַשָּׂאוֺ Exodus 23:5 + 2 times; מַשַּׂאֲכֶם Deuteronomy 1:12; מַשָּׂאָם Numbers 4:27 + 2 times; —
1. load, burden of ass Exodus 23:5 (E), mules 2 Kings 5:17, camels 2 Kings 8:9, compare Isaiah 46:1, 2; hanging on a peg Isaiah 22:25 (figurative); forbidden on Sabbath Jeremiah 17:21, 22, 24, 27; Nehemiah 13:15, 19; figurative of people as burden Numbers 11:11, 17 (JE), Deuteronomy 1:12, compare עַלֿ הָיָה לְמ׳ 2 Samuel 15:33; 2 Samuel 19:36 (אֶלֿ), also וָאֶהְיֶה עָלַי לְמַשָּׂא Job 7:20; of iniquities Psalm 38:5. — Hosea 8:10 read מְשֹׁחַ, so Greek Version of the LXX We Now GASm.
2. verbal noun, lifting, uplifting, only נַפְשָׁם מ׳ Ezekiel 24:25 the uplifting of their soul, i.e. that to which they lift up their soul, their heart's desire.
3. verbal noun, bearing, carrying, Numbers 4:24 (+ לַעֲבֹד), 2 Chronicles 20:25; 35:3 (בַּכָּתֵף), so probably 1 Chronicles 15:22 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 15:27 (compare Be Kau; > singing, uplifting of voice, e.g. Öttli); especially of responsibility and duty of bearing sacred vessels (often || עֲבֹדָה, פְּקֻדָּה) Numbers 4:15, 19, 27 (twice in verse); Numbers 4:49, עֲבֹדַת מ׳ Numbers 4:47, מִשְׁמֶרֶת מ׳ Numbers 4:31; Numbers 4:32.
4. perhaps what is carried, brought, i.e. tribute כֶּסֶף מ׳ 2 Chronicles 17:11 silver as tribute (+ מִנְחָה; compare נשׂא
Qal; others, silver by the load i.e. in great quantity). — I. מַשָּׂא see above.

†III. מַשָּׂא noun masculineIsaiah 14:28 utterance, oracle (compare נשׂא 1b (6); GfJeremiah 23:33); — מ׳ absolute Isaiah 14:28 +; usually construct Isaiah 13:1 +; — of prophetic utterance: 2 Kings 9:25; Isaiah 14:28; Ezekiel 12:10; 2 Chronicles 24:27 (with עַל); בָבֶל מ׳ Isaiah 13:1, מוֺאָב מ׳ Isaiah 15:1, compare Isaiah 17:1; Isaiah 19:1; Isaiah 21:1, 11; Isaiah 22:1; Isaiah 23:1; Isaiah 30:6; Nahum 1:1; בערב מ׳ Isaiah 21:13 is later insert (Di); מ׳ = revelation, אֲשֶׁר חָזָה חֲבַקּוּק הַנָּבִיא הַמּ׳ Habakkuk 1:1; י׳ מ׳ utterance of י׳ Jeremiah 23:33, 34, 36, 38 (3 times in verse) (compare 2 Kings 9:25), see also 2 Kings 9:33b (read אַתֶּם הַמַּשָּׂא), with word-play, — followed by וְנָטַשְׁתִּי 2 Kings 9:36b; דְבַר י׳ מ׳ Zechariah 9:1 (+ בארץ), Zechariah 12:1 (+ עַליִֿשְׂרָאֵל), Malachi 1:1 (+ אֶליִֿשׂ׳). — Proverbs 31:1 see I. מַשָּׂא; in Proverbs 30:1 read מִמַּשָּׂא from Massa (Mühlau, De), or הַמַּשָּׂאִי (Wild), which however is perhaps not original, but borrowed from Proverbs 31:1 (compare Wildon the passage FrankenbSpr. p. 5; corrupt name of Agur's home or tribe, Kau).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

23:5; 23:5

Numbers

4:15; 4:19; 4:24; 4:27; 4:27; 4:31; 4:32; 4:47; 4:49; 11:11; 11:17

Deuteronomy

1:12; 1:12

2 Samuel

15:33; 19:36

2 Kings

5:17; 5:17; 8:9; 9:25; 9:25; 9:33; 9:36

1 Chronicles

15:22; 15:27

2 Chronicles

17:11; 20:25; 24:27; 35:3

Nehemiah

13:15; 13:19; 13:19

Job

7:20

Psalms

38:5; 38:5

Proverbs

30:1; 31:1; 31:1

Isaiah

13:1; 13:1; 14:28; 14:28; 14:28; 15:1; 17:1; 19:1; 21:1; 21:11; 21:13; 22:1; 22:25; 23:1; 30:6; 46:1; 46:2

Jeremiah

17:21; 17:22; 17:24; 17:27; 23:33; 23:33; 23:34; 23:36; 23:38

Ezekiel

12:10; 24:25

Hosea

8:10

Nahum

1:1

Habakkuk

1:1

Zechariah

9:1; 12:1

Malachi

1:1

H4853

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Strong's Number H4853 matches the Hebrew מַשָּׂא (maśśā'),
which occurs 65 times in 59 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Exo 23:5–Jer 23:36)

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:5 - If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, thou shalt forbear to leave him, thou shalt surely release it with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:15 - And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the furniture of the sanctuary, as the camp is set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: but they shall not touch the sanctuary, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:19 - but thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:24 - This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and in bearing burdens:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:27 - At the commandment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burden, and in all their service; and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burden.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:31 - And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tent of meeting: the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:32 - and the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service: and by name ye shall appoint the instruments of the charge of their burden.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:47

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:47 - from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entered in to do the work of service, and the work of bearing burdens in the tent of meeting,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:49

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:49 - According to the commandment of Jehovah they were numbered by Moses, every one according to his service, and according to his burden: thus were they numbered of him, as Jehovah commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:11 - And Moses said unto Jehovah, Wherefore hast thou dealt ill with thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favor in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:17 - And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the Spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:12 - How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:33 - And David said unto him, If thou passest on with me, then thou wilt be a burden unto me:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:35

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:35 - I am this day fourscore years old: can I discern between good and bad? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:17 - And Naaman said, If not, yet, I pray thee, let there be given to thy servant two mules’ burden of earth; for thy servant will henceforth offer neither burnt-offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 8:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:9 - So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels’ burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Benhadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this sickness?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:25 - Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite; for remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, Jehovah laid this burden upon him:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:22 - And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was over the song: he instructed about the song, because he was skilful.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:27 - And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: and David had upon him an ephod of linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 17:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:11 - And some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, and silver for tribute; the Arabians also brought him flocks, seven thousand and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred he-goats.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:25 - And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches and dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in taking the spoil, it was so much.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 24:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:27 - Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid upon him, and the rebuilding of the house of God, behold, they are written in the commentary of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:3 - And he said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, that were holy unto Jehovah, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; there shall no more be a burden upon your shoulders. Now serve Jehovah your God, and his people Israel;

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:15 - In those days saw I in Judah some men treading wine-presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses therewith; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:19 - And it came to pass that, when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the doors should be shut, and commanded that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I over the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:20 -
If I have sinned, what do I unto thee, O thou watcher of men?
Why hast thou set me as a mark for thee,
So that I am a burden to myself?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 38:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:4 -
For mine iniquities are gone over my head:
As a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:1 - The words of Agur the son of Jakeh; The oracle.
The man saith unto Ithiel, unto Ithiel and Ucal:

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 31:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:1 - The words of king Lemuel; the oracle which his mother taught him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 13:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:1 - The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:28

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:28 - In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 15:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:1 - The burden of Moab. For in a night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to nought; for in a night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to nought.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 17:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:1 - The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:1 - The burden of Egypt. Behold, Jehovah rideth upon a swift cloud, and cometh unto Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall tremble at his presence; and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 21:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:1 - The burden of the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the South sweep through, it cometh from the wilderness, from a terrible land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 21:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:11 - The burden of Dumah. One calleth unto me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:13 - The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye caravans of Dedanites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 22:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:1 - The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 22:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:25 - In that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, shall the nail that was fastened in a sure place give way; and it shall be hewn down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off; for Jehovah hath spoken it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 23:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:1 - The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Kittim it is revealed to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:6 - The burden of the beasts of the South. Through the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the lioness and the lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the humps of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 46:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:1 - Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth; their idols are upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: the things that ye carried about are made a load, a burden to the weary beast.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 46:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:2 - They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:21 - Thus saith Jehovah, Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:22 - neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any work: but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:24 - And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, saith Jehovah, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath day, but to hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:27 - But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden and enter in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:33 - And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What is the burden of Jehovah? then shalt thou say unto them, What burden! I will cast you off, saith Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:34 - And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of Jehovah, I will even punish that man and his house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:36 - And the burden of Jehovah shall ye mention no more: for every man’s own word shall be his burden; for ye have perverted the words of the living God, of Jehovah of hosts our God.

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