נָשִׂיא
nâsîyʼ · naw-see'
properly, an exalted one, i.e. a king or sheik; also a rising mist
Lexicon
Derivation: or נָשִׂא; from H5375 (נָשָׂא);
properly, an exalted one, i.e. a king or sheik; also a rising mist
- properly, an exalted one, i.e. a king or sheik
- also, a rising mist
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: captain, chief, cloud, governor, prince, ruler, vapour.
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
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- 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 › the hand that works › strength, the leader
The seed, life continuing that works to consume, to destroy of the hand that works of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נָשִׂיא 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
134 occurrences · 134 OT · 0 NT · 67 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- prince20 · 22%
- and the prince10 · 11%
- and the captain9 · 10%
- and the princes6 · 7%
- princes5 · 6%
- and the chief5 · 6%
- of the princes3 · 3%
- the prince3 · 3%
- the princes3 · 3%
- shall be captain3 · 3%
- chief2 · 2%
- a prince2 · 2%
- and all the princes2 · 2%
- the chief2 · 2%
- apiece, for each prince2 · 2%
- shall be for the prince2 · 2%
- for the prince2 · 2%
- and he causeth the vapours2 · 2%
- over the chief1 · 1%
- shall be chief1 · 1%
- when a ruler1 · 1%
- and the rulers1 · 1%
- and all the rulers1 · 1%
- the ruler1 · 1%
- man: and all the rulers1 · 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.