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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 2 / 3 (Num 25:14–Eze 38:2)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:14 - Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even that was slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince H5387 of a chief house among the Simeonites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:18 - For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince H5387 of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor's sake.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:2 - And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes H5387 and all the congregation, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:13 - And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes H5387 of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:2 - The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes H5387 of the congregation, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 34:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:18 - And ye shall take one prince H5387 of every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 34:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:22 - And the prince H5387 of the tribe of the children of Dan, Bukki the son of Jogli.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 34:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:23 - The prince H5387 of the children of Joseph, for the tribe of the children of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 34:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:24 - And the prince H5387 of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 34:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:25 - And the prince H5387 of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, Elizaphan the son of Parnach.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 34:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:26 - And the prince H5387 of the tribe of the children of Issachar, Paltiel the son of Azzan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 34:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:27 - And the prince H5387 of the tribe of the children of Asher, Ahihud the son of Shelomi.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 34:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:28 - And the prince H5387 of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:1 - And the chief fathers of the families of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spake before Moses, and before the princes, H5387 the chief fathers of the children of Israel:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:15 - And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: and the princes H5387 of the congregation sware unto them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:18 - And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes H5387 of the congregation had sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes. H5387

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:19 - But all the princes H5387 said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:21 - And the princes H5387 said unto them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as the princes H5387 had promised them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 13:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:21 - And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes H5387 of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:4 - And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, H5387 saying, The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren. Therefore according to the commandment of the LORD he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:14 - And with him ten princes, H5387 of each chief H5387 H5387 house a prince throughout all the tribes of Israel; and each one was an head of the house of their fathers among the thousands of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:30 - And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes H5387 of the congregation and heads of the thousands of Israel which were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spake, it pleased them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:32 - And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, H5387 returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them word again.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:1 - Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief H5387 of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:34 - Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: but I will make him prince H5387 all the days of his life for David my servant's sake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments and my statutes:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:10 - And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince H5387 of the children of Judah;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:38 - These mentioned by their names were princes H5387 in their families: and the house of their fathers increased greatly.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 5:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:6 - Beerah his son, whom Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria carried away captive: he was prince H5387 of the Reubenites.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 7:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:40 - All these were the children of Asher, heads of their father's house, choice and mighty men of valour, chief of the princes. H5387 And the number throughout the genealogy of them that were apt to the war and to battle was twenty and six thousand men.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 1:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:2 - Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor H5387 in all Israel, the chief of the fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 5:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:2 - Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief H5387 of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:8 - Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince H5387 of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 135:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:7 - He causeth the vapours H5387 to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:14 - Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds H5387 and wind without rain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:13 - When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours H5387 to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:16 - When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens; and he causeth the vapours H5387 to ascend from the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:27 - The king shall mourn, and the prince H5387 shall be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled: I will do unto them after their way, and according to their deserts will I judge them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:10 - Say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; This burden concerneth the prince H5387 in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel that are among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:12 - And the prince H5387 that is among them shall bear upon his shoulder in the twilight, and shall go forth: they shall dig through the wall to carry out thereby: he shall cover his face, that he see not the ground with his eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:1 - Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes H5387 of Israel,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:12 - Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it shall be upon all the princes H5387 of Israel: terrors by reason of the sword shall be upon my people: smite therefore upon thy thigh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:25 - And thou, profane wicked prince H5387 of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:6 - Behold, the princes H5387 of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:16 - Then all the princes H5387 of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and put off their broidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble at every moment, and be astonished at thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:21 - Arabia, and all the princes H5387 of Kedar, they occupied with thee in lambs, and rams, and goats: in these were they thy merchants.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 30:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:13 - Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also destroy the idols, and I will cause their images to cease out of Noph; and there shall be no more a prince H5387 of the land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 32:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:29 - There is Edom, her kings, and all her princes, H5387 which with their might are laid by them that were slain by the sword: they shall lie with the uncircumcised, and with them that go down to the pit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:24 - And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince H5387 among them; I the LORD have spoken it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 37:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:25 - And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children's children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince H5387 for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 38:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:2 - Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince H5387 of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,

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