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Lexicon :: Strong's H4853 - maśśā'

Aa
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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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)

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:5 - “If H3588 you see H7200 the donkey H2543 of one who hates H8130 you lying H7257 helpless under H8478 its load, H4853 you shall refrain H2308 from leaving H5800 it to him, you shall surely H5800 release H5800 it with him.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:15 - “When Aaron H175 and his sons H1121 have finished H3615 covering H3680 the holy H6944 objects and all H3605 the furnishings H3627 of the sanctuary, H6944 when the camp H4264 is to set H5265 out, after H310 that the sons H1121 of Kohath H6955 shall come H935 to carry H5375 them, so that they will not touch H5060 the holy H6944 objects and die. H4191 These H428 are the [fn]things H4853 in the tent H168 of meeting H4150 which the sons H1121 of Kohath H6955 are to carry. H4853
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:19 - “But do H6213 this H2088 to them that they may live H2421 and not die H4191 when they approach H5066 the most H6944 holy H6944 objects: Aaron H175 and his sons H1121 shall go H935 in and assign H7760 each H376 of them to his work H5656 and to his load; H4853
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:24 - “This H2088 is the service H5656 of the families H4940 of the Gershonites, H1649 in serving H5647 and in carrying: H4853
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:27 - “All H3605 the service H5656 of the sons H1121 of the Gershonites, H1649 in all H3605 their loads H4853 and in all H3605 their work, H5656 shall be performed at the [fn]command H6310 of Aaron H175 and his sons; H1121 and you shall assign H6485 to them as a duty H4931 all H3605 their loads. H4853
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:31 - “Now this H2088 is the duty H4931 of their loads, H4853 for all H3605 their service H5656 in the tent H168 of meeting: H4150 the boards H7175 of the tabernacle H4908 and its bars H1280 and its pillars H5982 and its [fn]sockets, H134
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:32 - and the pillars H5982 around H5439 the court H2691 and their [fn]sockets H134 and their pegs H3489 and their cords, H4340 with all H3605 their equipment H3627 and with all H3605 their service; H5656 and you shall assign H6485 each man by name H8034 the items H3627 [fn]he is to carry. H4853
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:47 - from thirty H7970 years H8141 and upward H4605 even to fifty H2572 years H8141 old, H1121 everyone H3605 who could enter H935 to do H5647 the work H5647 of service H5656 and the work H5656 of carrying H4853 in the tent H168 of meeting. H4150
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:49 - According H5921 to the [fn]commandment H6310 of the LORD H3068 [fn]through H3027 Moses, H4872 they were numbered, H6485 everyone H376 by his serving H5656 or carrying; H4853 thus these were his numbered H6485 men, just H834 as the LORD H3068 had commanded H6680 Moses. H4872
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:11 - So Moses H4872 said H559 to the LORD, H3068 “Why H4100 have You [fn]been so hard H7489 on Your servant? H5650 And why H4100 have I not found H4672 favor H2580 in Your sight, H5869 that You have laid H7760 the burden H4853 of all H3605 this H2088 people H5971 on me?
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:17 - “Then I will come H3381 down H3381 and speak H1696 with you there, H8033 and I will take H680 of the Spirit H7307 who H834 is upon you, and will put H7760 Him upon them; and they shall bear H5375 the burden H4853 of the people H5971 with you, so that you will not bear H5375 it all alone. H905
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:12 - ‘How H351 can I alone H905 bear H5375 the load H2960 and burden H4853 of you and your strife? H7379
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:33 - David H1732 said H559 to him, “If H518 you pass H5674 over H5674 with me, then you will be a burden H4853 to me.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:35 - “I am [fn]now H3117 eighty H8084 years H8141 old. H1121 Can I distinguish H3045 between H996 good H2896 and bad? H7451 Or H518 can your servant H5650 taste H2938 what H834 I eat H398 or what H834 I drink? H8354 Or H518 can I hear H8085 anymore H5750 the voice H6963 of singing H7891 men and women? Why H4100 then should your servant H5650 be an added H5750 burden H4853 to my lord H113 the king? H4428
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:17 - Naaman H5283 said, H559 “If not, please H4994 let your servant H5650 at least be given H5414 two H6776 mules’ H6505 load H4853 of earth; H127 for your servant H5650 will no H3808 longer H5750 offer H6213 burnt H5930 offering H5930 nor H3808 will he sacrifice H2077 to other H312 gods, H430 but to the LORD. H3068
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:9 - So Hazael H2371 went H1980 to meet H7122 him and took H3947 a gift H4503 in his hand, H3027 even every H3605 kind of good H2898 thing H2898 of Damascus, H1834 forty H705 camels’ H1581 loads; H4853 and he came H935 and stood H5975 before H6440 him and said, H559 “Your son H1121 Ben-hadad H1130 king H4428 of Aram H758 has sent H7971 me to you, saying, H559 ‘Will I recover H2421 from this H2088 sickness?’” H2483
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:25 - Then Jehu said H559 to Bidkar H920 his officer, H7991 “Take H5375 him up and cast H7993 him into the [fn]property H2513 of the field H7704 of Naboth H5022 the Jezreelite, H3158 for I remember H2142 when [fn]you and I were riding H7392 together H6776 after H310 Ahab H256 his father, H1 that the LORD H3068 laid H5375 this H2088 oracle H4853 against H5921 him:
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:22 - Chenaniah, H3663 chief H8269 of the Levites, H3881 was in charge of the singing; H4853 he gave H3256 instruction H3256 in singing H4853 because H3588 he was skillful. H995
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:27 - Now David H1732 was clothed H3736 with a robe H4598 of fine H948 linen H948 with all H3605 the Levites H3881 who were carrying H5375 the ark, H727 and the singers H7891 and Chenaniah H3663 the leader H8269 of the singing H4853 with the singers. H7891 David H1732 also wore H5921 an ephod H646 of linen. H906
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:11 - Some H4480 of the Philistines H6430 brought H935 gifts H4503 and silver H3701 as tribute H4853 to Jehoshaphat; H3092 the Arabians H6163 also H1571 brought H935 him flocks, H6629 7,700 H7651 H505 H7651 H3967 rams H352 and 7,700 H7651 H505 H7651 H3967 male H8495 goats. H8495
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:25 - When Jehoshaphat H3092 and his people H5971 came H935 to take H962 their spoil, H7998 they found H4672 much H7230 among them, including goods, H7399 [fn]garments H899 and valuable H2532 things H3627 which they took H5337 for themselves, more than H4480 they could carry. H4853 And they were three H7969 days H3117 taking H962 the spoil H7998 because H3588 there was so much. H7227
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:27 - As to his sons H1121 and the many H7230 [fn]oracles H4853 against H5921 him and the [fn]rebuilding H3245 of the house H1004 of God, H430 behold, H2009 they are written H3789 in the [fn]treatise H4097 of the Book H5612 of the Kings. H4428 Then Amaziah H558 his son H1121 became H4427 king H4427 in his place. H8478
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:3 - He also said H559 to the Levites H3881 who taught H995 all H3605 Israel H3478 and who were holy H6918 to the LORD, H3068 “Put H5414 the holy H6944 ark H727 in the house H1004 which H834 Solomon H8010 the son H1121 of David H1732 king H4428 of Israel H3478 built; H1129 it will be a burden H4853 on your shoulders H3802 no H369 longer. Now H6258 serve H5647 the LORD H3068 your God H430 and His people H5971 Israel. H3478
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:15 - In those H1992 days H3117 I saw H7200 in Judah H3063 some who were treading H1869 wine H1660 presses H1660 on the sabbath, H7676 and bringing H935 in sacks H6194 of grain H6194 and loading H6006 them on donkeys, H2543 as well H637 as wine, H3196 grapes, H6025 figs H8384 and all H3605 kinds of loads, H4853 and they brought H935 them into Jerusalem H3389 on the sabbath H7676 day. H3117 So I admonished H5749 them on the day H3117 they sold H4376 food. H6718
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:19 - It came H1961 about that just H834 as it grew H6751 dark H6751 at the gates H8179 of Jerusalem H3389 before H6440 the sabbath, H7676 I commanded H559 that the doors H1817 should be shut H5462 [fn]and that they should not open H6605 them until H5704 after H310 the sabbath. H7676 Then I stationed H5975 some of my servants H5288 at the gates H8179 so that no H3808 load H4853 would enter H935 on the sabbath H7676 day. H3117
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:20 - “Have I sinned? H2398 What H4100 have I done H6466 to You,
O watcher H5341 of men? H120
Why H4100 have You set H7760 me as Your target, H4645
So that I am H1961 a burden H4853 to myself?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:4 - For my iniquities H5771 are gone H5674 over H5674 my head; H7218
As a heavy H3515 burden H4853 they weigh H3513 too H4480 much H3515 for me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:1 - The words H1697 of Agur H94 the son H1121 of Jakeh, H3348 the [fn]oracle. H4853 The man H1397 declares H5002 to Ithiel, H384 to Ithiel H384 and Ucal: H401
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:1 - The words H1697 of King H4428 Lemuel, H3927 the [fn]oracle H4853 which H834 his mother H517 taught H3256 him:
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:1 - The [fn]oracle H4853 concerning Babylon H894 which H834 Isaiah H3470 the son H1121 of Amoz H531 saw. H2372
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:28 - In the year H8141 that King H4428 Ahaz H271 died H4194 this H2088 [fn]oracle H4853 came: H1961
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:1 - The [fn]oracle H4853 concerning Moab. H4124
Surely H3588 in a night H3915 Ar H6144 of Moab H4124 is devastated H7703 and ruined; H1820
Surely H3588 in a night H3915 Kir H7024 of Moab H4124 is devastated H7703 and ruined. H1820
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:1 - The [fn]oracle H4853 concerning Damascus. H1834
“Behold, H2009 Damascus H1834 is about to be removed H5493 from being a city H5892
And will become H1961 a fallen H4654 ruin. H4596
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:1 - The [fn]oracle H4853 concerning Egypt. H4714
Behold, H2009 the LORD H3068 is riding H7392 on a swift H7031 cloud H5645 and is about to come H935 to Egypt; H4714
The idols H457 of Egypt H4714 will tremble H5128 at His presence, H6440
And the heart H3824 of the Egyptians H4714 will melt H4549 within H7130 them.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:1 - The [fn]oracle H4853 concerning the [fn]wilderness H4057 of the sea. H3220
As windstorms H5492 in the [fn]Negev H5045 sweep H2498 on,
It comes H935 from the wilderness, H4057 from a terrifying H3372 land. H776
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:11 - The [fn]oracle H4853 concerning [fn]Edom. H123
One keeps calling H7121 to me from Seir, H8165
“Watchman, H8104 [fn]how H4100 far gone H4480 is the night? H3915
Watchman, H8104 [fn]how H4100 far gone H4480 is the night?” H3915
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:13 - The [fn]oracle H4853 about Arabia. H6152
In the thickets H3293 of Arabia H6152 you [fn]must spend H3885 the night, H3885
O caravans H736 of Dedanites. H1720
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:1 - The [fn]oracle H4853 concerning the valley H1516 of vision. H2384
What H4100 is the matter with you now, H645 that you have all H3605 gone H5927 up to the housetops? H1406
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:25 - “In that day,” H3117 declares H5002 the LORD H3068 of hosts, H6635 “the peg H3489 driven H8628 in a firm H539 place H4725 will give H4185 way; H4185 it will even break H1438 off H1438 and fall, H5307 and the load H4853 hanging on it will be cut H3772 off, H3772 for the LORD H3068 has spoken.” H1696
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:1 - The [fn]oracle H4853 concerning Tyre. H6865
Wail, H3213 O ships H591 of Tarshish, H8659
For Tyre is destroyed, H7703 without H4480 house H1004 or [fn]harbor; H935
It is reported H1540 to them from the land H776 of [fn]Cyprus. H3794
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:6 - The [fn]oracle H4853 concerning the beasts H929 of the Negev. H5045
Through a land H776 of distress H6869 and anguish, H6695
From [fn]where H1992 come lioness H3833 and lion, H3918 viper H660 and flying H5774 serpent, H8314
They carry H5375 their riches H2428 on the [fn]backs H3802 of young H5895 donkeys H5895
And their treasures H214 on camels’ H1581 humps, H1707
To a people H5971 who cannot H3808 profit H3276 them;
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:1 - Bel H1078 has bowed H3766 down, H3766 Nebo H5015 stoops H7164 over; H7164
Their images H6091 are consigned to the beasts H2416 and the cattle. H929
The things H5385 [fn]that you carry H5385 are burdensome, H6006
A load H4853 for the weary H5889 beast.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:2 - They stooped H7164 over, H7164 they have bowed H3766 down H3766 together; H3162
They could H3201 not rescue H4422 the burden, H4853
But [fn]have themselves H5315 gone H1980 into captivity. H7628
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:21 - ‘Thus H3541 says H559 the LORD, H3068 “Take H8104 heed H8104 for yourselves, H5315 and do not carry H5375 any load H4853 on the sabbath H7676 day H3117 or bring H935 anything in through the gates H8179 of Jerusalem. H3389
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:22 - “You shall not bring H3318 a load H4853 out of your houses H1004 on the sabbath H7676 day H3117 nor H3808 do H6213 any H3605 work, H4399 but keep H6942 the sabbath H7676 day H3117 holy, H6942 as I commanded H6680 your [fn]forefathers. H1
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:24 - “But it will come H1961 about, if H518 you listen H8085 attentively H8085 to Me,” declares H5002 the LORD, H3068 “to bring H935 no H1115 load H4853 in through the gates H8179 of this H2088 city H5892 on the sabbath H7676 day, H3117 but to keep H6942 the sabbath H7676 day H3117 holy H6942 by doing H6213 no H1115 H3605 work H4399 on it,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:27 - “But if H518 you do not listen H8085 to Me to keep H6942 the sabbath H7676 day H3117 holy H6942 by not carrying H5375 a load H4853 and coming H935 in through the gates H8179 of Jerusalem H3389 on the sabbath H7676 day, H3117 then I will kindle H3341 a fire H784 in its gates H8179 and it will devour H398 the palaces H759 of Jerusalem H3389 and not be quenched.”’” H3518
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:33 - “Now when H3588 this H2088 people H5971 or H176 the prophet H5030 or H176 a priest H3548 asks H7592 you saying, H559 ‘What H4100 is the [fn]oracle H4853 of the LORD?’ H3068 then you shall say H559 to them, ‘What H4100 [fn]oracle?’ H4853 The LORD H3068 declares, H5002 ‘I will abandon H5203 you.’
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:34 - “Then as for the prophet H5030 or the priest H3548 or the people H5971 who H834 say, H559 ‘The oracle H4853 of the LORD,’ H3068 I will bring H6485 punishment H6485 upon that man H376 and his household. H1004
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:36 - “For you will no H3808 longer H5750 remember H2142 the oracle H4853 of the LORD, H3068 because H3588 every H376 man’s H376 own word H1697 will become H1961 the oracle, H4853 and you have perverted H2015 the words H1697 of the living H2416 God, H430 the LORD H3068 of hosts, H6635 our God. H430

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Daily Devotionals

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan