HebrewH5387Noun (Masculine)

נָשִׂיא

na.si

115Occurrences
H5387Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

properly, an exalted one, i.e. a king or sheik; also a rising mist

or נָשִׂא; from H5375 (נָשָׂא);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
one lifted up, chief, prince, captain, leader

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

נָשִׂיא appears 115 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Numbers
53
Ezk
32
Joshua
9
1 Chronicles
4
Genesis
4
Exodus
3
1 Kings
2
2 Chronicles
2

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 2:10BSB

Ram was the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, a leader of the descendants of Judah.

Ezk 39:1BSB

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Genesis 25:16BSB

These were the sons of Ishmael, and these were their names by their villages and encampments—twelve princes of their tribes.

Numbers 2:12BSB

The tribe of Simeon will camp next to it. The leader of the Simeonites is Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai,

Numbers 34:27BSB

Ahihud son of Shelomi, a leader from the tribe of Asher;

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