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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.
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

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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)

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:14 -

Now the name of the [fn]slain man of Israel who was [fn]slain with the Midianite woman, was Zimri the son of Salu, a leader H5387 of a father’s household among the Simeonites.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:18 - for they have been hostile to you with their deceptive tricks, with which they have deceived you in the affair of Peor and in the affair of Cozbi, the daughter of the leader H5387 of Midian, their sister who was slain on the day of the plague because of Peor.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:2 - And they stood before Moses and before Eleazar the priest and before the leaders H5387 and all the congregation, at the doorway of the tent of meeting, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:13 -

And Moses and Eleazar the priest and all the leaders H5387 of the congregation went out to meet them outside the camp.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:2 - so the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben came and spoke to Moses and to Eleazar the priest and to the leaders H5387 of the congregation, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:18 - “And you shall take one leader H5387 of every tribe to apportion the land for inheritance.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:22 -

“Of the tribe of the sons of Dan a leader H5387, Bukki the son of Jogli.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:23 -

“Of the sons of Joseph: of the tribe of the sons of Manasseh a leader H5387, Hanniel the son of Ephod.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:24 -

“Of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim a leader H5387, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:25 -

“Of the tribe of the sons of Zebulun a leader H5387, Elizaphan the son of Parnach.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:26 -

“Of the tribe of the sons of Issachar a leader H5387, Paltiel the son of Azzan.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:27 -

“Of the tribe of the sons of Asher a leader H5387, Ahihud the son of Shelomi.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:28 -

“Of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali a leader H5387, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.”

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:1 -

And the heads of the fathers’ households of the family of the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near and spoke before Moses and before the leaders H5387, the heads of the fathers’ households of the sons of Israel,

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:15 - And Joshua made peace with them and cut a covenant with them, to let them live; and the leaders H5387 of the congregation swore an oath to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:18 - But the sons of Israel did not strike them down because the leaders H5387 of the congregation had sworn to them by Yahweh the God of Israel. And the whole congregation grumbled against the leaders H5387.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:19 - Then all the leaders H5387 said to the whole congregation, “We have sworn to them by Yahweh, the God of Israel, so now we cannot touch them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:21 - So the leaders H5387 said to them, “Let them live.” Thus they became hewers of wood and drawers of water for the whole congregation, just as the leaders H5387 had spoken to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:21 - even all the cities of the plain and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses struck with the leaders H5387 of Midian, Evi and Rekem and Zur and Hur and Reba, the princes of Sihon, who lived in the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:4 - And they came near before Eleazar the priest and before Joshua the son of Nun and before the leaders H5387, saying, “Yahweh commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers.” So according to the [fn]word of Yahweh he gave them an inheritance among their father’s brothers.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:14 - and with him ten leaders H5387, one leader H5387 for each father’s household from each of the tribes of Israel; and each one of them was the head of his father’s household among the [fn]thousands of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:30 -

So Phinehas the priest and the leaders H5387 of the congregation, even the heads of the thousands of Israel who were with him, heard the words which the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the sons of Manasseh spoke. And it was good in their sight.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:32 -

Then Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest and the leaders H5387 returned from the sons of Reuben and from the sons of Gad, from the land of Gilead to the land of Canaan, to the sons of Israel, and brought back word to them.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:1 -

Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders H5387 of the fathers’ households of the sons of Israel, to King Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh from the city of David, which is Zion.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:34 - ‘Nevertheless I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand, but I will make him [fn]ruler H5387 all the days of his life, for the sake of My servant David whom I chose, who kept My commandments and My statutes;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:10 -

Ram [fn]became the father of Amminadab,

and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, leader H5387 of the sons of Judah;

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:38 -

these, who came into the record by name, were leaders H5387 in their families; and their fathers’ houses increased greatly.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:6 -

Beerah his son, whom [fn]Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria took away into exile; he was leader H5387 of the Reubenites.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:40 -

All these were the sons of Asher, heads of the fathers’ houses, choice and mighty men of valor, heads of the princes H5387. And the number of them recorded by genealogy for the army in war was 26,000 men.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:2 -

And Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the commanders of thousands and of hundreds and to the judges and to every leader H5387 in all Israel, the heads of the fathers’ households.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:2 -

Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders H5387 of the fathers’ households of the sons of Israel to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh from the city of David, which is Zion.

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:8 - and Cyrus, king of Persia, had them brought out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and he counted them out to Sheshbazzar, the prince H5387 of Judah.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:7 -

The One who causes the clouds H5387 to ascend from the end of the earth;

Who makes lightnings for the rain,

Who brings forth the wind from His storehouses.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:14 -

Like clouds H5387 and wind without rain

Is a man who boasts [fn]of his gifts falsely.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:13 -

When He gives forth His voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens,

And He causes the clouds H5387 to ascend from the end of the earth;

He makes lightning for the rain,

And brings out the wind from His storehouses.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:16 -

When He gives forth His voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens,

And He causes the clouds H5387 to ascend from the end of the earth;

He makes lightning for the rain

And brings forth the wind from His storehouses.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:27 - ‘The king will mourn, the prince H5387 will be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land will be dismayed. According to their way I will deal with them, and by their judgments I will judge them. And they will know that I am Yahweh.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:10 - “Say to them, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “This [fn]oracle concerns the prince H5387 in Jerusalem as well as all the house of Israel who are [fn]in it.”’
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:12 - “The prince H5387 who is among them will carry his baggage on his shoulder in the dark and go out. [fn]They will dig a hole through the wall to bring it out. He will cover his face so that he cannot see the land with his eyes.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:1 -

“As for you, take up a lamentation for the princes H5387 of Israel

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:12 - “Cry out and wail, son of man; for it is against My people; it is against all the princes H5387 of Israel. They are delivered over to the sword with My people; therefore slap your thigh.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:25 - ‘And you, O slain, wicked one, the prince H5387 of Israel, whose day has come, in the time of the iniquity of the end,’
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:6 -

“Behold, the princes H5387 of Israel, each according to his [fn]power, have been in you for the purpose of shedding blood.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:16 - “Then all the princes H5387 of the sea will go down from their thrones, remove their robes, and strip off their embroidered garments. They will clothe themselves with [fn]trembling; they will sit on the ground, tremble every moment, and be appalled at you.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:21 - “Arabia and all the princes H5387 of Kedar, they were [fn]customers at your hand for lambs, rams, and goats; for these, they were your customers.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:13 -

‘Thus says Lord Yahweh,

“I will also destroy the idols

And make the [fn]images cease from [fn]Memphis.

And there will no longer be a prince H5387 in the land of Egypt;

And I will put fear in the land of Egypt.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:29 -

“There also is Edom, its kings, and all its [fn]princes H5387, who [fn]for all their might are put with those slain by the sword; they will lie with the uncircumcised and with those who go down to the pit.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:24 - “And I, Yahweh, will be their God, and My servant David will be prince H5387 among them; I, Yahweh, have spoken.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:25 - “They will inhabit the land that I gave to Jacob My servant, which your fathers inhabited; and they will inhabit it, they, and their sons and their sons’ sons, forever; and David My servant will be their prince H5387 forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:2 - “Son of man, set your face toward Gog of the land of Magog, the [fn]chief prince H5387 of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him

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