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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. Judges 21:2וַיִּשְׂא֣וּ · lifting up
    So the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening, lifting up their voices and weeping bitterly.
  2. Judges 21:23וַיִּשְׂא֤וּ · and carried away
    The Benjamites did as instructed and carried away the number of women they needed from the dancers they caught. They went back to their own inheritance, rebuilt their cities, and settled in them.
  3. Ruth 1:4וַיִּשְׂא֣וּ · who took
    …who took Moabite women as their wives, one named Orpah and the other named Ruth. And after they had lived in Moab about ten years,
  4. Ruth 1:9וַתִּשֶּׂ֥אנָה · aloud
    May the LORD enable each of you to find rest in the home of your new husband.” And she kissed them as they wept aloud
  5. Ruth 1:14וַתִּשֶּׂ֣נָה · aloud
    Again they wept aloud, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her.
  6. Ruth 2:18וַתִּשָּׂא֙ · She picked up the grain
    She picked up the grain and went into the town, where her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. And she brought out what she had saved from her meal and gave it to Naomi.
  7. 1 Samuel 2:28לָשֵׂ֥את · and to wear
    And out of all the tribes of Israel I selected your father to be My priest, to offer sacrifices on My altar, to burn incense, and to wear an ephod in My presence. I also gave to the house of your father all the food offerings of the Israelites.
  8. 1 Samuel 4:4וַיִּשְׂא֣וּ · and they brought
    So the people sent men to Shiloh, and they brought back the ark of the covenant of the LORD of Hosts, who sits enthroned between the cherubim. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
  9. 1 Samuel 6:13וַיִּשְׂא֣וּ · and when they looked up
    Now the people of Beth-shemesh were harvesting wheat in the valley, and when they looked up and saw the ark, they were overjoyed at the sight.
  10. 1 Samuel 10:3נֹשֵׂ֣א׀ · carrying; נֹשֵׂ֗א · carrying; נֹשֵׂ֖א · carrying
    Then you will go on from there until you come to the Oak of Tabor. Three men going up to God at Bethel will meet you there, one carrying three young goats, another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a skin of wine.
  11. 1 Samuel 11:4וַיִּשְׂא֧וּ · aloud
    When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and relayed these words in the hearing of the people, they all wept aloud.
  12. 1 Samuel 14:1נֹשֵׂ֣א · bearing
    One day Jonathan son of Saul said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let us cross over to the Philistine outpost on the other side.” But Jonathan did not tell his father.
  13. 1 Samuel 14:3נֹשֵׂ֣א · who was wearing
    …including Ahijah, who was wearing an ephod. He was the son of Ichabod’s brother Ahitub son of Phinehas, the son of Eli the priest of the LORD in Shiloh. But the troops did not know that Jonathan had left.
  14. 1 Samuel 14:6נֹשֵׂ֣א · bearing
    Jonathan said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let us cross over to the outpost of these uncircumcised men. Perhaps the LORD will work on our behalf. Nothing can hinder the LORD from saving, whether by many or by few.”
  15. 1 Samuel 14:7נֹשֵׂ֣א · His armor-bearer
    His armor-bearer replied, “Do all that is in your heart. Go ahead; I am with you heart and soul.”
  16. 1 Samuel 14:12נֹשֵׂ֣א · and his armor-bearer; נֹשֵׂ֤א · his armor-bearer
    So the men of the outpost called out to Jonathan and his armor-bearer, “Come on up, and we will teach you a lesson!” “Follow me,” Jonathan told his armor-bearer, “for the LORD has delivered them into the hand of Israel.”
  17. 1 Samuel 14:13וְנֹשֵׂ֥א · with his armor-bearer; וְנֹשֵׂ֥א · and his armor-bearer
    So Jonathan climbed up on his hands and feet, with his armor-bearer behind him. And the Philistines fell before Jonathan, and his armor-bearer followed and finished them off.
  18. 1 Samuel 14:14וְנֹשֵׂ֥א · and his armor-bearer
    In that first assault, Jonathan and his armor-bearer struck down about twenty men in about half an acre of land.
  19. 1 Samuel 14:17וְנֹשֵׂ֥א · and his armor-bearer
    Saul said to the troops who were with him, “Call the roll and see who has left us.” And when they had called the roll, they saw that Jonathan and his armor-bearer were not there.
  20. 1 Samuel 15:25שָׂ֥א · forgive
    Now therefore, please forgive my sin and return with me so I can worship the LORD.”
  21. 1 Samuel 16:21נֹשֵׂ֥א · armor-bearer
    When David came to Saul and entered his service, Saul loved him very much, and David became his armor-bearer.
  22. 1 Samuel 17:7וְנֹשֵׂ֥א · In addition, his shield bearer
    The shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and its iron point weighed six hundred shekels. In addition, his shield bearer went before him.
  23. 1 Samuel 17:20וַיִּשָּׂ֣א · loaded up
    So David got up early in the morning, left the flock with a keeper, loaded up, and set out as Jesse had instructed him. He reached the camp as the army was marching out to its position and shouting the battle cry.
  24. 1 Samuel 17:34וְנָשָׂ֥א · and carried off
    David replied, “Your servant has been tending his father’s sheep, and whenever a lion or a bear came and carried off a lamb from the flock,
  25. 1 Samuel 17:41נֹשֵׂ֥א
    Now the Philistine came closer and closer to David, with his shield-bearer before him.
  26. 1 Samuel 22:18נֹשֵׂ֖א · who wore
    So the king ordered Doeg, “You turn and strike down the priests!” And Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests himself. On that day he killed eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod.
  27. 1 Samuel 24:16וַיִּשָּׂ֥א · aloud
    When David had finished saying these things, Saul called back, “Is that your voice, David my son?” Then Saul wept aloud
  28. 1 Samuel 25:28שָׂ֥א · forgive
    Please forgive your servant’s offense, for the LORD will surely make a lasting dynasty for my lord, because he fights the LORD’s battles. May no evil be found in you as long as you live.
  29. 1 Samuel 25:35וָאֶשָּׂ֖א · and granted your request
    Then David accepted from her hand what she had brought him, and he said to her, “Go home in peace. See, I have heeded your voice and granted your request.”
  30. 1 Samuel 30:4וַיִּשָּׂ֨א · lifted up
    So David and the troops with him lifted up their voices and wept until they had no strength left to weep.
  31. 1 Samuel 31:4לְנֹשֵׂ֨א · to his armor-bearer; נֹשֵׂ֣א · But his armor-bearer
    Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised men will come and run me through and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
  32. 1 Samuel 31:5נֹשֵֽׂא־ · When his armor-bearer
    When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his own sword and died with him.
  33. 1 Samuel 31:6וְנֹשֵׂ֨א · his armor-bearer
    So Saul, his three sons, his armor-bearer, and all his men died together that same day.
  34. 2 Samuel 2:22אֶשָּׂ֣א · could I show
    Once again, Abner warned Asahel, “Stop chasing me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How could I show my face to your brother Joab?”
  35. 2 Samuel 2:32וַיִּשְׂאוּ֙ · And they took
    And they took Asahel and buried him in his father’s tomb in Bethlehem. Then Joab and his men marched all night and reached Hebron at daybreak.
  36. 2 Samuel 3:32וַיִשָּׂ֧א · aloud
    When they buried Abner in Hebron, the king wept aloud at Abner’s tomb, and all the people wept.
  37. 2 Samuel 4:4וַתִּשָּׂאֵ֤הוּ · picked him up
    And Jonathan son of Saul had a son who was lame in his feet. He was five years old when the report about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up and fled, but as she was hurrying to escape, he fell and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.
  38. 2 Samuel 5:12נִשֵּׂ֣א · and had exalted
    And David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and had exalted his kingdom for the sake of His people Israel.
  39. 2 Samuel 5:21וַיִּשָּׂאֵ֥ם · carried them away
    There the Philistines abandoned their idols, and David and his men carried them away.
  40. 2 Samuel 6:3וַיִּשָּׂאֻ֔הוּ · and brought it
    They set the ark of God on a new cart and brought it from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were guiding the new cart,
  41. 2 Samuel 6:4וַיִּשָּׂאֻ֗הוּ · bringing
    …bringing with it the ark of God. And Ahio was walking in front of the ark.
  42. 2 Samuel 6:13נֹשְׂאֵ֥י · those carrying
    When those carrying the ark of the LORD had advanced six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened calf.
  43. 2 Samuel 8:2נֹשְׂאֵ֥י · and brought him
    David also defeated the Moabites, made them lie down on the ground, and measured them off with a cord. He measured off with two lengths those to be put to death, and with one length those to be spared. So the Moabites became subject to David and brought him tribute.
  44. 2 Samuel 8:6נוֹשְׂאֵ֣י · and brought him
    Then he placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to David and brought him tribute. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
  45. 2 Samuel 13:34וַיִּשָּׂ֞א · looked up
    Meanwhile, Absalom had fled. When the young man standing watch looked up, he saw many people coming down the road west of him, along the side of the hill. And the watchman went and reported to the king, “I see men coming from the direction of Horonaim, along the side of the hill.”