נָסַע
nâçaʻ · naw-sah'
properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on ajourney
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on ajourney
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: cause to blow, bring, get, (make to) go (away, forth, forward, onward, out), (take) journey, march, remove, set aside (forward), [idiom] still, be on his (go their) way.
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
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › to support and uphold › to see and know
The seed, life continuing that works to support and uphold that works to see and know.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נָסַע 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
146 occurrences · 146 OT · 0 NT · 73 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and they departed21 · 20%
- and they removed18 · 17%
- journeyed13 · 13%
- set forward8 · 8%
- and they journeyed5 · 5%
- they journeyed4 · 4%
- removed4 · 4%
- and they took their journey3 · 3%
- and they went3 · 3%
- from thence they removed2 · 2%
- setteth forward2 · 2%
- took their journey2 · 2%
- went2 · 2%
- you, and take your journey2 · 2%
- and went away2 · 2%
- that he was departed2 · 2%
- then they journeyed2 · 2%
- departed2 · 2%
- that they go forward1 · 1%
- marched1 · 1%
- took his journey1 · 1%
- they are departed1 · 1%
- let us take our journey1 · 1%
- still1 · 1%
- and it came to pass, as they journeyed1 · 1%
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.