נָשִׂיא nasi

Hebrew word for “leader” · Strong’s H5387 · used 134 times in 120 verses

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Meaning

one lifted up, chief, prince, captain, leader

Senses in the lexicon

• leader (130)
• mist (4)

How it is translated

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

• leader 50
• leaders 37
• prince 25
• princes 11
• clouds 4
• will belong to the prince 3
• will be prince 2
• chief 1
• ruler 1

Where it is used

Also in 1 more book.

Chapters where it is used most

Numbers 7 (16), Numbers 2 (12), Numbers 34 (8), Ezekiel 46 (8), Ezekiel 45 (6), Numbers 3 (4), Joshua 9 (4), Joshua 22 (3), Numbers 1 (2), Numbers 4 (2)

Forms

• נשׂיא 40
• נשׂיאי 22
• ונשׂיא 20
• הנשׂיא 11
• לנשׂיא 8
• הנשׂיאים 7
• הנשׂאים 4
• ונשׂיאי 4
• נשׂאים 4
• נשׂיאם 2

Words used with it

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

• מַטֶּה matteh “tribe” 24
• עֵדָה edah “congregation” 13
• אָב av “father” 21
• מֹשֶׁה mosheh “Moses” 14
• רֹאשׁ rosh “head” 13
• אֶחָד echad “one” 12
• עָשָׂר asar “ten” 9
• תָּוֶךְ tavekh “midst” 9
• אֲחֻזָּה achuzzah “possession” 6
• קָרַב qarav “to present” 8
• אֶלְעָזָר elazar “Eleazar” 6
• יָצָא yatsa “to come out” 11

Key verses

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

• Genesis 34:2 — And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.
• Exodus 22:28 — Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.
• Numbers 2:3 — And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies: and Nahshon the son of…
• 1 Kings 8:1 — Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in…
• Psalms 135:7 — He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries.
• Ezekiel 19:1 — Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
• Ezekiel 21:25 — And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end,
• Ezekiel 22:6 — Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.
• Ezekiel 26:16 — Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and put off their broidered garments: they shall clothe…
• Ezekiel 34:24 — And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it.
• Ezekiel 37:25 — And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their…
• Ezekiel 45:17 — And it shall be the prince’s part to give burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and drink offerings, in the feasts, and in the new moons, and in the sabbaths,…

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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.