נָסַע nasa

Hebrew word for “to set out” · Strong’s H5265 · used 146 times in 140 verses

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Meaning

1) to pull out, pull up, set out, journey, remove, set forward, depart;

How it is translated

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

• set out 101
• will set out 9
• led out 3
• when sets out 3
• when set out they 2
• when set out 2
• departed 2
• had departed 2
• journeyed 1
• journeying 1
• us set out 1
• have departed 1

Where it is used

Also in 3 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Numbers 33 (42), Numbers 10 (15), Numbers 9 (7), Numbers 2 (6), Numbers 21 (5), Genesis 35 (3), Exodus 14 (3), Deuteronomy 1 (3), Joshua 3 (3), Genesis 33 (2)

Forms

• ויסעו 64
• ויסע 14
• יסעו 14
• נסע 10
• נסעו 9
• ונסעו 7
• ונסע 6
• בנסע 4
• וסעו 3
• בנסעם 2

Words used with it

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

• חָנָה chanah “to camp” 60
• מִדְבָּר midbar “wilderness” 21
• מַחֲנֶה machaneh “camp” 17
• עָנָן anan “cloud” 11
• הַר har “mountain” 14
• דֶּגֶל degel “standard” 7
• סוּף suph “Red (Sea)” 7
• יָם yam “sea” 10
• מִשְׁכָּן mishkan “tabernacle” 8
• שָׁם sham “there” 12
• מַסַּע massa “journey” 5
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 13

Key verses

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

• Genesis 20:1 — And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
• Genesis 35:5 — And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.
• Genesis 35:16 — And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.
• Exodus 12:37 — And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.
• Exodus 14:10 — And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid: and the…
• Numbers 4:15 — And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the…
• Numbers 10:29 — And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses’ father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which the LORD said, I will give it you:…
• Numbers 10:33 — And they departed from the mount of the LORD three days’ journey: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them in the three days’ journey, to…
• Joshua 3:3 — And they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove…
• Psalms 80:8 — Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
• Jeremiah 4:7 — The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy…
• Zechariah 10:2 — For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock,…

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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.