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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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  • Psalms 143:8
    Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
  • Proverbs 6:35
    He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
  • Proverbs 9:12
    If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
  • Proverbs 18:5
    It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
  • Proverbs 18:14
    The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
  • Proverbs 19:18
    Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
  • Proverbs 19:19
    A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.
  • Proverbs 30:13
    There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
  • Proverbs 30:21
    For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear:
  • Proverbs 30:32
    If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.