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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. 1 Chronicles 10:4נֹשֵׂ֣א · 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 torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
  2. 1 Chronicles 10:5נֹשֵֽׂא־ · When his armor-bearer
    When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his own sword and died.
  3. 1 Chronicles 10:9וַיִּשְׂא֥וּ · took
    They stripped Saul, cut off his head, took his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news in the temple of their idols and among their people.
  4. 1 Chronicles 10:12וַיִּשְׂא֞וּ · and retrieved
    …all their men of valor set out and retrieved the bodies of Saul and his sons and brought them to Jabesh. And they buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh and fasted seven days.
  5. 1 Chronicles 11:18וַיִּשְׂא֖וּ
    So the Three broke through the Philistine camp, drew water from the well at the gate of Bethlehem, and brought it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out to the LORD,
  6. 1 Chronicles 11:39נֹשֵׂ֕א · the armor-bearer
    Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, the armor-bearer of Joab son of Zeruiah,
  7. 1 Chronicles 12:24נֹשְׂאֵ֥י · bearing
    From Judah: 6,800 armed troops bearing shields and spears.
  8. 1 Chronicles 14:2נִשֵּׂ֤את · exalted
    And David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and had highly exalted his kingdom for the sake of His people Israel.
  9. 1 Chronicles 15:2לָשֵׂאת֙ · may carry; לָשֵׂ֞את · to carry
    Then David said, “No one but the Levites may carry the ark of God, because the LORD has chosen them to carry the ark of the LORD and to minister before Him forever.”
  10. 1 Chronicles 15:15וַיִּשְׂא֣וּ · carried
    And the Levites carried the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles, as Moses had commanded in accordance with the word of the LORD.
  11. 1 Chronicles 15:26נֹשְׂאֵ֖י · who were carrying
    And because God helped the Levites who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.
  12. 1 Chronicles 15:27הַנֹּשְׂאִ֣ים · who were carrying
    Now David was dressed in a robe of fine linen, as were all the Levites who were carrying the ark, as well as the singers and Chenaniah, the director of music for the singers. David also wore a linen ephod.
  13. 1 Chronicles 16:29שְׂא֤וּ · bring
    Ascribe to the LORD the glory due His name; bring an offering and come before Him. Worship the LORD in the splendor of His holiness;
  14. 1 Chronicles 18:2נֹשְׂאֵ֖י · and brought him
    David also defeated the Moabites, and they became subject to David and brought him tribute.
  15. 1 Chronicles 18:6נֹשְׂאֵ֣י · 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.
  16. 1 Chronicles 18:11נָשָׂ֖א · he had carried off
    …and King David dedicated these to the LORD, along with the silver and gold he had carried off from all these nations—from Edom and Moab, and from the Ammonites, Philistines, and Amalekites.
  17. 1 Chronicles 21:16וַיִּשָּׂ֨א · lifted up
    When David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem, David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell facedown.
  18. 1 Chronicles 21:24אֶשָּׂ֤א · take
    “No,” replied King David, “I insist on paying the full price, for I will not take for the LORD what belongs to you, nor will I offer burnt offerings that cost me nothing.”
  19. 1 Chronicles 23:22וַיִּשָּׂא֥וּם · married them
    Eleazar died without having any sons; he had only daughters. Their cousins, the sons of Kish, married them.
  20. 1 Chronicles 23:26לָשֵׂ֧את · longer need to carry
    So now the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or any of the articles for its service.”
  21. 1 Chronicles 27:23נָשָׂ֤א · count
    David did not count the men aged twenty or under, because the LORD had said that He would make Israel as numerous as the stars of the sky.
  22. 1 Chronicles 29:11וְהַמִּתְנַשֵּׂ֖א · and You are exalted
    Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the splendor and the majesty, for everything in heaven and on earth belongs to You. Yours, O LORD, is the kingdom, and You are exalted as head over all.
  23. 2 Chronicles 5:4וַיִּשְׂא֥וּ · took up
    When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the Levites took up the ark,
  24. 2 Chronicles 6:22וְנָֽשָׁא־ · and is required
    When a man sins against his neighbor and is required to take an oath, and he comes to take an oath before Your altar in this temple,
  25. 2 Chronicles 9:1נֹשְׂאִ֨ים · bearing
    Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon, she came to test him with difficult questions. She arrived in Jerusalem with a very large caravan—with camels bearing spices, gold in abundance, and precious stones. And she came to Solomon and spoke with him about all that was on her mind.
  26. 2 Chronicles 9:21נֹֽשְׂאוֹת֙ · bearing
    For the king had the ships of Tarshish that went with Hiram’s servants, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
  27. 2 Chronicles 11:21נָשָׂ֔א · In all, he had
    Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than all his wives and concubines. In all, he had eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and he was the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.
  28. 2 Chronicles 12:11וּנְשָׂא֔וּם · bearing [the shields]
    And whenever the king entered the house of the LORD, the guards would go with him, bearing the shields, and later they would return them to the guardroom.
  29. 2 Chronicles 13:21וַיִּ֨שָּׂא־ · married
    But Abijah grew strong, married fourteen wives, and became the father of twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.
  30. 2 Chronicles 14:8נֹשֵׂ֣א · bearing; נֹשְׂאֵ֤י · bearing
    Asa had an army of 300,000 men from Judah bearing large shields and spears, and 280,000 men from Benjamin bearing small shields and drawing the bow. All these were mighty men of valor.
  31. 2 Chronicles 14:13וַיִּשְׂא֥וּ · So the people of Judah carried off
    Then Asa and his army pursued them as far as Gerar. The Cushites fell and could not recover, for they were crushed before the LORD and His army. So the people of Judah carried off a great amount of plunder
  32. 2 Chronicles 16:6וַיִּשְׂא֞וּ · and they carried away
    Then King Asa brought all the men of Judah, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and the timbers Baasha had used for building. And with these materials he built up Geba and Mizpah.
  33. 2 Chronicles 24:3וַיִּשָּׂא־ · took
    Jehoiada took for him two wives, and he had sons and daughters.
  34. 2 Chronicles 24:11וְיִשָּׂאֻ֖הוּ · and carry it
    Whenever the chest was brought by the Levites to the king’s overseers and they saw that there was a large amount of money, the royal scribe and the officer of the high priest would come and empty the chest and carry it back to its place. They did this daily and gathered the money in abundance.
  35. 2 Chronicles 25:19וּנְשָׂאֲךָ֥ · has become proud
    You have said, ‘Look, I have defeated Edom,’ and your heart has become proud and boastful. Now stay at home. Why should you stir up trouble so that you fall—you and Judah with you?”
  36. 2 Chronicles 25:28וַיִּשָּׂאֻ֖הוּ · They carried him back
    They carried him back on horses and buried him with his fathers in the City of Judah.
  37. 2 Chronicles 32:23וַיִּנַּשֵּׂ֛א · he was exalted
    Many brought offerings to Jerusalem for the LORD and valuable gifts for Hezekiah king of Judah, and from then on he was exalted in the eyes of all nations.
  38. Ezra 1:4יְנַשְּׂא֙וּהוּ֙ · be assisted
    And let every survivor, wherever he lives, be assisted by the men of that region with silver, gold, goods, and livestock, along with a freewill offering for the house of God in Jerusalem.’”
  39. Ezra 8:36וְנִשְּׂא֥וּ · who proceeded to assist
    They also delivered the king’s edicts to the royal satraps and governors of the region west of the Euphrates, who proceeded to assist the people and the house of God.
  40. Ezra 9:2נָשְׂא֣וּ · the Israelites have taken
    Indeed, the Israelites have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, so that the holy seed has been mixed with the people of the land. And the leaders and officials have taken the lead in this unfaithfulness!”
  41. Ezra 9:12תִּשְׂא֣וּ · or take
    Now, therefore, do not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters for your sons. Never seek their peace or prosperity, so that you may be strong and may eat the good things of the land, leaving it as an inheritance to your sons forever.’
  42. Ezra 10:44נָשְׂא֖י · had married
    All these men had married foreign women, and some of them had children by these wives.
  43. Nehemiah 2:1וָאֶשָּׂ֤א · I took
    Now in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was set before him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had never been sad in his presence,
  44. Nehemiah 4:17וְהַנֹּשְׂאִ֥ים · The laborers who carried
    …who were rebuilding the wall. The laborers who carried materials worked with one hand and held a weapon with the other.
  45. Nehemiah 9:15נָשָׂ֥אתָ · You had sworn
    In their hunger You gave them bread from heaven; in their thirst You brought them water from the rock. You told them to go in and possess the land that You had sworn to give them.
  46. Nehemiah 13:25תִּשְׂאוּ֙ · or take
    I rebuked them and called down curses on them. I beat some of these men and pulled out their hair. Then I made them take an oath before God and said, “You must not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters as wives for your sons or for yourselves!
  47. Esther 2:9וַתִּשָּׂ֣א · and obtained
    And the young woman pleased him and obtained his favor, so he quickly provided her with beauty treatments and the special diet. He assigned to her seven select maidservants from the palace and transferred her with them to the best place in the harem.
  48. Esther 2:15נֹשֵׂ֣את · found
    Now Esther was the daughter of Abihail, the uncle from whom Mordecai had adopted her as his own daughter. And when it was her turn to go to the king, she did not ask for anything except what Hegai, the king’s trusted official in charge of the harem, had advised. And Esther found favor in the eyes of everyone who saw her.