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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.
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 1 / 3 (Gen 17:20–Num 17:6)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:20 - As to Ishmael, I have heard thee; lo, I have blessed him, and made him fruitful, and multiplied him, very exceedingly; twelve princes doth he beget, and I have made him become a great nation;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:6 - 'Hear us, my lord; a prince of God art thou in our midst; in the choice of our burying-places bury thy dead: none of us his burying-place doth withhold from thee, from burying thy dead.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:16 - these are sons of Ishmael, and these their names, by their villages, and by their towers; twelve princes according to their peoples.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:2 - and Shechem, son of Hamor the Hivite, a prince of the land, seeth her, and taketh her, and lieth with her, and humbleth her;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:22 - And it cometh to pass on the sixth day, they have gathered a second bread, two omers for one, and all the princes of the company come in, and declare to Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:28 - 'God thou dost not revile, and a prince among thy people thou dost not curse.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:31 - And Moses calleth unto them, and Aaron and all the princes in the company return unto him, and Moses speaketh unto them;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:27 - And the princes have brought in the shoham stones, and the stones for settings, for the ephod, and for the breastplate,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:22 - 'When a prince doth sin, and hath done something against one of all the commands of Jehovah his God regarding things which are not to be done, through ignorance, and hath been guilty --

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:16 - These are those called of the company, princes of the tribes of their fathers; they are heads of the thousands of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:44

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:44 - These are those numbered, whom Moses numbered -- Aaron also, and the princes of Israel, twelve men -- each for the house of his fathers, they have been.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:3 - And those encamping eastward towards the sun-rising, are of the standard of the camp of Judah, by their hosts; and the prince of the sons of Judah is Nahshon, son of Amminadab;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:5 - And those encamping by him are of the tribe of Issachar; and the prince of the sons of Issachar is Nethaneel son of Zuar;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:7 - The tribe of Zebulun; and the prince of the sons of Zebulun is Eliab son of Helon;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:10 - The standard of the camp of Reuben is southward, by their hosts; and the prince of the sons of Reuben is Elizur son of Shedeur;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:12 - And those encamping by him are of the tribe of Simeon; and the prince of the sons of Simeon is Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:14 - And the tribe of Gad; and the prince of the sons of Gad is Eliasaph son of Reuel;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:18 - The standard of the camp of Ephraim, by their hosts, is westward; and the prince of the sons of Ephraim is Elishama son of Ammihud;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:20 - And by him is the tribe of Manasseh; and the prince of the sons of Manasseh is Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:22 - And the tribe of Benjamin; and the prince of the sons of Benjamin is Abidan son of Gideoni;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:25 - The standard of the camp of Dan is northward, by their hosts; and the prince of the sons of Dan is Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:27 - And those encamping by him are of the tribe of Asher; and the prince of the sons of Asher is Pagiel son of Ocran;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:29 - And the tribe of Naphtali; and the prince of the sons of Naphtali is Ahira son of Enan;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:24 - And the prince of a father's house for the Gershonite is Eliasaph son of Lael.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:30 - And the prince of a father's house for the families of the Kohathite is Elizaphan son of Uzziel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:32 - And to the prince of the princes of the Levites, Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, is the oversight of the keepers of the charge of the sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:35 - And the prince of a father's house for the families of Merari is Zuriel son of Abihail; by the side of the tabernacle they encamp northward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:34 - And Moses numbereth -- Aaron also, and the princes of the company -- the sons of the Kohathite, by their families, and by the house of their fathers,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:46

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:46 - All those numbered, whom Moses numbered -- Aaron also, and the princes of Israel -- of the Levites, by their families, and by the house of their fathers,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:2 - and the princes of Israel (heads of the house of their fathers, they are princes of the tribes, they who are standing over those numbered) bring near,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:3 - yea, they bring their offering before Jehovah, six waggons covered, and twelve oxen -- a waggon for two of the princes, and an ox for one -- and they bring them near before the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:10 - And the princes bring near the dedication of the altar in the day of its being anointed; yea, the princes bring near their offering before the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:11 - And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'One prince a day -- one prince a day -- do they bring near their offering 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 hath Nethaneel son of Zuar, prince of Issachar, brought near.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:24 - On the third day, the prince of the sons of Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon; --

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:30 - On the fourth day, Elizur, son of Shedeur, prince of the sons of Reuben; --

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:36 - On the fifth day, the prince of the sons of Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai; --

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:42

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:42 - On the sixth day, the prince of the sons of Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel; --

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:48

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:48 - On the seventh day, the prince of the sons of Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud; --

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:54

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:54 - On the eighth day, the prince of the sons of Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur; --

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:60

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:60 - On the ninth day, the prince of the sons of Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni; --

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:66

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:66 - On the tenth day, the prince of the sons of Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai; --

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:72

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:72 - On the eleventh day, the prince of the sons of Asher, Pagiel son of Ocran; --

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:78

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:78 - On the twelfth day, the prince of the sons of Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan; --

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:84

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:84 - This is the dedication of the altar, in the day of its being anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve silver dishes, twelve silver bowls, twelve golden spoons;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:4 - And if with one they blow, then have the princes, heads of the thousands of Israel, met together unto thee;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:2 - 'Send for thee men, and they spy the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the sons of Israel; one man, one man for the tribe of his fathers ye do send, every one a prince among them.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:2 - and they rise up before Moses, with men of the sons of Israel, two hundred and fifty, princes of the company, called of the convention, men of name,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 17:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:2 - 'Speak unto the sons of Israel, and take from them each a rod, for a father's house, from all their princes, for the house of their fathers, twelve rods; the name of each thou dost write on his rod,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:6 - And Moses speaketh unto the sons of Israel, and all their princes give unto him one rod for a prince, one rod for a prince, for their fathers' house, twelve rods, and the rod of Aaron is in the midst of their rods;

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