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Lexicon :: Strong's H4853 - maśśā'

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מַשָּׂא
Transliteration
maśśā'
Pronunciation
mas-saw'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun, proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1421d,1421e

Strong’s Definitions

מַשָּׂא massâʼ, mas-saw'; from H5375; a burden; specifically, tribute, or (abstractly) porterage; figuratively, an utterance, chiefly a doom, especially singing; mental, desire:—burden, carry away, prophecy, × they set, song, tribute.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 66x

The KJV translates Strong's H4853 in the following manner: burden (57x), song (3x), prophecy (2x), set (1x), exaction (1x), carry away (1x), tribute (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 66x
The KJV translates Strong's H4853 in the following manner: burden (57x), song (3x), prophecy (2x), set (1x), exaction (1x), carry away (1x), tribute (1x).
masculine noun

  1. load, bearing, tribute, burden, lifting

    1. load, burden

    2. lifting, uplifting, that to which the soul lifts itself up

    3. bearing, carrying

    4. tribute, that which is carried or brought or borne

  2. utterance, oracle, burden

    proper masculine noun (BDB)

    1. Massa = "burden"

  3. a son of Ishmael

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַשָּׂא massâʼ, mas-saw'; from H5375; a burden; specifically, tribute, or (abstractly) porterage; figuratively, an utterance, chiefly a doom, especially singing; mental, desire:—burden, carry away, prophecy, × they set, song, tribute.
STRONGS H4853: Abbreviations
† II. מַשָּׂא noun masculinePsalm 38:5 load, burden, lifting, bearing, tribute; — מ׳ absolute Nehemiah 13:19 +; construct 2 Kings 5:17 +; suffix מַשָּׂאוֺ Exodus 23:5 + 2 times; מַשַּׂאֲכֶם Deuteronomy 1:12; מַשָּׂאָם Numbers 4:27 + 2 times; —
1. load, burden of ass Exodus 23:5 (E), mules 2 Kings 5:17, camels 2 Kings 8:9, compare Isaiah 46:1, 2; hanging on a peg Isaiah 22:25 (figurative); forbidden on Sabbath Jeremiah 17:21, 22, 24, 27; Nehemiah 13:15, 19; figurative of people as burden Numbers 11:11, 17 (JE), Deuteronomy 1:12, compare עַלֿ הָיָה לְמ׳ 2 Samuel 15:33; 2 Samuel 19:36 (אֶלֿ), also וָאֶהְיֶה עָלַי לְמַשָּׂא Job 7:20; of iniquities Psalm 38:5. — Hosea 8:10 read מְשֹׁחַ, so Greek Version of the LXX We Now GASm.
2. verbal noun, lifting, uplifting, only נַפְשָׁם מ׳ Ezekiel 24:25 the uplifting of their soul, i.e. that to which they lift up their soul, their heart's desire.
3. verbal noun, bearing, carrying, Numbers 4:24 (+ לַעֲבֹד), 2 Chronicles 20:25; 35:3 (בַּכָּתֵף), so probably 1 Chronicles 15:22 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 15:27 (compare Be Kau; > singing, uplifting of voice, e.g. Öttli); especially of responsibility and duty of bearing sacred vessels (often || עֲבֹדָה, פְּקֻדָּה) Numbers 4:15, 19, 27 (twice in verse); Numbers 4:49, עֲבֹדַת מ׳ Numbers 4:47, מִשְׁמֶרֶת מ׳ Numbers 4:31; Numbers 4:32.
4. perhaps what is carried, brought, i.e. tribute כֶּסֶף מ׳ 2 Chronicles 17:11 silver as tribute (+ מִנְחָה; compare נשׂא
Qal; others, silver by the load i.e. in great quantity). — I. מַשָּׂא see above.

†III. מַשָּׂא noun masculineIsaiah 14:28 utterance, oracle (compare נשׂא 1b (6); GfJeremiah 23:33); — מ׳ absolute Isaiah 14:28 +; usually construct Isaiah 13:1 +; — of prophetic utterance: 2 Kings 9:25; Isaiah 14:28; Ezekiel 12:10; 2 Chronicles 24:27 (with עַל); בָבֶל מ׳ Isaiah 13:1, מוֺאָב מ׳ Isaiah 15:1, compare Isaiah 17:1; Isaiah 19:1; Isaiah 21:1, 11; Isaiah 22:1; Isaiah 23:1; Isaiah 30:6; Nahum 1:1; בערב מ׳ Isaiah 21:13 is later insert (Di); מ׳ = revelation, אֲשֶׁר חָזָה חֲבַקּוּק הַנָּבִיא הַמּ׳ Habakkuk 1:1; י׳ מ׳ utterance of י׳ Jeremiah 23:33, 34, 36, 38 (3 times in verse) (compare 2 Kings 9:25), see also 2 Kings 9:33b (read אַתֶּם הַמַּשָּׂא), with word-play, — followed by וְנָטַשְׁתִּי 2 Kings 9:36b; דְבַר י׳ מ׳ Zechariah 9:1 (+ בארץ), Zechariah 12:1 (+ עַליִֿשְׂרָאֵל), Malachi 1:1 (+ אֶליִֿשׂ׳). — Proverbs 31:1 see I. מַשָּׂא; in Proverbs 30:1 read מִמַּשָּׂא from Massa (Mühlau, De), or הַמַּשָּׂאִי (Wild), which however is perhaps not original, but borrowed from Proverbs 31:1 (compare Wildon the passage FrankenbSpr. p. 5; corrupt name of Agur's home or tribe, Kau).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

23:5; 23:5

Numbers

4:15; 4:19; 4:24; 4:27; 4:27; 4:31; 4:32; 4:47; 4:49; 11:11; 11:17

Deuteronomy

1:12; 1:12

2 Samuel

15:33; 19:36

2 Kings

5:17; 5:17; 8:9; 9:25; 9:25; 9:33; 9:36

1 Chronicles

15:22; 15:27

2 Chronicles

17:11; 20:25; 24:27; 35:3

Nehemiah

13:15; 13:19; 13:19

Job

7:20

Psalms

38:5; 38:5

Proverbs

30:1; 31:1; 31:1

Isaiah

13:1; 13:1; 14:28; 14:28; 14:28; 15:1; 17:1; 19:1; 21:1; 21:11; 21:13; 22:1; 22:25; 23:1; 30:6; 46:1; 46:2

Jeremiah

17:21; 17:22; 17:24; 17:27; 23:33; 23:33; 23:34; 23:36; 23:38

Ezekiel

12:10; 24:25

Hosea

8:10

Nahum

1:1

Habakkuk

1:1

Zechariah

9:1; 12:1

Malachi

1:1

H4853

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Strong's Number H4853 matches the Hebrew מַשָּׂא (maśśā'),
which occurs 65 times in 59 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Exo 23:5–Jer 23:36)

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:5 - If you see the donkey of one who hates you lying down under its burden, you shall refrain from leaving him with it; you shall rescue it with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:15 - And when Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, as the camp sets out, after that the sons of Kohath shall come to carry these, but they must not touch the holy things, lest they die. These are the things of the tent of meeting that the sons of Kohath are to carry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:19 - but deal thus with them, that they may live and not die when they come near to the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in and appoint them each to his task and to his burden,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:24 - This is the service of the clans of the Gershonites, in serving and bearing burdens:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:27 - All the service of the sons of the Gershonites shall be at the command of Aaron and his sons, in all that they are to carry and in all that they have to do. And you shall assign to their charge all that they are to carry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:31 - And this is what they are charged to carry, as the whole of their service in the tent of meeting: the frames of the tabernacle, with its bars, pillars, and bases,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:32 - and the pillars around the court with their bases, pegs, and cords, with all their equipment and all their accessories. And you shall list by name the objects that they are required to carry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:47

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:47 - from thirty years old up to fifty years old, everyone who could come to do the service of ministry and the service of bearing burdens in the tent of meeting,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:49

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:49 - According to the commandment of the LORD through Moses they were listed, each one with his task of serving or carrying. Thus they were listed by him, as the LORD commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:11 - Moses said to the LORD, “Why have you dealt ill with your servant? And why have I not found favor in your sight, that you lay the burden of all this people on me?

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:17 - And I will come down and talk with you there. And I will take some of the Spirit that is on you and put it on them, and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, so that you may not bear it yourself alone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:12 - How can I bear by myself the weight and burden of you and your strife?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:33 - David said to him, “If you go on with me, you will be a burden to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:35

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:35 - I am this day eighty years old. Can I discern what is pleasant and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or what he drinks? Can I still listen to the voice of singing men and singing women? Why then should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:17 - Then Naaman said, “If not, please let there be given to your servant two mule loads of earth, for from now on your servant will not offer burnt offering or sacrifice to any god but the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 8:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:9 - So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, all kinds of goods of Damascus, forty camels’ loads. When he came and stood before him, he said, “Your son Ben-hadad king of Syria has sent me to you, saying, ‘Shall I recover from this sickness?’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:25 - Jehu said to Bidkar his aide, “Take him up and throw him on the plot of ground belonging to Naboth the Jezreelite. For remember, when you and I rode side by side behind Ahab his father, how the LORD made this pronouncement against him:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:22 - Chenaniah, leader of the Levites in music, should direct the music, for he understood it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:27 - David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, as also were all the Levites who were carrying the ark, and the singers and Chenaniah the leader of the music of the singers. And David wore a linen ephod.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 17:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:11 - Some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents and silver for tribute, and the Arabians also brought him 7,700 rams and 7,700 goats.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:25 - When Jehoshaphat and his people came to take their spoil, they found among them, in great numbers, goods, clothing, and precious things, which they took for themselves until they could carry no more. They were three days in taking the spoil, it was so much.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 24:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:27 - Accounts of his sons and of the many oracles against him and of the rebuilding[fn] of the house of God are written in the Story[fn] of the Book of the Kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:3 - And he said to the Levites who taught all Israel and who were holy to the LORD, “Put the holy ark in the house that Solomon the son of David, king of Israel, built. You need not carry it on your shoulders. Now serve the LORD your God and his people Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:15 - In those days I saw in Judah people treading winepresses on the Sabbath, and bringing in heaps of grain and loading them on donkeys, and also wine, grapes, figs, and all kinds of loads, which they brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. And I warned them on the day when they sold food.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:19 - As soon as it began to grow dark at the gates of Jerusalem before the Sabbath, I commanded that the doors should be shut and gave orders that they should not be opened until after the Sabbath. And I stationed some of my servants at the gates, that no load might be brought in on the Sabbath day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:20 - If I sin, what do I do to you, you watcher of mankind?
Why have you made me your mark?
Why have I become a burden to you?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 38:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:4 - For my iniquities have gone over my head;
like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:1 - The words of Agur son of Jakeh. The oracle.[fn]
The man declares, I am weary, O God;
I am weary, O God, and worn out.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 31:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:1 - The words of King Lemuel. An oracle that his mother taught him:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 13:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:1 - The oracle concerning Babylon which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:28

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:28 - In the year that King Ahaz died came this oracle:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 15:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:1 - An oracle concerning Moab.
Because Ar of Moab is laid waste in a night,
Moab is undone;
because Kir of Moab is laid waste in a night,
Moab is undone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 17:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:1 - An oracle concerning Damascus.
Behold, Damascus will cease to be a city
and will become a heap of ruins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:1 - An oracle concerning Egypt.
Behold, the LORD is riding on a swift cloud
and comes to Egypt;
and the idols of Egypt will tremble at his presence,
and the heart of the Egyptians will melt within them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 21:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:1 - The oracle concerning the wilderness of the sea.
As whirlwinds in the Negeb sweep on,
it comes from the wilderness,
from a terrible land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 21:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:11 - The oracle concerning Dumah.
One is calling to me from Seir,
“Watchman, what time of the night?
Watchman, what time of the night?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:13 - The oracle concerning Arabia.
In the thickets in Arabia you will lodge,
O caravans of Dedanites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 22:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:1 - The oracle concerning the valley of vision.
What do you mean that you have gone up,
all of you, to the housetops,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 22:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:25 - In that day, declares the LORD of hosts, the peg that was fastened in a secure place will give way, and it will be cut down and fall, and the load that was on it will be cut off, for the LORD has spoken.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 23:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:1 - The oracle concerning Tyre.
Wail, O ships of Tarshish,
for Tyre is laid waste, without house or harbor!
From the land of Cyprus[fn]
it is revealed to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:6 - An oracle on the beasts of the Negeb.
Through a land of trouble and anguish,
from where come the lioness and the lion,
the adder and the flying fiery serpent,
they carry their riches on the backs of donkeys,
and their treasures on the humps of camels,
to a people that cannot profit them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 46:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:1 - Bel bows down; Nebo stoops;
their idols are on beasts and livestock;
these things you carry are borne
as burdens on weary beasts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 46:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:2 - They stoop; they bow down together;
they cannot save the burden,
but themselves go into captivity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:21 - Thus says the LORD: Take care for the sake of your lives, and do not bear a burden on the Sabbath day or bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:22 - And do not carry a burden out of your houses on the Sabbath or do any work, but keep the Sabbath day holy, as I commanded your fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:24 - “‘But if you listen to me, declares the LORD, and bring in no burden by the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, but keep the Sabbath day holy and do no work on it,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:27 - But if you do not listen to me, to keep the Sabbath day holy, and not to bear a burden and enter by the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle a fire in its gates, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem and shall not be quenched.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:33 - “When one of this people, or a prophet or a priest asks you, ‘What is the burden of the LORD?’ you shall say to them, ‘You are the burden,[fn] and I will cast you off, declares the LORD.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:34 - And as for the prophet, priest, or one of the people who says, ‘The burden of the LORD,’ I will punish that man and his household.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:36 - But ‘the burden of the LORD’ you shall mention no more, for the burden is every man’s own word, and you pervert the words of the living God, the LORD of hosts, our God.

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