Occurrences
Nâçâh occurs 35 times in 33 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Exodus (5), Numbers (1), Deuteronomy (6), Judges (4), 1 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (1), 2 Chronicles (2), Job (1), Psalms (6), Ecclesiastes (2), Isaiah (1), Daniel (2)
- Genesis 22:1 — And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt (נִסָּ֖ה) Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.
- Exodus 15:25 — And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved (נִסָּֽהוּ) them,
- Exodus 16:4 — Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove (אֲנַסֶּ֛נּוּ) them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.
- Exodus 17:2 — Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt (תְּנַסּ֖וּן) the LORD?
- Exodus 17:7 — And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted (נַסֹּתָ֤ם) the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?
- Exodus 20:20 — And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove (נַסּ֣וֹת) you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.
- Numbers 14:22 — Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted (וַיְנַסּ֣וּ) me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;
- Deuteronomy 6:16 — Ye shall not tempt (תְנַסּ֔וּ) the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
- Deuteronomy 6:16 — Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted (נִסִּיתֶ֖ם) him in Massah.
- Deuteronomy 8:2 — And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove (לְנַסֹּֽתְךָ֗) thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
- Deuteronomy 8:16 — Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove (נַסֹּתֶ֔ךָ) thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;
- Deuteronomy 13:3 — Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth (מְנַסֶּ֞ה) you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
- Deuteronomy 28:56 — The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure (נִסְּתָ֤ה) to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,
- Deuteronomy 33:8 — And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove (נִסִּיתוֹ֙) at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;
- Judges 2:22 — That through them I may prove (נַסּ֥וֹת) Israel, whether they will keep the way of the LORD to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not.
- Judges 3:1 — Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove (לְנַסּ֥וֹת) Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan;
- Judges 3:4 — And they were to prove (לְנַסּ֥וֹת) Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.
- Judges 6:39 — And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once: let me prove (אֲנַסֶּ֤ה), I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew.
- 1 Samuel 17:39 — And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to go; for he had not proved (נִסָּה֒) it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them. And David put them off him.
- 1 Samuel 17:39 — And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to go; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved (נִסִּ֑יתִי) them. And David put them off him.
- 1 Kings 10:1 — And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove (לְנַסֹּת֖וֹ) him with hard questions.
- 2 Chronicles 9:1 — And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove (לְנַסּוֹת֩) Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.
- 2 Chronicles 32:31 — Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try (לְנַ֨סּוֹת֔וֹ) him, that he might know all that was in his heart.
- Job 4:2 — If we assay to commune (הֲנִסָּ֬ה) with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?
- Psalms 26:2 — Examine me, O LORD, and prove (וְנַסֵּ֑נִי) me; try my reins and my heart.
- Psalms 78:18 — And they tempted (וַיְנַסּוּ) God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
- Psalms 78:41 — Yea, they turned back and tempted (וַיְנַסּ֣וּ) God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.
- Psalms 78:56 — Yet they tempted (וַיְנַסּ֣וּ) and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:
- Psalms 95:9 — When your fathers tempted (נִ֭סּוּנִי) me, proved me, and saw my work.
- Psalms 106:14 — But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted (וַיְנַסּוּ) God in the desert.
- Ecclesiastes 2:1 — I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove (אֲנַסְּכָ֛ה) thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.
- Ecclesiastes 7:23 — All this have I proved (נִסִּ֣יתִי) by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.
- Isaiah 7:12 — But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt (אֲנַסֶּ֖ה) the LORD.
- Daniel 1:12 — Prove (נַס) thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.
- Daniel 1:14 — So he consented to them in this matter, and proved (וַיְנַסֵּ֖ם) them ten days.