נָשָׁא nasah

Hebrew word for “to deceive” · Strong’s H5377 · used 16 times in 15 verses

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Meaning

1) to beguile, deceive; 1a) (Niphal) to be beguiled; 1b) (Hiphil) to beguile, deceive; 1c) (Qal) utterly (infinitive)

How it is translated

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

• deceive 7
• will deceive 2
• has deceived 2
• deceived 1
• may it deceive death 1
• have been deceived 1
• certainly 1
• have deceived 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Obadiah 1 (2), Genesis 3 (1), 2 Kings 18 (1), 2 Kings 19 (1), 2 Chronicles 32 (1), Psalms 55 (1), Psalms 89 (1), Isaiah 19 (1), Isaiah 36 (1), Isaiah 37 (1)

Forms

• ישׁיא 2
• ישׁאך 2
• ישׁא 2
• השׁיאני 1
• ישׁי מות 1
• נשׁאו 1
• השׁא 1
• השׁאת 1
• ישׁיאו 1
• תשׁאו 1

Words used with it

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

• חִזְקִיָּהוּ chizqiyyah “Hezekiah” 5
• אַל al “not” 7
• כֹּה koh “thus” 6
• יָכֹל yakhol “be able” 4
• חֲגָוִים chagav “cleft” 2
• זָדוֹן zadon “arrogance” 2
• כֶם khem “you” 4
• נָצַל natsal “to rescue” 3
• יָרַד yarad “to go down” 3
• מָרוֹם marom “height” 2
• סֶלַע sela “crag” 2
• יְרוּשָׁלִַם yerushalaim “Jerusalem” 3

Key verses

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

• Genesis 3:13 — And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
• 2 Kings 18:29 — Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand:
• 2 Kings 19:10 — Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the…
• 2 Chronicles 32:15 — Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this manner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver…
• Psalms 55:15 — Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.
• Isaiah 19:13 — The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they that are the stay of the tribes thereof.
• Isaiah 37:10 — Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God, in whom thou trustest, deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand…
• Jeremiah 4:10 — Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul.
• Jeremiah 29:8 — For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your…
• Jeremiah 49:16 — Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though…
• Obadiah 1:3 — The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring…
• Obadiah 1:7 — All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee; they…

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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.