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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.
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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 BoxEze 38:3 - and say, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “Behold, I am against you, O Gog, [fn]chief prince H5387 of Meshech and Tubal.

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“Now as for you, son of man, prophesy against Gog and say, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “Behold, I am against you, O Gog, [fn]chief prince H5387 of Meshech and Tubal;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 39:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:18 - “You will eat the flesh of mighty men and drink the blood of the princes H5387 of the earth, as though they were rams, lambs, goats, and bulls, all of them fatlings of Bashan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 44:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:3 - “As for the prince H5387, he shall sit in it as prince H5387 to eat bread before Yahweh; he shall enter by way of the porch of the gate and shall go out [fn]by the same way.”

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“Now the prince H5387 shall have land on either side of the holy contribution and the city’s possession of land, adjacent to the holy contribution and the city’s possession of land, on the west side toward the west and on the east side toward the east, and in length comparable to one of the portions, from the west border to the east border.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 45:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:8 - “This shall be his land for a possession in Israel; so My princes H5387 shall no longer mistreat My people, but they shall give the rest of the land to the house of Israel according to their tribes.”

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‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “Enough, you princes H5387 of Israel; put away violence and devastation, and do justice and righteousness. Stop your eviction of My people,” declares Lord Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:16 - “All the people of the land shall [fn]give to this contribution 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 H5387 part to provide the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the drink offerings, at the feasts, on the new moons, and on the sabbaths, at all the appointed times of the house of Israel; he shall [fn]provide the sin offering, the grain offering, the burnt offering, and the peace offerings, to make atonement for the house of Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 45:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:22 - “And on that day the prince H5387 shall provide for himself and all the people of the land a bull for a sin offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 46:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:2 - “Then the prince H5387 shall enter by way of the porch of the gate from outside and stand by the post of the gate. Then the priests shall provide his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate and then go out; 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 - “Now the burnt offering which the prince H5387 shall bring near to Yahweh on 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 enters, he shall go in by way of the porch of the gate and go out [fn]by the same way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 46:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:10 - “So when they go in, the prince H5387 shall go in among them; and when they go out, [fn]he shall go out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 46:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:12 - “And when the prince H5387 provides a freewill offering, a burnt offering, or peace offerings as a freewill offering to Yahweh, the gate facing east shall be opened for him. And he shall provide his burnt offering and his peace offerings as he does on the sabbath day. Then he shall go out, and the gate shall be shut after he goes out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:16 -

‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “If the prince H5387 gives a gift out of his inheritance to any of his sons, it shall belong to his sons; it is their possession by inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 46:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:17 - “But if he gives a gift from his inheritance to one of his servants, it shall be his until the year of liberty; then it shall return to the prince H5387. His inheritance shall be only his sons’; it shall belong to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 46:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:18 - “Now the prince H5387 shall not take from the people’s inheritance, mistreating them out of their possession; he shall give his sons inheritance from his own possession so that My people will not be scattered, anyone from his possession.”’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 48:21

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“And the remainder shall be for the prince H5387, on the one side and on the other of the holy contribution and of the city’s possession of land; in front of the 25,000 cubits of the contribution toward the east border and westward in front of the 25,000 toward the west border, alongside the portions, it shall be for the prince H5387. And the holy contribution and the sanctuary of the house shall be in the middle of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 48:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:22 - “And apart from the Levites’ possession and the city’s possession, which are in the middle of that which belongs to the prince H5387, everything between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin shall be for the prince H5387.

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