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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 - It happened after these things, that God tested Avraham, and said to him, "Avraham!" He said, "Here I am."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:25 - Then he cried to the LORD. The LORD shown him a tree, and he threw it into the waters, and the waters were made sweet. There he made a statute and an ordinance for them, and there he tested them;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:4 - Then said the LORD to Moshe, "Behold, I will rain bread from the sky for you, and the people shall go out and gather a day's portion every day, that I may test 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 quarreled with Moshe, and said, "Give us water to drink." Moshe said to them, "Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the LORD?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:7 - He called the name of the place Massah, and Merivah, because the children of Yisra'el quarreled, and because they tested the LORD, saying, "Is the LORD among us, or not?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:20 - Moshe said to the people, "Don't be afraid, for God has come to test you, and that his fear may be before you, that you won't sin."

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:22 - because all those men who have seen my glory, and my signs, which I worked in Mitzrayim and in the wilderness, yet have tempted me these ten times, and have not listened to my voice;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:34

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:34 - Or has God tried 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 the LORD your God did for you in Mitzrayim before your eyes?

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:16 - You shall not tempt the LORD your God, as you tempted him in Massah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:2 - 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, to prove you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his mitzvot, 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 didn't know; that he might humble you, and that he might prove you, to do you good at your latter 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 proves 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 tender and delicate woman among you, who would not adventure to set the sole of her foot on 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 - Of Levi he said, Your Tummim and your Urim are with your godly one, Whom you did prove at Massah, With whom you did strive at the waters of Merivah;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:22 - that by them I may prove Yisra'el, whether they will keep the way of the LORD 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 the LORD left, to prove Yisra'el by them, even as many of Yisra'el as had not known all the wars of Kana`an;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:4 - They were left, to prove Yisra'el by them, to know whether they would listen to the mitzvot of the LORD, which he commanded their fathers by Moshe.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:39 - Gid`on said to God, Don't let your anger be kindled against me, and I will speak but this once: Please let me make a trial just this once with the fleece; let it now 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 - David girded his sword on his clothing, and he tried to go; for he had not proved it. David said to Sha'ul, I can't go with these; for I have not proved them. David put them off him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:1 - When the queen of Sheva heard of the fame of Shlomo concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:1 - When the queen of Sheva heard of the fame of Shlomo, she came to prove Shlomo with hard questions at Yerushalayim, with a very great train, and camels that bore spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Shlomo, she talked with him of all that was in her heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:31 - However in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Bavel, who sent to 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 someone ventures to talk with you, will you 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, LORD, and prove me. Try my heart and my mind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:18 - 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 - They turned again and tempted God, And provoked the Holy One of Yisra'el.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:56

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:56 - Yet they tempted and rebelled against Ha`Elyon God, And didn't keep his testimonies;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 95:9

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:14 - But gave in to craving in the desert, And tested God in the wasteland.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:1 - I said in my heart, "Come now, I will test you 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 Achaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:12 - Prove your servants, I beg you, 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 listened to them in this matter, and proved them ten days.
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