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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.
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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 1 / 3 (Gen 17:20–Num 17:6)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:20 - As for Ish'mael, I have heard you; behold, I will bless him and make him fruitful and multiply him exceedingly; he shall be the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:6 - "Hear us, my lord; you are a mighty prince among us. Bury your dead in the choicest of our sepulchres; none of us will withhold from you his sepulchre, or hinder you from burying your dead."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:16 - These are the sons of Ish'mael and these are their names, by their villages and by their encampments, twelve princes according to their tribes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:2 - and when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her, he seized her and lay with her and humbled her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:22 - On the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers apiece; and when all the leaders of the congregation came and told Moses,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:28 - "You shall not revile God, nor curse a ruler of your people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:31 - But Moses called to them; and Aaron and all the leaders of the congregation returned to him, and Moses talked with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:27 - And the leaders brought onyx stones and stones to be set, for the ephod and for the breastpiece,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:22 - "When a ruler sins, doing unwittingly any one of all the things which the LORD his God has commanded not to be done, and is guilty,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:16 - These were the ones chosen from the congregation, the leaders of their ancestral tribes, the heads of the clans of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:44

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:44 - These are those who were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron numbered with the help of the leaders of Israel, twelve men, each representing his fathers' house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:3 - Those to encamp on the east side toward the sunrise shall be of the standard of the camp of Judah by their companies, the leader of the people of Judah being Nahshon the son of Ammin'adab,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:5 - Those to encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Is'sachar, the leader of the people of Is'sachar being Nethan'el the son of Zu'ar,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:7 - Then the tribe of Zeb'ulun, the leader of the people of Zeb'ulun being Eli'ab the son of Helon,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:10 - "On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben by their companies, the leader of the people of Reuben being Eli'zur the son of Shed'eur,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:12 - And those to encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Simeon, the leader of the people of Simeon being Shelu'mi-el the son of Zurishad'dai,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:14 - Then the tribe of Gad, the leader of the people of Gad being Eli'asaph the son of Reu'el,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:18 - "On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of E'phraim by their companies, the leader of the people of E'phraim being Eli'shama the son of Ammi'hud,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:20 - And next to him shall be the tribe of Manas'seh, the leader of the people of Manas'seh being Gama'liel the son of Pedah'zur,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:22 - Then the tribe of Benjamin, the leader of the people of Benjamin being Abi'dan the son of Gideo'ni,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:25 - "On the north side shall be the standard of the camp of Dan by their companies, the leader of the people of Dan being Ahi-e'zer the son of Ammishad'dai,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:27 - And those to encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Asher, the leader of the people of Asher being Pa'giel the son of Ochran,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:29 - Then the tribe of Naph'tali, the leader of the people of Naph'tali being Ahi'ra the son of Enan,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:24 - with Eli'asaph, the son of La'el as head of the fathers' house of the Gershonites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:30 - with Eli-za'phan the son of Uz'ziel as head of the fathers' house of the families of the Ko'hathites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:32 - And Elea'zar the son of Aaron the priest was to be chief over the leaders of the Levites, and to have oversight of those who had charge of the sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:35 - And the head of the fathers' house of the families of Merar'i was Zu'riel the son of Ab'ihail; they were to encamp on the north side of the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:34 - And Moses and Aaron and the leaders of the congregation numbered the sons of the Ko'hathites, by their families and their fathers' houses,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:46 - All those who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the leaders of Israel numbered, by their families and their fathers' houses,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:2 - the leaders of Israel, heads of their fathers' houses, the leaders of the tribes, who were over those who were numbered,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:3 - offered and brought their offerings before the LORD, six covered wagons and twelve oxen, a wagon for every two of the leaders, and for each one an ox; they offered them before the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:10 - And the leaders offered offerings for the dedication of the altar on the day it was anointed; and the leaders offered their offering before the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:11 - And the LORD said to Moses, "They shall offer their offerings, one leader each day, for the dedication of the altar."

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:18 - On the second day Nethan'el the son of Zu'ar, the leader of Is'sachar, made an offering;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:24 - On the third day Eli'ab the son of Helon, the leader of the men of Zeb'ulun:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:30 - On the fourth day Eli'zur the son of Shed'eur, the leader of the men of Reuben:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:36 - On the fifth day Shelu'mi-el the son of Zurishad'dai, the leader of the men of Simeon:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:42

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:42 - On the sixth day Eli'asaph the son of Deu'el, the leader of the men of Gad:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:48

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:48 - On the seventh day Eli'shama the son of Ammi'hud, the leader of the men of E'phraim:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:54

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:54 - On the eighth day Gama'liel the son of Pedah'zur, the leader of the men of Manas'seh:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:60

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:60 - On the ninth day Abi'dan the son of Gideo'ni, the leader of the men of Benjamin:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:66

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:66 - On the tenth day Ahie'zer the son of Ammishad'dai, the leader of the men of Dan:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:72 - On the eleventh day Pa'giel the son of Ochran, the leader of the men of Asher:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:78 - On the twelfth day Ahi'ra the son of Enan, the leader of the men of Naph'tali:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:84

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:84 - This was the dedication offering for the altar, on the day when it was anointed, from the leaders of Israel: twelve silver plates, twelve silver basins, twelve golden dishes,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:4 - But if they blow only one, then the leaders, the heads of the tribes of Israel, shall gather themselves to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:2 - "Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I give to the people of Israel; from each tribe of their fathers shall you send a man, every one a leader among them."

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:2 - took men; and they rose up before Moses, with a number of the people of Israel, two hundred and fifty leaders of the congregation, chosen from the assembly, well-known men;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:2 - "Speak to the people of Israel, and get from them rods, one for each fathers' house, from all their leaders according to their fathers' houses, twelve rods. Write each man's name upon his rod,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:6 - Moses spoke to the people of Israel; and all their leaders gave him rods, one for each leader, according to their fathers' houses, twelve rods; and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.

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