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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 - As for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I have blessed him and will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He shall father twelve princes, and I will make him into a great nation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:6 - “Hear us, my lord; you are a prince of God[fn] among us. Bury your dead in the choicest of our tombs. None of us will withhold from you his tomb to hinder you from burying your 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 tribes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:2

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:22 - On the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers each. And when all the leaders of the congregation came and told Moses,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:28 - “You shall not revile God, nor curse a ruler of your people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:31 - But Moses called to them, and Aaron and all the leaders of the congregation returned to him, and Moses talked with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:27 - And the leaders brought onyx stones and stones to be set, for the ephod and for the breastpiece,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:22 - “When a leader sins, doing unintentionally any one of all the things that by the commandments of the LORD his God ought not to be done, and realizes his guilt,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:16 - These were the ones chosen from the congregation, the chiefs of their ancestral tribes, the heads of the clans of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:44

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:44 - These are those who were listed, whom Moses and Aaron listed with the help of the chiefs of Israel, twelve men, each representing his fathers’ house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:3 - Those to camp on the east side toward the sunrise shall be of the standard of the camp of Judah by their companies, the chief of the people of Judah being Nahshon the son of Amminadab,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:5 - Those to camp next to him shall be the tribe of Issachar, the chief of the people of Issachar being Nethanel the son of Zuar,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:7 - Then the tribe of Zebulun, the chief of the people of Zebulun being 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 by their companies, the chief of the people of Reuben being Elizur the son of Shedeur,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:12 - And those to camp next to him shall be the tribe of Simeon, the chief of the people of Simeon being Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:14 - Then the tribe of Gad, the chief of the people of Gad being 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 by their companies, the chief of the people of Ephraim being Elishama the son of Ammihud,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:20 - And next to him shall be the tribe of Manasseh, the chief of the people of Manasseh being Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:22 - Then the tribe of Benjamin, the chief of the people of Benjamin being 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 by their companies, the chief of the people of Dan being Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:27 - And those to camp next to him shall be the tribe of Asher, the chief of the people of Asher being Pagiel the son of Ochran,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:29 - Then the tribe of Naphtali, the chief of the people of Naphtali being Ahira the son of Enan,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:24 - with Eliasaph, the son of Lael as chief of the fathers’ house of the Gershonites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:30 - with Elizaphan the son of Uzziel as chief of the fathers’ house of the clans of the Kohathites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:32 - And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest was to be chief over the chiefs of the Levites, and to have oversight of those who kept guard over the sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:35 - And the chief of the fathers’ house of the clans of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail. They were to camp on the north side of the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:34 - And Moses and Aaron and the chiefs of the congregation listed the sons of the Kohathites, by their clans and their fathers’ houses,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:46

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:46 - All those who were listed of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the chiefs of Israel listed, by their clans and their fathers’ houses,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:2 - the chiefs of Israel, heads of their fathers’ houses, who were the chiefs of the tribes, who were over those who were listed, approached

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:3 - and brought their offerings before the LORD, six wagons and twelve oxen, a wagon for every two of the chiefs, and for each one an ox. They brought them before the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:10 - And the chiefs offered offerings for the dedication of the altar on the day it was anointed; and the chiefs offered their offering before the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:11 - And the LORD said to Moses, “They shall offer their offerings, one chief each 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, the chief of Issachar, made an offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:24 - On the third day Eliab the son of Helon, the chief of the people 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, the chief of the people 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, the chief of the people 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, the chief of the people 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, the chief of the people of Ephraim:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:54

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:60 - On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, the chief of the people 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, the chief of the people 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, the chief of the people of Asher:

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:84

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:84 - This was the dedication offering for the altar on the day when it was anointed, from the chiefs of Israel: twelve silver plates, twelve silver basins, twelve golden dishes,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:4 - But if they blow only one, then the chiefs, the heads of the tribes of Israel, shall gather themselves to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:2 - “Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the people of Israel. From each tribe of their fathers you shall send a man, every one a chief among them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:2 - And they rose up before Moses, with a number of the people of Israel, 250 chiefs of the congregation, chosen from the assembly, well-known men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 17:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:2 - “Speak to the people of Israel, and get from them staffs, one for each fathers’ house, from all their chiefs according to their fathers’ houses, twelve staffs. Write each man’s name on his staff,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:6 - Moses spoke to the people of Israel. And all their chiefs gave him staffs, one for each chief, according to their fathers’ houses, twelve staffs. And the staff of Aaron was among their staffs.

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