נָשָׁא
nâshâʼ · naw-shaw'
to lead astray, i.e. (mentally) to delude, or (morally) to seduce
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to lead astray, i.e. (mentally) to delude, or (morally) to seduce
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: beguile, deceive, [idiom] greatly, [idiom] utterly.
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 נָשָׁא 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
16 occurrences · 16 OT · 0 NT · 16 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- deceive6 · 38%
- hath deceived2 · 13%
- beguiled me1 · 6%
- seize1 · 6%
- are deceived1 · 6%
- thou hast greatly1 · 6%
- deceived1 · 6%
- therefore, behold, i, even i, will utterly1 · 6%
- of you, deceive1 · 6%
- with thee have deceived1 · 6%
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.