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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.
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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:20 - “As for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I will bless him and will make him fruitful and will multiply him exceedingly. He shall [fn]become the father of twelve princes H5387, and I will make him a great nation.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:6 - “Hear us, my lord, you are a [fn]mighty prince H5387 among us; bury your dead in the choicest of our burial sites; none of us will refuse you his burial sites for burying your dead.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:16 - These are the sons of Ishmael and these are their names, by their villages, and by their camps; twelve princes H5387 according to their [fn]tribes.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:2 - Then Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince H5387 of the land, saw her and took her and lay with her and violated her.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:22 -

Now it happened that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one. Then all the leaders H5387 of the congregation came and told Moses.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:28 -

“You shall not [fn]curse God, nor curse a ruler H5387 of your people.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:31 - Then Moses called to them, and Aaron and all the rulers H5387 in the congregation returned to him; and Moses spoke to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:27 - And the rulers H5387 brought the onyx stones and the stones for setting for the ephod and for the [fn]breastpiece;
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:22 -

‘When a leader H5387 sins and unintentionally does any one of all the [fn]things which Yahweh his God has commanded not to be done, and he becomes guilty,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:16 -

“These are they who were called upon by the congregation, the leaders H5387 of their fathers’ tribes; they were the heads of [fn]divisions of Israel.”

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:44 -

These are the ones who were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron numbered, with the leaders H5387 of Israel, twelve men, each of whom was of his father’s household.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:3 - “Now those who camp on the east side toward the sunrise shall be of the standard of the camp of Judah, by their armies, and the leader H5387 of the sons of Judah: Nahshon the son of Amminadab,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:5 - “Those who camp next to him shall be the tribe of Issachar, and the leader H5387 of the sons of Issachar: Nethanel the son of Zuar,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:7 - Then the tribe of Zebulun, and the leader H5387 of the sons of Zebulun: Eliab the son of Helon,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:10 -

“On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben by their armies, and the leader H5387 of the sons of Reuben: Elizur the son of Shedeur,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:12 - “And those who camp next to him shall be the tribe of Simeon, and the leader H5387 of the sons of Simeon: Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:14 - “Then the tribe of Gad, and the leader H5387 of the sons of Gad: Eliasaph the son of [fn]Deuel,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:18 -

“On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim by their armies, and the leader H5387 of the sons of Ephraim: Elishama the son of Ammihud,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:20 - “Next to him shall be the tribe of Manasseh, and the leader H5387 of the sons of Manasseh: Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:22 - “Then the tribe of Benjamin, and the leader H5387 of the sons of Benjamin: Abidan the son of Gideoni,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:25 -

“On the north side shall be the standard of the camp of Dan by their armies, and the leader H5387 of the sons of Dan: Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:27 - “Those who camp next to him shall be the tribe of Asher, and the leader H5387 of the sons of Asher: Pagiel the son of Ochran,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:29 - “Then the tribe of Naphtali, and the leader H5387 of the sons of Naphtali: Ahira the son of Enan,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:24 - and the leader H5387 of the fathers’ households of the Gershonites was Eliasaph the son of Lael.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:30 - and the leader H5387 of the fathers’ households of the Kohathite families was [fn]Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:32 - and Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest was the chief H5387 of the leaders H5387 of Levi and had the oversight of those who keep the responsibility of the sanctuary.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:35 - And the leader H5387 of the fathers’ households of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail. They were to camp on the northward side of the tabernacle.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:34 -

So Moses and Aaron and the leaders H5387 of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites by their families and by their fathers’ households,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:46 -

All the numbered men of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the leaders H5387 of Israel numbered, by their families and by their fathers’ households,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:2 - Then the leaders H5387 of Israel, the heads of their fathers’ households, brought an offering near (they were the leaders H5387 of the tribes; they were the ones who [fn]were over the [fn]numbered men).
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:3 - And they brought their offering before Yahweh, six covered carts and twelve oxen, a cart for every two of the leaders H5387 and an ox for each one, and they brought them near before the tabernacle.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:10 -

And the leaders H5387 brought near the dedication offering [fn]for the altar [fn]when it was anointed, so the leaders H5387 brought their offering near before the altar.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:11 - Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Let them bring their offering near, one leader H5387 each day, for the dedication of the altar.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:18 -

On the second day Nethanel the son of Zuar, leader H5387 of Issachar, brought an offering near;

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:24 -

On the third day it was Eliab the son of Helon, leader H5387 of the sons of Zebulun;

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:30 -

On the fourth day it was Elizur the son of Shedeur, leader H5387 of the sons of Reuben;

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:36 -

On the fifth day it was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, leader H5387 of the sons of Simeon;

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:42 -

On the sixth day it was Eliasaph the son of Deuel, leader H5387 of the sons of Gad;

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:48 -

On the seventh day it was Elishama the son of Ammihud, leader H5387 of the sons of Ephraim;

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:54 -

On the eighth day it was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, leader H5387 of the sons of Manasseh;

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:60 -

On the ninth day it was Abidan the son of Gideoni, leader H5387 of the sons of Benjamin;

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:66 -

On the tenth day it was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, leader H5387 of the sons of Dan;

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:72 -

On the eleventh day it was Pagiel the son of Ochran, leader H5387 of the sons of Asher;

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:78 -

On the twelfth day it was Ahira the son of Enan, leader H5387 of the sons of Naphtali;

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:84 -

This was the dedication offering [fn]for the altar from the leaders H5387 of Israel [fn]when it was anointed: twelve silver dishes, twelve silver bowls, twelve gold pans,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:4 - “Yet if only one is blown, then the leaders H5387, the heads of the [fn]divisions of Israel, shall assemble before you.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:2 - “Send out for yourself men so that they may spy out the land of Canaan, which I am going to give to the sons of Israel; you shall send a man from each of their fathers’ tribes, every one a leader H5387 among them.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:2 - and they rose up before Moses, [fn]together with some of the sons of Israel, 250 leaders H5387 of the congregation, [fn]those called upon by the assembly, men of renown.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:2 - “Speak to the sons of Israel, and get from them a rod for each father’s household: twelve rods from all their leaders H5387 according to their fathers’ households. You shall write each name on his rod,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:6 - Moses therefore spoke to the sons of Israel, and all their leaders H5387 gave him a rod apiece, for each leader H5387 according to their fathers’ households, twelve rods, with the rod of Aaron among their rods.

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