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HebrewH5375Verb

נָשָׂא

na.sa

582Occurrences
H5375Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative

or נָסָה; (Psalm 4:6 (H7 (אֲבַד))), a primitive root;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
raise/take_up 1) to lift, bear up, carry, take 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to lift, lift up 1a2) to bear, carry, support, sustain, endure 1a3) to take, take away, carry off, forgive 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be lifted up, be exalted 1b2) to lift oneself up, rise up 1b3) to be borne, be carried 1b4) to be taken away, be carried off, be swept away 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to lift up, exalt, support, aid, assist 1c2) to desire, long (fig.) 1c3) to carry, bear continuously 1c4) to take, take away 1d) (Hithpael) to lift oneself up, exalt oneself 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to cause one to bear (iniquity) 1e2) to cause to bring, have brought

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

H:V

Full Description

Hebrew Verb

Occurrences

נָשָׂא appears 582 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Ezk
68
Isaiah
55
Numbers
43
Genesis
41
Exodus
32
Psalms
32
Job
27
1 Samuel
26

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 10:4BSB

Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run it through me, or these uncircumcised men will come and torture me!”But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.

Amos 5:1BSB

Hear this word, O house of Israel, this lamentation I take up against you:

Ezk 36:7BSB

Verse text unavailable

Isaiah 53:4BSB

Surely He took on our infirmitiesand carried our sorrows;yet we considered Him stricken by God,struck down and afflicted.

Leviticus 22:9BSB

The priests must keep My charge, lest they bear the guilt and die because they profane it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.