נָסָה nasah

Hebrew word for “to test” · Strong’s H5254 · used 36 times in 34 verses

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Meaning

: test; 1) to test, try, prove, tempt, assay, put to the proof or test;

Senses in the lexicon

• to test (32)
• to test: try (4)

How it is translated

Glosses given for nasah in context, with how often each is used:

• put to the test 20
• have put to the test 3
• will put to the test 2
• me put to the test 2
• should put to the test 1
• putting to the test ! 1
• put to the test they 1
• put him to the test 1
• putting to the test 1
• had put to the test 1
• ¿ has it attempted 1
• has attempted 1

Where it is used

Also in 1 more book.

Chapters where it is used most

Psalms 78 (3), Exodus 17 (2), Deuteronomy 8 (2), Judges 3 (2), Daniel 1 (2), Genesis 22 (1), Exodus 15 (1), Exodus 16 (1), Exodus 20 (1), Numbers 14 (1)

Forms

• וינסו 5
• לנסות 3
• נסה 2
• נסות 2
• אנסה 2
• נסיתי 2
• הנסה 2
• נסהו 1
• אנסנו 1
• תנסון 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with nasah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• מַסָּה massah “Massah” 3
• לֵבָב levav “heart” 5
• יָדַע yada “to know” 6
• שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 6
• מַעַן maan “because” 4
• מִדְבָּר midbar “wilderness” 4
• הֶם hem “them” 5
• מְרִיבָה merivah “Meribah” 2
• מַי mayim “water” 4
• עֶשֶׂר eser “ten” 3
• דָּבָר davar “word” 5
• שֵׁמַע shema “report” 2

Key verses

The verses using nasah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 22:1 — And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.
• Exodus 15:25 — And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a…
• Exodus 17:2 — Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the…
• Numbers 14:22 — Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have…
• Deuteronomy 4:34 — Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand,…
• Deuteronomy 8:2 — And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in…
• Deuteronomy 8:16 — Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter…
• Deuteronomy 13:3 — Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God…
• Deuteronomy 33:8 — And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of…
• 1 Kings 10:1 — And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions.
• 2 Chronicles 9:1 — And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels…
• 2 Chronicles 32:31 — Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.