Nâsîyʼ — H5387

H5387 · Hebrew — נשיא

Pronunciation: naw-see'

Other spellings: nâsiʼ נָשִׂא

Definition

masculine noun

properly, an exalted one, i.e. a king or sheik; also a rising mist

  1. one lifted up, chief, prince, captain, leader
  2. rising mist, vapour

Usually translated as

prince, captain, chief, ruler, governor, cloud, vapour

Origin

or nâsiʼ; from H5375

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Nâsîyʼ occurs 134 times in 120 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (4), Exodus (4), Leviticus (1), Numbers (55), Joshua (9), 1 Kings (2), 1 Chronicles (4), 2 Chronicles (2), Ezra (1), Psalms (1), Proverbs (1), Jeremiah (2), Ezekiel (34)

Strong's Lexicon — N