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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 BoxGen 22:1 - And it came to pass after these things, that God did prove Abraham, and said unto 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 unto Jehovah; And Jehovah showed him a tree, and he cast it into the waters, and the waters were made sweet. There he 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 said Jehovah unto 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 - Wherefore the people strove with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why strive ye with me? Wherefore do ye tempt Jehovah?

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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 Meribah, because of the striving of the children of Israel, and because they tempted Jehovah, saying, Is Jehovah among us, or not?

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:20 - And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before you, that ye sin not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:22 - because all those men that have seen my glory, and my signs, which I wrought in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have tempted me 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 hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that Jehovah 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 - Ye shall not tempt Jehovah your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:2 - And thou shalt remember all the way which Jehovah thy God hath led thee these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble thee, to prove thee, to know what was in thy heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:16 - who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not; that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end:

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:3 - thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or unto that dreamer of dreams: for Jehovah your God proveth you, to know whether ye love Jehovah 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 tender and delicate woman among you, who would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:8 - And of Levi he said,
Thy Thummim and thy Urim are with thy godly one,
Whom thou didst prove at Massah,
With whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:22 - that by them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of Jehovah to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:1 - Now these are the nations which Jehovah left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:4 - And they were left, to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of Jehovah, which he commanded their fathers by Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:39 - And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be kindled against me, and I will speak but this once: let me make trial, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon 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 upon his apparel, and he assayed to go; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them. And David put them off him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:1

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:1 - And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great train, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:31 - Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:2 -
If one assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved?
But who can withhold himself from speaking?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:2 -
Examine me, O Jehovah, and prove me;
Try my heart and my mind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:18 -
And they tempted God in their heart
By asking food according to their desire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:41

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:41 -
And they turned again and tempted God,
And provoked the Holy One of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:56

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:56 -
Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God,
And kept not his testimonies;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 95:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:9 -
When your fathers tempted me,
Proved me, and saw my work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:14 -
But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness,
And tempted God in the desert.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:1 - I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also was vanity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:23 - All this have I proved in 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, neither will I tempt Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:12 - Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:14 - So he hearkened unto them in this matter, and proved them ten days.
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