Nâsâʼ — H5375

H5375 · Hebrew — נשא

Pronunciation: naw-saw'

Other spellings: nâçâh נָסָה

Definition

verb

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

  1. to lift, bear up, carry, take
    1. (Qal)
      1. to lift, lift up
      2. to bear, carry, support, sustain, endure
      3. to take, take away, carry off, forgive
    2. (Niphal)
      1. to be lifted up, be exalted
      2. to lift oneself up, rise up
      3. to be borne, be carried
      4. to be taken away, be carried off, be swept away
    3. (Piel)
      1. to lift up, exalt, support, aid, assist
      2. to desire, long (fig.)
      3. to carry, bear continuously
      4. to take, take away
    4. (Hithpael) to lift oneself up, exalt oneself
    5. (Hiphil)
      1. to cause one to bear (iniquity)
      2. to cause to bring, have brought

To “bear” (lift) a sin means to forgive it when God or the one wronged is the subject (“Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren”, Gen 50:17), but to bear its penalty when the guilty one is.

To “lift up the face” of someone is to show him favour: “thou shalt not respect the person of the poor” (Lev 19:15).

Usually translated as

bear, lift, take, carry, bring, set, accept, forgive, regard, pardon, receive, spare, desire, high, hold up, honorable, up, raise, respect, stir up, swear, wear, cast, contain, ease, fetch, help, yield, advance, arise, beer, burn, exact, exalt, extol, furnish, further, give, go on, lade, lay, lofty, marry, magnify, needs, obtain, utterly

Origin

or nâçâh; (Psalm 4:6 (H7)), a primitive root

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Nâsâʼ occurs 648 times in 606 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (42), Exodus (32), Leviticus (22), Numbers (44), Deuteronomy (18), Joshua (21), Judges (10), Ruth (4), 1 Samuel (27), 2 Samuel (22), 1 Kings (11), 2 Kings (21), 1 Chronicles (21), 2 Chronicles (15), Ezra (5), Nehemiah (4), Esther (7), Job (27), Psalms (43), Proverbs (9), Ecclesiastes (2), Song of Songs (1), Isaiah (57), Jeremiah (25), Lamentations (5), Ezekiel (68), Daniel (5), Hosea (5), Joel (1), Amos (4), Jonah (2), Micah (7), Nahum (1), Habakkuk (3), Haggai (2), Zechariah (9), Malachi (4)

Strong's Lexicon — N