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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
Root Word (Etymology)
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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 3 / 3 (Eze 38:3–Eze 48:22)

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 38:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:3 - And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince H5387 of Meshech and Tubal:

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 39:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:1 - Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince H5387 of Meshech and Tubal:

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 39:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:18 - Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes H5387 of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 44:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:3 - It is for the prince; H5387 the prince, H5387 he shall sit in it to eat bread before the LORD; he shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate, and shall go out by the way of the same.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 45:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:7 - And a portion shall be for the prince H5387 on the one side and on the other side of the oblation of the holy portion, and of the possession of the city, before the oblation of the holy portion, and before the possession of the city, from the west side westward, and from the east side eastward: and the length shall be over against one of the portions, from the west border unto the east border.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 45:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:8 - In the land shall be his possession in Israel: and my princes H5387 shall no more oppress my people; and the rest of the land shall they give to the house of Israel according to their tribes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 45:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:9 - Thus saith the Lord GOD; Let it suffice you, O princes H5387 of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 45:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:16 - All the people of the land shall give this oblation for the prince H5387 in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 45:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:17 - And it shall be the prince's part H5387 to give burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and drink offerings, in the feasts, and in the new moons, and in the sabbaths, in all solemnities of the house of Israel: he shall prepare the sin offering, and the meat offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings, to make reconciliation for the house of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 45:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:22 - And upon that day shall the prince H5387 prepare for himself and for all the people of the land a bullock for a sin offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 46:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:2 - And the prince H5387 shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate without, and shall stand by the post of the gate, and the priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate: then he shall go forth; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 46:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:4 - And the burnt offering that the prince H5387 shall offer unto the LORD in the sabbath day shall be six lambs without blemish, and a ram without blemish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 46:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:8 - And when the prince H5387 shall enter, he shall go in by the way of the porch of that gate, and he shall go forth by the way thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 46:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:10 - And the prince H5387 in the midst of them, when they go in, shall go in; and when they go forth, shall go forth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 46:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:12 - Now when the prince H5387 shall prepare a voluntary burnt offering or peace offerings voluntarily unto the LORD, one shall then open him the gate that looketh toward the east, and he shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, as he did on the sabbath day: then he shall go forth; and after his going forth one shall shut the gate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 46:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:16 - Thus saith the Lord GOD; If the prince H5387 give a gift unto any of his sons, the inheritance thereof shall be his sons'; it shall be their possession by inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 46:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:17 - But if he give a gift of his inheritance to one of his servants, then it shall be his to the year of liberty; after it shall return to the prince: H5387 but his inheritance shall be his sons' for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 46:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:18 - Moreover the prince H5387 shall not take of the people's inheritance by oppression, to thrust them out of their possession; but he shall give his sons inheritance out of his own possession: that my people be not scattered every man from his possession.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 48:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:21 - And the residue shall be for the prince, H5387 on the one side and on the other of the holy oblation, and of the possession of the city, over against the five and twenty thousand of the oblation toward the east border, and westward over against the five and twenty thousand toward the west border, over against the portions for the prince: H5387 and it shall be the holy oblation; and the sanctuary of the house shall be in the midst thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 48:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:22 - Moreover from the possession of the Levites, and from the possession of the city, being in the midst of that which is the prince's, H5387 between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, shall be for the prince. H5387

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