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נָשָׂא (H5375)

nâsâʼ

naw-saw'

or נָסָה; (Psalm 4:6 (אֲבַד)), a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative; accept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable ([phrase] man), lade, lay, lift (self) up, lofty, marry, magnify, [idiom] needs, obtain, pardon, raise (up), receive, regard, respect, set (up), spare, stir up, [phrase] swear, take (away, up), [idiom] utterly, wear, yield.

Brown–Driver–Briggs

נָשָׂא 656 vb. lift, carry, take
Qal
1 lift, lift up
2 Bear, carry
3 Take, take away
Niph.
1 be lifted up
2 refl. lift oneself up = rise up, of י׳, to display power in judgment
3 be borne, carried
4 be taken away, carried off
Pi.
1 lift up = exalt
2 fig. = desire, long
3 carry, bear continuously
4 take, take away
Hithp. lift oneself up
Hiph.
1 cause one to bear iniquity
2 appar. cause to bring, have brought

From Brown, Driver, and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), in the public domain.


611 occurrences

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  • Esther 9:3
    And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the deputies, and officers of the king, helped the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai fell upon them.
  • Job 2:12
    And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
  • Job 6:2
    Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
  • Job 7:13
    When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;
  • Job 7:21
    And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.
  • Job 10:15
    If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;
  • Job 11:15
    For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:
  • Job 13:8
    Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?
  • Job 13:10
    He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.
  • Job 13:14
    Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?