נָשָׂא

na.sato lift: raiseHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb655 occurrences37 books612 verses

Definition

or נָסָה; (Psalm 4:6 [7]), a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
Traditional renderings: 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 ( man), lade, lay, lift (self) up, lofty, marry, magnify, × needs, obtain, pardon, raise (up), receive, regard, respect, set (up), spare, stir up, swear, take (away, up), × utterly, wear, yield.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders נָשָׂא:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

655 total
  1. Isaiah 2:14הַנִּשָּׂאֽוֹת׃ · the high
    …against all the tall mountains, against all the high hills,
  2. Isaiah 3:3וּנְשׂ֣וּא · and the dignitary
    …the commander of fifty and the dignitary, the counselor, the cunning magician, and the clever enchanter.
  3. Isaiah 3:7יִשָּׂא֩ · he will cry aloud
    On that day he will cry aloud: “I am not a healer. I have no food or clothing in my house. Do not make me leader of the people!”
  4. Isaiah 5:26וְנָֽשָׂא־ · He lifts
    He lifts a banner for the distant nations and whistles for those at the ends of the earth. Behold—how speedily and swiftly they come!
  5. Isaiah 6:1וְנִשָּׂ֑א · and exalted
    In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted; and the train of His robe filled the temple.
  6. Isaiah 8:4יִשָּׂ֣א׀ · will be carried off
    For before the boy knows how to cry ‘Father’ or ‘Mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.”
  7. Isaiah 9:15וּנְשׂוּא־ · and honorable
    The head is the elder and honorable man, and the tail is the prophet who teaches lies.
  8. Isaiah 10:24יִשָּֽׂא־ · and lifts
    Therefore this is what the Lord GOD of Hosts says: “O My people who dwell in Zion, do not fear Assyria, who strikes you with a rod and lifts his staff against you as the Egyptians did.
  9. Isaiah 10:26וּנְשָׂא֖וֹ · He will raise
    And the LORD of Hosts will brandish a whip against them, as when He struck Midian at the rock of Oreb. He will raise His staff over the sea, as He did in Egypt.
  10. Isaiah 11:12וְנָשָׂ֥א · He will raise
    He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; He will collect the scattered of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
  11. Isaiah 13:2שְֽׂאוּ־ · Raise
    Raise a banner on a barren hilltop; call aloud to them. Wave your hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles.
  12. Isaiah 14:4וְנָשָׂ֜אתָ · you will sing
    …you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended!
  13. Isaiah 15:7יִשָּׂאֽוּם׃ · they carry
    So they carry their wealth and belongings over the Brook of the Willows.
  14. Isaiah 18:3כִּנְשֹׂא־ · is raised
    All you people of the world and dwellers of the earth, when a banner is raised on the mountains, you will see it; when a ram’s horn sounds, you will hear it.
  15. Isaiah 22:6נָשָׂ֣א · takes up
    Elam takes up a quiver, with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovers the shield.
  16. Isaiah 24:14יִשְׂא֥וּ · raise
    They raise their voices, they shout for joy; from the west they proclaim the majesty of the LORD.
  17. Isaiah 30:6יִשְׂאוּ֩ · they carry
    This is the burden against the beasts of the Negev: Through a land of hardship and distress, of lioness and lion, of viper and flying serpent, they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people of no profit to them.
  18. Isaiah 30:25נִשָּׂאָ֔ה · raised
    And from every high mountain and every raised hill, streams of water will flow in the day of great slaughter, when the towers fall.
  19. Isaiah 33:10אֶנָּשֵֽׂא׃ · I will be exalted
    “Now I will arise,” says the LORD. “Now I will lift Myself up. Now I will be exalted.
  20. Isaiah 33:24נְשֻׂ֥א · will be forgiven
    And no resident of Zion will say, “I am sick.” The people who dwell there will be forgiven of iniquity.
  21. Isaiah 37:4וְנָשָׂ֣אתָ · Therefore lift up
    Perhaps the LORD your God will hear the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to defy the living God, and He will rebuke him for the words that the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that still survives.”
  22. Isaiah 37:23וַתִּשָּׂ֥א · and lifted
    Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!
  23. Isaiah 38:21יִשְׂא֖וּ · Prepare
    Now Isaiah had said, “Prepare a lump of pressed figs and apply it to the boil, and he will recover.”
  24. Isaiah 39:6וְנִשָּׂ֣א׀ · will be carried off
    The time will surely come when everything in your palace and all that your fathers have stored up until this day will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD.
  25. Isaiah 40:4יִנָּשֵׂ֔א · shall be lifted up
    Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill made low; the uneven ground will become smooth, and the rugged land a plain.
  26. Isaiah 40:11יִשָּׂ֑א · and carries them
    He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.
  27. Isaiah 40:24תִּשָּׂאֵֽם׃ס · sweeps them away
    No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner have their stems taken root in the ground, than He blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like stubble.
  28. Isaiah 40:26שְׂאוּ־ · Lift up
    Lift up your eyes on high: Who created all these? He leads forth the starry host by number; He calls each one by name. Because of His great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.
  29. Isaiah 41:16תִּשָּׂאֵ֔ם · will carry them away
    You will winnow them, and a wind will carry them away; a gale will scatter them. But you will rejoice in the LORD; you will glory in the Holy One of Israel.
  30. Isaiah 42:2יִשָּׂ֑א · raise [His voice]
    He will not cry out or raise His voice, nor make His voice heard in the streets.
  31. Isaiah 42:11יִשְׂא֤וּ · raise their voices
    Let the desert and its cities raise their voices; let the villages of Kedar cry aloud. Let the people of Sela sing for joy; let them cry out from the mountaintops.
  32. Isaiah 45:20הַנֹּֽשְׂאִים֙ · those who carry
    Come, gather together, and draw near, you fugitives from the nations. Ignorant are those who carry idols of wood and pray to a god that cannot save.
  33. Isaiah 46:3הַנְּשֻׂאִ֖ים · carried along
    “Listen to Me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been sustained from the womb, carried along since birth.
  34. Isaiah 46:4אֶשָּׂ֔א · will carry you
    Even to your old age, I will be the same, and I will bear you up when you turn gray. I have made you, and I will carry you; I will sustain you and deliver you.
  35. Isaiah 46:7יִ֠שָּׂאֻהוּ · They lift
    They lift it to their shoulder and carry it along; they set it in its place, and there it stands, not budging from that spot. They cry out to it, but it does not answer; it saves no one from his troubles.
  36. Isaiah 49:18שְׂאִֽי־ · Lift up
    Lift up your eyes and look around. They all gather together; they come to you. As surely as I live,” declares the LORD, “you will wear them all as jewelry and put them on like a bride.
  37. Isaiah 49:22אֶשָּׂ֤א · I will lift up; תִּנָּשֶֽׂאנָה׃ · and carry
    This is what the Lord GOD says: “Behold, I will lift up My hand to the nations, and raise My banner to the peoples. They will bring your sons in their arms and carry your daughters on their shoulders.
  38. Isaiah 51:6שְׂאוּ֩ · Lift up
    Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth below; for the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and its people will die like gnats. But My salvation will last forever, and My righteousness will never fail.
  39. Isaiah 52:8נָ֥שְׂאוּ · lift up
    Listen! Your watchmen lift up their voices, together they shout for joy. For every eye will see when the LORD returns to Zion.
  40. Isaiah 52:11נֹשְׂאֵ֖י · you who carry
    Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing; come out from it, purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of the LORD.
  41. Isaiah 52:13וְנִשָּׂ֛א · and lifted up
    Behold, My Servant will prosper; He will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted.
  42. Isaiah 53:4נָשָׂ֔א · took up
    Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted.
  43. Isaiah 53:12נָשָׂ֔א · bore
    Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors. Yet He bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors.
  44. Isaiah 57:7וְנִשָּׂ֔א · and lofty
    On a high and lofty hill you have made your bed, and there you went up to offer sacrifices.
  45. Isaiah 57:13יִשָּׂא־ · will carry off
    When you cry out, let your companies of idols deliver you! Yet the wind will carry off all of them, a breath will take them away. But he who seeks refuge in Me will inherit the land and possess My holy mountain.”
  46. Isaiah 57:15וְנִשָּׂ֗א · and lifted up
    For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.
  47. Isaiah 60:4שְׂאִֽי־ · Lift up
    Lift up your eyes and look around: They all gather and come to you; your sons will come from afar, and your daughters will be carried on the arm.
  48. Isaiah 60:6יִשָּׂ֔אוּ · bearing
    Caravans of camels will cover your land, young camels of Midian and Ephah, and all from Sheba will come, bearing gold and frankincense and proclaiming the praises of the LORD.
  49. Isaiah 63:9וַֽיְנַשְּׂאֵ֖ם · and carried them
    In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.