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Lexicon :: Strong's H5387 - nāśî'

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נָשִׂיא
Transliteration
nāśî'
Pronunciation
naw-see'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
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TWOT Reference: 1421b,1421c

Strong’s Definitions

נָשִׂיא nâsîyʼ, naw-see'; or נָשִׂא nâsiʼ; from H5375; properly, an exalted one, i.e. a king or sheik; also a rising mist:—captain, chief, cloud, governor, prince, ruler, vapour.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 132x

The KJV translates Strong's H5387 in the following manner: prince (96x), captain (12x), chief (10x), ruler (6x), vapours (3x), governor (1x), chief (with H5387) (1x), clouds (1x), part (1x), prince (with H5387) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 132x
The KJV translates Strong's H5387 in the following manner: prince (96x), captain (12x), chief (10x), ruler (6x), vapours (3x), governor (1x), chief (with H5387) (1x), clouds (1x), part (1x), prince (with H5387) (1x).

  1. one lifted up, chief, prince, captain, leader

  2. rising mist, vapour

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נָשִׂיא nâsîyʼ, naw-see'; or נָשִׂא nâsiʼ; from H5375; properly, an exalted one, i.e. a king or sheik; also a rising mist:—captain, chief, cloud, governor, prince, ruler, vapour.
STRONGS H5387: Abbreviations
I. נָשִׂיא 128 noun masculine one lifted up, i.e. a chief prince; — absolute נ׳ Exodus 22:27 +; construct נְשִׂיא Genesis 23:6 +; plural נְשִׂיאִים Joshua 22:32 +, נְשִׂיאִים Joshua 22:32 +, נְשִׂאִים Exodus 34:31 + 7 times, נְשִׂיאִם Genesis 17:20 + 3 times, נְשִׂאִם Exodus 35:27; construct נְשִׂיאֵי Exodus 16:22 +; suffix נְשִׂיאַי Ezekiel 45:8, נְשִׂיאֶיהָ Ezekiel 32:29, נְשִׂיאֵיהֶם Numbers 17:21, נְשִׂיאֵהֶם Numbers 17:17, etc.; — mostly in Israel:
1. בְּעַמְּךָ נ׳ of any chief man, Exodus 22:27 (E; human ruler, over against אֱלֹהִים).
2. of Solomon 1 Kings 11:34. Elsewhere only Ezekiel, P, Chronicles: —
3. of Abraham Genesis 23:6, and heads of Ishmaelite tribes Genesis 17:20; Genesis 25:16.
4. rulers of the congregation, נְשִׂיאֵי הָעֵדָה Exodus 16:22; Joshua 9:15, 18; Joshua 22:30, בָּעֵדָה הַנּ׳ Exodus 34:31, compare Exodus 35:27; Leviticus 4:22; Joshua 9:18b; Joshua 9:19, 21 (twice in verse); Joshua 17:4; Joshua 22:14 (3 times in verse); Joshua 22:32 (all P); especially
5. tribal chiefs and representatives, according to the religious organization of P, Numbers 1:16, 44; Numbers 2:3 + 57 times Numbers (especially chapters 2, 7, 34; note נְשִׂיא נְשִׂיאֵי הַלֵּוִי Numbers 3:32); compare 1 Chronicles 2:10; 1 Chronicles 4:38; 1 Chronicles 5:6; 1 Chronicles 7:40; 2 Chronicles 1:2, also 1 Kings 8:1 (probably gloss, omitted by Greek Version of the LXX Benz), 2 Chronicles 5:2.
6. in Ezekiel:
a. of Zedekiah (for מֶלֶךְ see Böhmer8K 1900, 112 ff.), Ezekiel 7:27; Ezekiel 12:10, 12; Ezekiel 21:30, + Ezekiel 19:1 (read singular Greek Version of the LXX Ew Hi Co Berthol Toy).
b. chief men of Judah Ezekiel 21:17; Ezekiel 22:6; Ezekiel 45:8, 9.
c. future Davidic king Ezekiel 34:24; Ezekiel 37:25, compare Ezekiel 44:3 (twice in verse) + 16 times Ezekiel 45, 46, 48.
d. foreign princes Ezekiel 26:16; Ezekiel 27:21; Ezekiel 30:13; Ezekiel 32:29; Ezekiel 38:2, 3; Ezekiel 39:1, 18.
7. leader of exiles returning under Cyrus, according to Ezra 1:8.
8. non-Israel chiefs in P: Genesis 34:2; Numbers 25:18; Joshua 13:21.

† II. [נָשִׂיא] noun [masculine] rising mist, vapour (Arabic bdb067201, bdb067202); — only plural נְשִׂאִים vapours, forming clouds, and portending rain, Jeremiah 10:13 = Jeremiah 51:16, Psalm 135:7, נְשִׂיאִים Proverbs 25:14.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

17:20; 17:20; 23:6; 23:6; 25:16; 34:2

Exodus

16:22; 16:22; 22:27; 22:27; 34:31; 34:31; 35:27; 35:27

Leviticus

4:22

Numbers

1:16; 1:44; 2:3; 3:32; 25:18

Joshua

9:15; 9:18; 9:18; 9:19; 9:21; 13:21; 17:4; 22:14; 22:30; 22:32; 22:32; 22:32

1 Kings

8:1; 11:34

1 Chronicles

2:10; 4:38; 5:6; 7:40

2 Chronicles

1:2; 5:2

Ezra

1:8

Psalms

135:7

Proverbs

25:14

Jeremiah

10:13; 51:16

Ezekiel

7:27; 12:10; 12:12; 19:1; 21:17; 21:30; 22:6; 26:16; 27:21; 30:13; 32:29; 32:29; 34:24; 37:25; 38:2; 38:3; 39:1; 39:18; 44:3; 45:8; 45:8; 45:9

H5387

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Strong's Number H5387 matches the Hebrew נָשִׂיא (nāśî'),
which occurs 134 times in 120 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 17:20–Num 17:6)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:20 - And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:6 - Hear us, my lord; thou art a prince of God among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:16 - These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their villages, and by their encampments; twelve princes according to their nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:2 - And Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her; and he took her, and lay with her, and humbled her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:22 - And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:28 - Thou shalt not revile God, nor curse a ruler of thy people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:31 - And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned unto him: and Moses spake to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:27 - And the rulers brought the onyx stones, and the stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 4:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:22 - When a ruler sinneth, and doeth unwittingly any one of all the things which Jehovah his God hath commanded not to be done, and is guilty;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:16 - These are they that were called of the congregation, the princes of the tribes of their fathers; they were the heads of the thousands of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:44

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:44 - These are they that were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: they were each one for his fathers’ house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:3 - And those that encamp on the east side toward the sunrising shall be they of the standard of the camp of Judah, according to their hosts: and the prince of the children of Judah shall be Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:5 - And those that encamp next unto him shall be the tribe of Issachar: and the prince of the children of Issachar shall be Nethanel the son of Zuar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:7 - And the tribe of Zebulun: and the prince of the children of Zebulun shall be Eliab the son of Helon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:10 - On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their hosts: and the prince of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:12 - And those that encamp next unto him shall be the tribe of Simeon: and the prince of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:14 - And the tribe of Gad: and the prince of the children of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:18 - On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their hosts: and the prince of the children of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:20 - And next unto him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and the prince of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:22 - And the tribe of Benjamin: and the prince of the children of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:25 - On the north side shall be the standard of the camp of Dan according to their hosts: and the prince of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:27 - And those that encamp next unto him shall be the tribe of Asher: and the prince of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ochran.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:29 - And the tribe of Naphtali: and the prince of the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:24 - And the prince of the fathers’ house of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:30 - And the prince of the fathers’ house of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:32 - And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be prince of the princes of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:35 - And the prince of the fathers’ house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: they shall encamp on the side of the tabernacle northward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:34 - And Moses and Aaron and the princes of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites by their families, and by their fathers’ houses,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:46 - All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the princes of Israel numbered, by their families, and by their fathers’ houses,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:2 - that the princes of Israel, the heads of their fathers’ houses, offered. These were the princes of the tribes, these are they that were over them that were numbered:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:3 - and they brought their oblation before Jehovah, six covered wagons, and twelve oxen; a wagon for every two of the princes, and for each one an ox: and they presented them before the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:10 - And the princes offered for the dedication of the altar in the day that it was anointed, even the princes offered their oblation before the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:11 - And Jehovah said unto Moses, They shall offer their oblation, each prince on his day, for the dedication of the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:18 - On the second day Nethanel the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar, did offer:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:24 - On the third day Eliab the son of Helon, prince of the children of Zebulun:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:30 - On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, prince of the children of Reuben:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:36 - On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, prince of the children of Simeon:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:42

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:42 - On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel, prince of the children of Gad:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:48

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:48 - On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, prince of the children of Ephraim:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:54 - On the eighth day Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, prince of the children of Manasseh:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:60 - On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, prince of the children of Benjamin:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:66

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:66 - On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, prince of the children of Dan:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:72

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:72 - On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ochran, prince of the children of Asher:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:78 - On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, prince of the children of Naphtali:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:84

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:84 - This was the dedication of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve silver platters, twelve silver bowls, twelve golden spoons;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:4 - And if they blow but one, then the princes, the heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:2 - Send thou men, that they may spy out the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a prince among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:2 - and they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the congregation, called to the assembly, men of renown;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:2 - Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of them rods, one for each fathers’ house, of all their princes according to their fathers’ houses, twelve rods: write thou every man’s name upon his rod.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:6 - And Moses spake unto the children of Israel; and all their princes gave him rods, for each prince one, according to their fathers’ houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.

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