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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. Deuteronomy 1:31נְשָׂאֲךָ֙ · carried you; יִשָּׂא־ · carries
    …and in the wilderness, where the LORD your God carried you, as a man carries his son, all the way by which you traveled until you reached this place.”
  2. Deuteronomy 3:27וְשָׂ֥א · and look
    Go to the top of Pisgah and look to the west and north and south and east. See the land with your own eyes, for you will not cross this Jordan.
  3. Deuteronomy 4:19תִּשָּׂ֨א · When you look
    When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the LORD your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.
  4. Deuteronomy 5:11תִשָּׂ֛א · take; יִשָּׂ֥א · takes
    You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.
  5. Deuteronomy 10:8לָשֵׂ֖את · to carry
    At that time the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to serve Him, and to pronounce blessings in His name, as they do to this day.
  6. Deuteronomy 10:17יִשָּׂ֣א · partiality
    For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and awesome God, showing no partiality and accepting no bribe.
  7. Deuteronomy 12:26תִּשָּׂ֣א · you are to take
    But you are to take your holy things and your vow offerings and go to the place the LORD will choose.
  8. Deuteronomy 14:24שְׂאֵתוֹ֒ · you to carry
    But if the distance is too great for you to carry that with which the LORD your God has blessed you, because the place where the LORD your God will choose to put His Name is too far away,
  9. Deuteronomy 24:15נֹשֵׂ֖א · and depends
    You are to pay his wages each day before sunset, because he is poor and depends on them. Otherwise he may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
  10. Deuteronomy 28:49יִשָּׂ֣א · will bring
    The LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle—a nation whose language you will not understand,
  11. Deuteronomy 28:50יִשָּׂ֤א · respect
    …a ruthless nation with no respect for the old and no pity for the young.
  12. Deuteronomy 31:9הַנֹּ֣שְׂאִ֔ים · who carried
    So Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel.
  13. Deuteronomy 31:25נֹ֥שְׂאֵ֛י · who carried
    …he gave this command to the Levites who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD:
  14. Deuteronomy 32:11יִשָּׂאֵ֖הוּ · [and] carried them
    As an eagle stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, He spread His wings to catch them and carried them on His pinions.
  15. Deuteronomy 32:40אֶשָּׂ֥א · I lift up
    For I lift up My hand to heaven and declare: As surely as I live forever,
  16. Deuteronomy 33:3יִשָּׂ֖א · each receives
    Surely You love the people; all the holy ones are in Your hand, and they sit down at Your feet; each receives Your words—
  17. Joshua 3:3נֹשְׂאִ֖ים · being carried
    …and commanded the people: “When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God being carried by the Levitical priests, you are to set out from your positions and follow it.
  18. Joshua 3:6שְׂאוּ֙ · Take; וַיִּשְׂאוּ֙ · So they carried
    And he said to the priests, “Take the ark of the covenant and go on ahead of the people.” So they carried the ark of the covenant and went ahead of them.
  19. Joshua 3:8נֹשְׂאֵ֥י · carrying
    Command the priests carrying the ark of the covenant: ‘When you reach the edge of the waters, stand in the Jordan.’”
  20. Joshua 3:13נֹשְׂאֵי֩ · who carry
    When the feet of the priests who carry the ark of the LORD—the Lord of all the earth—touch down in the waters of the Jordan, its flowing waters will be cut off and will stand up in a heap.”
  21. Joshua 3:14נֹֽשְׂאֵ֛י · carried
    So when the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carried the ark of the covenant ahead of them.
  22. Joshua 3:15נֹשְׂאֵ֤י · carrying; נֹשְׂאֵ֣י
    Now the Jordan overflows its banks throughout the harvest season. But as soon as the priests carrying the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water’s edge,
  23. Joshua 3:17נֹ֠שְׂאֵי · carrying
    The priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan, while all Israel crossed over the dry ground, until the entire nation had crossed the Jordan.
  24. Joshua 4:3שְׂאֽוּ־ · Take up
    …and command them: ‘Take up for yourselves twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan where the priests were standing, carry them with you, and set them down in the place where you spend the night.’”
  25. Joshua 4:8וַיִּשְׂא֡וּ · They took up
    Thus the Israelites did as Joshua had commanded them. They took up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, one for each tribe of Israel, just as the LORD had told Joshua; and they carried them to the camp, where they set them down.
  26. Joshua 4:9נֹשְׂאֵ֖י · who carried
    Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, in the place where the priests who carried the ark of the covenant stood. And the stones are there to this day.
  27. Joshua 4:10נֹשְׂאֵ֣י · who carried
    Now the priests who carried the ark remained standing in the middle of the Jordan until the people had completed everything the LORD had commanded Joshua to tell them, just as Moses had directed Joshua. The people hurried across,
  28. Joshua 4:16נֹשְׂאֵ֖י · who carry
    “Command the priests who carry the ark of the Testimony to come up from the Jordan.”
  29. Joshua 4:18נֹשְׂאֵ֨י · carrying
    When the priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD came up out of the Jordan and their feet touched the dry land, the waters of the Jordan returned to their course and overflowed all the banks as before.
  30. Joshua 5:13וַיִּשָּׂ֤א · he looked up
    Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in His hand. Joshua approached Him and asked, “Are You for us or for our enemies?”
  31. Joshua 6:4יִשְׂאוּ֩ · carry
    Have seven priests carry seven rams’ horns in front of the ark. Then on the seventh day, march around the city seven times, while the priests blow the horns.
  32. Joshua 6:6שְׂא֖וּ · Take up; יִשְׂאוּ֙ · carry
    So Joshua son of Nun summoned the priests and said, “Take up the ark of the covenant and have seven priests carry seven rams’ horns in front of the ark of the LORD.”
  33. Joshua 6:8נֹשְׂאִים֩ · carrying
    After Joshua had spoken to the people, seven priests carrying seven rams’ horns before the LORD advanced and blew the horns, and the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them.
  34. Joshua 6:12וַיִּשְׂא֥וּ · took
    Joshua got up early the next morning, and the priests took the ark of the LORD.
  35. Joshua 6:13נֹשְׂאִים֩ · carrying
    And the seven priests carrying seven rams’ horns kept marching ahead of the ark of the LORD and blowing the horns. The armed troops went in front of them and the rear guard followed the ark of the LORD, while the horns kept sounding.
  36. Joshua 8:33נֹשְׂאֵ֣י׀ · who carried
    All Israel, foreigners and citizens alike, with their elders, officers, and judges, stood on both sides of the ark of the covenant of the LORD facing the Levitical priests who carried it. Half of the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded earlier, to bless the people of Israel.
  37. Joshua 24:19יִשָּׂ֥א · forgive
    But Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the LORD, for He is a holy God; He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your rebellion or your sins.
  38. Judges 2:4וַיִּשְׂא֥וּ · lifted up
    When the angel of the LORD had spoken these words to all the Israelites, the people lifted up their voices and wept.
  39. Judges 3:18נֹשְׂאֵ֖י · who had carried
    After Ehud had finished presenting the tribute, he ushered out those who had carried it.
  40. Judges 8:28לָשֵׂ֣את · raise
    In this way Midian was subdued before the Israelites and did not raise its head again. So the land had rest for forty years in the days of Gideon,
  41. Judges 9:7וַיִּשָּׂ֥א · raised
    When this was reported to Jotham, he climbed to the top of Mount Gerizim, raised his voice, and cried out: “Listen to me, O leaders of Shechem, and may God listen to you.
  42. Judges 9:48וַיִּ֨שָּׂאֶ֔הָ · which he lifted
    …he and all his men went up to Mount Zalmon. Abimelech took his axe in his hand and cut a branch from the trees, which he lifted to his shoulder, saying to his men, “Hurry and do what you have seen me do.”
  43. Judges 9:54נֹשֵׂ֣א · his armor-bearer
    He quickly called his armor-bearer, saying, “Draw your sword and kill me, lest they say of me, ‘A woman killed him.’” So Abimelech’s armor-bearer ran his sword through him, and he died.
  44. Judges 16:31וַיִּשְׂא֣וּ
    Then Samson’s brothers and his father’s family came down, carried him back, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of his father Manoah. And he had judged Israel twenty years.
  45. Judges 19:17וַיִּשָּׂ֣א · When he looked up
    When he looked up and saw the traveler in the city square, the old man asked, “Where are you going, and where have you come from?”