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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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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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 - Now it came H1961 about after H310 these H428 things, H1697 that God H430 tested H5254 Abraham, H85 and said H559 to him, “Abraham!” H85 And he said, H559 “Here H2009 I am.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:4 - Then the LORD H3068 said H559 to Moses, H4872 “Behold, H2009 I will rain H4305 bread H3899 from heaven H8064 for you; and the people H5971 shall go H3318 out and gather H3950 a day’s H3117 portion H1697 every day, H3117 that I may test H5254 them, whether or H518 not they will walk H1980 in My [fn]instruction. H8451

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:2 - Therefore the people H5971 quarreled H7378 with Moses H4872 and said, H559 “Give H5414 us water H4325 that we may drink.” H8354 And Moses H4872 said H559 to them, “Why H4100 do you quarrel H7378 with me? Why H4100 do you test H5254 the LORD?” H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:20 - Moses H4872 said H559 to the people, H5971 “Do not be afraid; H3372 for God H430 has come H935 in order H5668 to test H5254 you, and in order H5668 that the fear H3374 of Him may [fn]remain H1961 H6440 with you, so that you may not sin.” H2398

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:22 - “Surely H3588 all H3605 the men H376 who have seen H7200 My glory H3519 and My signs H226 which H834 I performed H6213 in Egypt H4714 and in the wilderness, H4057 yet have put H5254 Me to the test H5254 these H2088 ten H6235 times H6471 and have not listened H8085 to My voice, H6963

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:34 - “Or H176 has a god H430 tried H5254 to go H935 to take H3947 for himself a nation H1471 from within H7130 another nation H1471 by trials, H4531 by signs H226 and wonders H4159 and by war H4421 and by a mighty H2389 hand H3027 and by an outstretched H5186 arm H2220 and by great H1419 terrors, H4172 [fn]as the LORD H3068 your God H430 did H6213 for you in Egypt H4714 before your eyes? H5869

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:16 - “You shall not put H5254 the LORD H3068 your God H430 to the test, H5254 as you tested H5254 Him at Massah. H4532

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:2 - “You shall remember H2142 all H3605 the way H1870 which H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 has led H1980 you in the wilderness H4057 these H2088 forty H705 years, H8141 that He might humble H6031 you, testing H5254 you, to know H3045 what H834 was in your heart, H3824 whether you would keep H8104 His commandments H4687 or H518 not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:16 - “In the wilderness H4057 He fed H398 you manna H4478 which H834 your fathers H1 did not know, H3045 that He might humble H6031 you and that He might test H5254 you, to do H3190 good H3190 for you [fn]in the end. H319

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:3 - you shall not listen H8085 to the words H1697 of that prophet H5030 or H176 that dreamer H2492 of dreams; H2472 for the LORD H3068 your God H430 is testing H5254 you to find H3045 out if you love H157 the LORD H3068 your God H430 with all H3605 your heart H3824 and with all H3605 your soul. H5315

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:56 - “The [fn]refined H7390 and delicate H6028 woman H6028 among you, who H834 would not venture H5254 to set H3322 the sole H3709 of her foot H7272 on the ground H776 for delicateness H6026 and [fn]refinement, H7391 [fn]shall be hostile H7489 toward the husband H376 [fn]she cherishes H2436 and toward her son H1121 and daughter, H1323

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:8 - Of Levi H3878 he said, H559
“Let Your Thummim H8550 and Your Urim H224 belong to [fn]Your godly H2623 man, H376
Whom H834 You proved H5254 at Massah, H4532
With whom You contended H7378 at the waters H4325 of Meribah; H4809

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:22 - in order H4616 to test H5254 Israel H3478 by them, whether they will keep H8104 the way H1870 of the LORD H3068 to walk H1980 in it as their fathers H1 [fn]did, H8104 or H518 not.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:1 - Now these H428 are the nations H1471 which H834 the LORD H3068 left, H5117 to test H5254 Israel H3478 by them (that is, all H3605 who H834 had not [fn]experienced H3045 any H3605 of the wars H4421 of Canaan; H3667

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:4 - They were for [fn]testing H5254 Israel, H3478 to find H3045 out if they would [fn]obey H8085 the commandments H4687 of the LORD, H3068 which H834 He had commanded H6680 their fathers H1 [fn]through H3027 Moses. H4872

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:39 - Then Gideon H1439 said H559 to God, H430 “Do not let Your anger H639 burn H2734 against me that I may speak H1696 once H6471 more; H6471 please H4994 let me make H5254 a test H5254 once H6471 more H6471 with the fleece, H1492 let it now H4994 be dry H2721 only H905 on the fleece, H1492 and let there be dew H2919 on all H3605 the ground.” H776

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:39 - David H1732 girded H2296 his sword H2719 over H4480 H5921 his armor H4055 and tried H2974 to walk, H1980 for he had not tested H5254 them. So David H1732 said H559 to Saul, H7586 “I cannot H3201 H3808 go H1980 with these, H428 for I have not tested H5254 them.” And David H1732 took H5493 them [fn]off. H4480 H5921

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:1 - Now when the queen H4436 of Sheba H7614 heard H8085 about the fame H8088 of Solomon H8010 concerning the name H8034 of the LORD, H3068 she came H935 to test H5254 him with difficult H2420 questions. H2420

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:1 - Now when the queen H4436 of Sheba H7614 heard H8085 of the fame H8088 of Solomon, H8010 she came H935 to Jerusalem H3389 to test H5254 Solomon H8010 with difficult H2420 questions. H2420 She had a very H3966 large H3515 retinue, H2428 with camels H1581 carrying H5375 spices H1314 and a large H7230 amount H7230 of gold H2091 and precious H3368 stones; H68 and when she came H935 to Solomon, H8010 she spoke H1696 with him about all H3605 that was on her heart. H3824

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:31 - Even H3651 in the matter of the envoys H3887 of the rulers H8269 of Babylon, H894 who sent H7971 to him to inquire H1875 of the wonder H4159 that had happened H1961 in the land, H776 God H430 left H5800 him alone only to test H5254 him, that He might know H3045 all H3605 that was in his heart. H3824

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:2 - “If one ventures H5254 a word H1697 with you, will you become H3811 impatient? H3811
But who H4310 can H3201 refrain H6113 [fn]from speaking? H4405

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:2 - Examine H974 me, O LORD, H3068 and try H5254 me;
Test H6884 my [fn]mind H3629 and my heart. H3820

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:18 - And in their heart H3824 they put H5254 God H410 to the test H5254
By asking H7592 food H3978 according to their desire. H5315

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:41 - Again H7725 and again they [fn]tempted H5254 God, H410
And pained H8428 the Holy H6918 One H6918 of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:56 - Yet they [fn]tempted H5254 and rebelled H4784 against H854 the Most H5945 High H5945 God H430
And did not keep H8104 His testimonies, H5713

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:9 - “When H834 your fathers H1 tested H5254 Me,
They tried H974 Me, though H1571 they had seen H7200 My work. H6467

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:14 - But craved H183 intensely H8378 in the wilderness, H4057
And [fn]tempted H5254 God H410 in the desert. H3452

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:1 - I said H559 [fn]to myself, H3820 “Come H1980 now, H4994 I will test H5254 you with pleasure. H8057 So [fn]enjoy H7200 H2896 yourself.” And behold, H2009 it too H1571 was futility. H1892

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:23 - I tested H5254 all H3605 this H2090 with wisdom, H2451 and I said, H559 “I will be wise,” H2449 but it was far H7350 from me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:12 - But Ahaz H271 said, H559 “I will not ask, H7592 nor H3808 will I test H5254 the LORD!” H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:12 - “Please H4994 test H5254 your servants H5650 for ten H6235 days, H3117 and let us be given H5414 some H4480 vegetables H2235 to eat H398 and water H4325 to drink. H8354

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:14 - So he listened H8085 to them in this H2088 matter H1697 and tested H5254 them for ten H6235 days. H3117
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