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נָשָׂא H5375

H5375 is the Hebrew word נָשָׂא, transliterated nâsâʼ and said naw-saw'. The King James Version most often renders it lifted up.

Word: נָשָׂאTransliteration: nâsâʼSaid: naw-saw'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 592 verses

What it means

to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative.

Where it comes from

or נָסָה; (Psalm 4:6 (H7 (אֲבַד))), a primitive root.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 342 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

lifted up 73×bear 65×lift up 48×bare 31×take 21×took 19×took up 17×armourbearer 17×take up 16×carried 13×carry 11×brought 11×

Strong's own list of renderings: accept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable ([phrase] man), lade, lay, lift (self) up, lofty, marry, magnify, [idiom] needs, obtain, pardon, raise (up), receive, regard, respect, set (up), spare, stir up, [phrase] swear, take (away, up), [idiom] utterly, wear, yield.

Verses using נָשָׂא

The first 40 of 592 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 7:17 · KJV

And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.

Genesis 13:6 · KJV

And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.

Genesis 13:10 · KJV

And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.

Genesis 13:14 · KJV

And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:

Genesis 18:2 · KJV

And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,

Genesis 18:24 · KJV

Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?

Genesis 18:26 · KJV

And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.

Genesis 19:21 · KJV

And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.

Genesis 21:16 · KJV

And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bow shot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.

Genesis 21:18 · KJV

Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.

Genesis 22:4 · KJV

Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.

Genesis 22:13 · KJV

And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.

Genesis 24:63 · KJV

And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels were coming.

Genesis 24:64 · KJV

And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel.

Genesis 27:3 · KJV

Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison;

Genesis 27:38 · KJV

And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.

Genesis 29:1 · KJV

Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east.

Genesis 29:11 · KJV

And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.

Genesis 31:10 · KJV

And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.

Genesis 31:12 · KJV

And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.

Genesis 31:17 · KJV

Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;

Genesis 32:20 · KJV

And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.

Genesis 33:1 · KJV

And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.

Genesis 33:5 · KJV

And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant.

Genesis 36:7 · KJV

For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle.

Genesis 37:25 · KJV

And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.

Genesis 39:7 · KJV

And it came to pass after these things, that his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.

Genesis 40:13 · KJV

Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh’s cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.

Genesis 40:19 · KJV

Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.

Genesis 40:20 · KJV

And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.

Genesis 42:26 · KJV

And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence.

Genesis 43:29 · KJV

And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother’s son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son.

Genesis 43:34 · KJV

And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin’s mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.

Genesis 44:1 · KJV

And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man’s money in his sack’s mouth.

Genesis 45:19 · KJV

Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.

Genesis 45:23 · KJV

And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his father by the way.

Genesis 45:27 · KJV

And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived:

Genesis 46:5 · KJV

And Jacob rose up from Beersheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.

Genesis 47:30 · KJV

But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said.

Genesis 50:13 · KJV

For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.

Common questions

What does Strong's H5375 mean?

H5375 is the Hebrew word נָשָׂא (nâsâʼ), meaning to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative.

How is H5375 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it lifted up (73 times), bear (65 times), lift up (48 times), bare (31 times), take (21 times), among others.

How many times does H5375 appear in the Bible?

נָשָׂא (nâsâʼ) is tagged in 592 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H5375 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: or נָסָה; (Psalm 4:6 (H7 (אֲבַד))), a primitive root.

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