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נָשָׂא nasa

Hebrew word for “to lift” · Strong’s H5375 · used 656 times in 614 verses

Old Testament37 booksMost often in Ezekiel (76)

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Meaning

: look/lift(eyes); 1) to lift, bear up, carry, take;

Senses in the lexicon

to lift: bear (220)
to lift: raise (131)
to lift: look (48)
to lift: kindness (41)
to lift: loud (40)
to lift: guilt (39)
to lift: vow (26)
to lift: forgive (25)
to lift: bearing(armour) (22)
to lift: exalt (13)
to lift: count (10)
to lift: marry (10)
to lift: trust (9)
to lift: aid (8)
to lift: fight (6)
to lift: enthuse (5)
to lift: journey (2)
to lift: give(gift) (1)

How it is translated

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

lifted up 95
lift up 54
will bear 52
will lift up 32
carry 28
carried 27
bearer 21
bearers 20
will carry 16
lifted 11
carrying 11
take up 10

Where it is used

Book	Uses	Per 1,000 words
Ezekiel	76	4.1
Isaiah	58	3.4
Psalms	49	2.5
Numbers	47	2.9
Genesis	46	2.2
Exodus	33	2.0
1 Samuel	32	2.4
Job	28	3.4
Jeremiah	27	1.2
1 Chronicles	25	2.3
Joshua	24	2.4
2 Samuel	23	2.1

Also in 25 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

1 Samuel 14 (8), Numbers 24 (7), Joshua 3 (7), Ezekiel 20 (7), Numbers 14 (6), Joshua 4 (6), Isaiah 2 (6), Exodus 28 (5), Joshua 6 (5), Ezekiel 18 (5)

Forms

נשׂא 71
וישׂאו 43
וישׂא 42
ישׂא 37
ונשׂא 36
ישׂאו 26
תשׂא 25
נשׂאי 25
לשׂאת 24
אשׂא 23

Words used with it

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

Key verses

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

Deuteronomy 4:19 — And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to…
1 Chronicles 29:11 — Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine…
Isaiah 2:2 — And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above…
Isaiah 37:23 — Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 40:11 — He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
Isaiah 53:12 — Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was…
Isaiah 57:15 — For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and…
Isaiah 63:9 — In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried…
Isaiah 64:6 — But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken…
Hosea 14:2 — Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
Micah 4:1 — But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be…
Micah 7:18 — Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever,…

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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.