נָשָׂא
nâsâʼ · naw-saw'
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
Lexicon
Derivation: or נָסָה; (Psalm 4:6 (H7 (אֲבַד))), a primitive root;
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: accept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable ([phrase] man), lade, lay, lift (self) up, lofty, marry, magnify, [idiom] needs, obtain, pardon, raise (up), receive, regard, respect, set (up), spare, stir up, [phrase] swear, take (away, up), [idiom] utterly, wear, yield.
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › to consume, to destroy › strength, the leader
The seed, life continuing that works to consume, to destroy of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נָשָׂא 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
656 occurrences · 656 OT · 0 NT · 376 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- lift up21 · 11%
- lifted up19 · 10%
- that bare15 · 8%
- and lifted up13 · 7%
- to bear13 · 7%
- and took9 · 5%
- bearing8 · 4%
- take8 · 4%
- shall bear8 · 4%
- take up7 · 4%
- and his armourbearer7 · 4%
- and carried6 · 3%
- bear6 · 3%
- and he took up5 · 3%
- and brought5 · 3%
- which bare5 · 3%
- and he lifted up5 · 3%
- were lifted up4 · 2%
- took up4 · 2%
- that bear4 · 2%
- bare4 · 2%
- and they shall bear4 · 2%
- took4 · 2%
- to carry4 · 2%
- and they lifted up4 · 2%
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.