נָסָה
nâçâh · naw-saw'
to test; by implication, to attempt
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to test; by implication, to attempt
- to test
- by implication, to attempt
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: adventure, assay, prove, tempt, try.
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › to support and uphold › to reveal, behold
The seed, life continuing that works to support and uphold that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נָסָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
36 occurrences · 36 OT · 0 NT · 32 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- to prove3 · 10%
- prove2 · 7%
- and tempted2 · 7%
- did tempt1 · 3%
- and there he proved1 · 3%
- that i may prove1 · 3%
- ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt1 · 3%
- and because they tempted1 · 3%
- and have tempted1 · 3%
- assayed1 · 3%
- ye shall not tempt1 · 3%
- as ye tempted1 · 3%
- thee, and to prove1 · 3%
- thee, and that he might prove1 · 3%
- proveth1 · 3%
- woman among you, which would not adventure1 · 3%
- whom thou didst prove1 · 3%
- that through them i may prove1 · 3%
- and they were to prove1 · 3%
- let me prove1 · 3%
- for he had not proved1 · 3%
- with these; for i have not proved1 · 3%
- him, to try1 · 3%
- if we assay1 · 3%
- and prove1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.