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Lexicon :: Strong's H5254 - nāsâ

Aa
נָסָה
Transliteration
nāsâ
Pronunciation
naw-saw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1373

Strong’s Definitions

נָסָה nâçâh, naw-saw'; a primitive root; to test; by implication, to attempt:—adventure, assay, prove, tempt, try.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 36x

The KJV translates Strong's H5254 in the following manner: prove (20x), tempt (12x), assay (2x), adventure (1x), try (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 36x
The KJV translates Strong's H5254 in the following manner: prove (20x), tempt (12x), assay (2x), adventure (1x), try (1x).

  1. to test, try, prove, tempt, assay, put to the proof or test

    1. (Piel)

      1. to test, try

      2. to attempt, assay, try

      3. to test, try, prove, tempt

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נָסָה nâçâh, naw-saw'; a primitive root; to test; by implication, to attempt:—adventure, assay, prove, tempt, try.
STRONGS H5254: Abbreviations
† [נָסָה] verb Pi. test, try (Late Hebrew id., Pi.; Targum Pa. נַסִּי; Syriac Pa. bdb065001; compare Ethiopic bdb065002 temptation); —
Pi. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נִסָּה Deuteronomy 4:34 + 3 times; suffix נִסָּהוּ Exodus 15:25; 3rd person feminine singular נִסְּתָה Deuteronomy 28:56; 1st person singular נִסִּיתִי Ecclesiastes 7:23, + 4 times Perfect; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix יְנַסֵּם Daniel 1:14; 1st person singular אֲנַסֶּה Judges 6:39; suffix אֲנַסְּכָה Ecclesiastes 2:2; 3rd person masculine plural יְנַסּוּ Numbers 14:22; 2nd person masculine plural תְּנַסּ֑וּן Exodus 17:2, + 7 times Imperfect; Imperative נַס Daniel 1:12; suffix נַסֵּנִי Psalm 26:2; Infinitive construct נַסּוֺת Exodus 20:20, + 8 times Infinitive; Participle מְנַסֶּה Deuteronomy 13:4; —
1. test, try (synonym בחן), absolute 1 Samuel 17:39 (a sword); with בְּ Judges 7:39; Ecclesiastes 2:1; with accusative Daniel 1:12, 14; accusative + בְּ 1 Kings 10:1 2 Chronicles 9:1; Ecclesiastes 7:23.
2. attempt, assay, try to do a thing, with Infinitive Deuteronomy 4:34; Deuteronomy 28:56; with accusative Job 4:2 (venture a word).
3. test, try, prove, tempt [but not in modern sense of the word: see DrDeuteronomy 6:16; Psalms 453, 483]
a. God tests or proves Abraham Genesis 22:1 (E), Israel Exodus 15:25; Exodus 20:20 (E), Exodus 16:4 (J), Deuteronomy 8:2, 16; Deuteronomy 13:4; with בְּ Judges 2:22; Judges 3:1, 4; tribe of Levi Deuteronomy 33:8 (poem); Hezekiah 2 Chronicles 32:31; psalmist Psalm 26:2.
b. Israel tests, or tries God: Exodus 17:2, 7; Numbers 14:22 (J), Deuteronomy 6:16; Psalm 78:18; Psalm 78:41; Psalm 78:56; Psalm 95:9; Psalm 106:14; so Ahaz, Isaiah 7:12.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

22:1

Exodus

15:25; 15:25; 16:4; 17:2; 17:2; 17:7; 20:20; 20:20

Numbers

14:22; 14:22

Deuteronomy

4:34; 4:34; 6:16; 6:16; 8:2; 8:16; 13:4; 13:4; 28:56; 28:56; 33:8

Judges

2:22; 3:1; 3:4; 6:39

1 Samuel

17:39

1 Kings

10:1

2 Chronicles

9:1; 32:31

Job

4:2

Psalms

26:2; 26:2; 78:18; 78:41; 78:56; 95:9; 106:14

Ecclesiastes

2:1; 2:2; 7:23; 7:23

Isaiah

7:12

Daniel

1:12; 1:12; 1:14; 1:14

H5254

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5254 matches the Hebrew נָסָה (nāsâ),
which occurs 36 times in 34 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Now it came H1961 about H1961 after H310 these H428 things H1697, that God H430 tested H5254 Abraham H85, and said H559 to him, “Abraham H85!” And he said H559, “Here H2009 I am.”

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There H8033 He made H7760 for them a statute H2706 and regulation H4941, and there H8033 He tested H5254 them.

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Then the LORD H3068 said H559 to Moses H4872, “Behold H2009, I will rain H4305 bread H3899 from heaven H8064 for you; and the people H5971 shall go H3318 out H3318 and gather H3950 a day’s H3117 portion H1697 every day H3117, so H4616 that H4616 I may test H5254 them, whether or H518 not they will walk H1980 in My [fn]instruction H8451.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:2 - So the people H5971 quarreled H7378 with Moses H4872 and said H559, “Give H5414 us water H4325 so that we may drink H8354!” And Moses H4872 said H559 to them, “Why H4100 do you quarrel H7378 with me? Why H4100 do you test H5254 the LORD H3068?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:20 - However, Moses H4872 said H559 to the people H5971, “Do not be H3372 afraid H3372; for God H430 has come H935 in order H5668 to test H5254 you, and in order H5668 that the fear H3374 of Him may [fn]remain H1961 H6440 with you, so that you will not sin H2398.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:34 - “Or H176 has a god H430 ventured H5254 to go H935 to take H3947 for himself a nation H1471 from within H7130 another nation H1471 by trials H4531, by signs H226 and wonders H4159, by war H4421, by a mighty H2389 hand H3027, by an outstretched H5186 arm H2220, and by great H1419 terrors H4172, [fn]just H3605 as the LORD H3068 your God H430 did H6213 for you in Egypt H4714 before your eyes H5869?

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“You shall not put H5254 the LORD H3068 your God H430 to H5254 the H5254 test H5254, as you tested H5254 Him at Massah H4532.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:2 - “And you shall remember H2142 all H3605 the way H1870 which H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 has led H1980 you in the wilderness H4057 these H2088 forty H705 years H8141, in H4616 order H4616 to H4616 humble H6031 you, putting H5254 you to H5254 the H5254 test H5254, to know H3045 what H834 was in your heart H3824, whether you would keep H8104 His commandments H4687 or H518 not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:16 - “In the wilderness H4057 it was He who fed H398 you manna H4478 which H834 your fathers H1 did not know H3045, in H4616 order H4616 to H4616 humble H6031 you and in H4616 order H4616 to H4616 put H5254 you to H5254 the H5254 test H5254, to do H3190 good H3190 for you [fn]in the end H319.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:3 - you shall not listen H8085 to the words H1697 of that prophet H5030 or H176 dreamer H2492 of dreams H2472; for the LORD H3068 your God H430 is testing H5254 you to find H3045 out H3045 whether you love H157 the LORD H3068 your God H430 with all H3605 your heart H3824 and with all H3605 your soul H5315.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:56 - “The [fn]refined H7390 and delicate H6028 woman H6028 among you, who H834 would not venture H5254 to set H3322 the sole H3709 of her foot H7272 on the ground H776 because H4480 of her delicateness H6026 and tenderness H7391, [fn]will be hostile H7489 toward the husband H376 [fn]she cherishes H2436 and toward her son H1121 and daughter H1323,

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Of Levi H3878 he said H559,

“Let Your Thummim H8550 and Your Urim H224 belong to Your godly H2623 man H376,

Whom H834 You tested H5254 at Massah H4532,

With [fn]whom You contended H7378 at the waters H4325 of Meribah H4809;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:22 - in H4616 order H4616 to H4616 test H5254 Israel H3478 by them, whether they will keep H8104 the way H1870 of the LORD H3068 to walk H1980 in it as their fathers H1 [fn]did H8104, or H518 not.”

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Now these H428 are the nations H1471 that the LORD H3068 left H5117, to test H5254 Israel H3478 by them (that is, all H3605 the Israelites who H834 had not [fn]experienced H3045 any H3605 of the wars H4421 of Canaan H3667;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:4 - They were left to test H5254 Israel H3478 by them, to find H3045 out H3045 if they would [fn]obey H8085 the commandments H4687 of the LORD H3068, which H834 He had commanded H6680 their fathers H1 [fn]through H3027 Moses H4872.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:39 - Then Gideon H1439 said H559 to God H430, “Do not let Your anger H639 burn H2734 against me, so that I may speak H1696 only H389 one more time H6471; please H4994 let me put H5254 You to H5254 the H5254 test H5254 only H7534 one more time H6471 with the fleece H1492: let it now H4994 be dry H2721 only H905 on the fleece H1492, and let there be dew H2919 on all H3605 the ground H776.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:39 - And David H1732 strapped H2296 on H2296 his sword H2719 over H4480 H5921 his military H4055 attire H4055 and struggled H2974 at walking H1980, for he had not trained H5254 with the armor. So David H1732 said H559 to Saul H7586, “I cannot H3201 H3808 go H1980 with these H428, because H3588 I have not trained H5254 with them.” And David H1732 took H5493 them [fn]off H4480 H5921.

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Now when the queen H4436 of Sheba H7614 heard H8085 about the fame H8088 of Solomon H8010 in relation to the name H8034 of the LORD H3068, she came H935 to test H5254 him with riddles H2420.

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Now when the queen H4436 of Sheba H7614 heard H8085 about the fame H8088 of Solomon H8010, she came H935 to Jerusalem H3389 to test H5254 Solomon H8010 with riddles H2420. She had a very H3966 large H3515 entourage H2428, with camels H1581 carrying H5375 balsam H1314 oil H1314 and a large H7230 amount H7230 of gold H2091 and precious H3368 stones H68; and when she came H935 to Solomon H8010, she spoke H1696 with him about everything H3605 that was on her heart H3824.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:31 - Even H3651 in the matter of the messengers H3887 of the rulers H8269 of Babylon H894, who were sent H7971 to him to inquire H1875 about the wonder H4159 that had happened H1961 in the land H776; God H430 left H5800 him alone H5800 only to test H5254 him, so that He might know H3045 everything H3605 that was in his heart H3824.

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“If one ventures H5254 a word H1697 with you, will you become H3811 impatient H3811?

But who H4310 can H3201 refrain H6113 [fn]from speaking H4405?

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Examine H974 me, LORD H3068, and put H5254 me to H5254 the H5254 test H5254;

Refine H6884 my [fn]mind H3629 and my heart H3820.

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And in their heart H3824 they put H5254 God H410 to H5254 the H5254 test H5254

By asking H7592 for food H3978 [fn]that suited their taste H5315.

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Again H7725 and again they [fn]tempted H5254 God H410,

And pained H8428 the Holy H6918 One H6918 of Israel H3478.

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Yet they [fn]tempted H5254 and rebelled H4784 against H854 the Most H5945 High H5945 God H430

And did not keep H8104 His testimonies H5713,

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“When H834 your fathers H1 put H5254 Me to H5254 the H5254 test H5254,

They tested H974 Me, though H1571 they had seen H7200 My work H6467.

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But became H183 lustfully H8378 greedy H183 in the wilderness H4057,

And put H5254 God H410 to H5254 the H5254 test H5254 in the desert H3452.

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I said H559 [fn]to myself H3820, “Come H1980 now H4994, I will test H5254 you with pleasure H8057. So [fn]enjoy H7200 H2896 yourself.” And behold H2009, it too H1571 was futility H1892.

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I tested H5254 all H3605 this H2090 with wisdom H2451, and I said H559, “I will be H2449 wise H2449,” but wisdom was far H7350 from me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:12 - But Ahaz H271 said H559, “I will not ask H7592, nor H3808 will I put H5254 the LORD H3068 to H5254 the H5254 test H5254!”

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So he listened H8085 to them in this H2088 matter H1697, and put H5254 them to H5254 the H5254 test H5254 for ten H6235 days H3117.

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