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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
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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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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Strong's Number H5254 matches the Hebrew נָסָה (nāsâ),
which occurs 36 times in 34 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:1 - Now after these things, God put Abraham to the test, and said to him, Abraham; and he said, Here am I.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:25 - And in answer to his prayer, the Lord made him see a tree, and when he put it into the water, the water was made sweet. There he gave them a law and an order, testing them;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:4 - Then the Lord said to Moses, See, I will send down bread from heaven for you; and the people will go out every day and get enough for the day's needs; so that I may put them to the test to see if they will keep my laws or not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:2 - So the people were angry with Moses, and said, Give us water for drinking. And Moses said, Why are you angry with me? and why do you put God to the test?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:7 - And he gave that place the name Massah and Meribah, because the children of Israel were angry, and because they put the Lord to the test, saying, Is the Lord with us or not?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:20 - And Moses said to the people, Have no fear: for God has come to put you to the test, so that fearing him you may be kept from sin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:22 - Because all these men, having seen my glory and the signs which I have done in Egypt and in the waste land, still have put me to the test ten times, and have not given ear to my voice;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:34

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:34 - Has God ever before taken a nation for himself from out of another nation, by punishments and signs and wonders, by war and by a strong hand and a stretched-out arm and great acts of wonder and fear, as the Lord your God did for you in Egypt, before your very eyes?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:16 - Do not put the Lord your God to the test as you did in Massah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:2 - And keep in mind the way by which the Lord your God has taken you through the waste land these forty years, so that he might make low your pride and put you to the test, to see what was in your heart and if you would keep his orders or not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:16 - Who gave you manna for your food in the waste land, a food which your fathers had never seen; so that your pride might be broken and your hearts tested for your good in the end;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:3 - Then give no attention to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams: for the Lord your God is testing you, to see if all the love of your heart and soul is given to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:56

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:56 - The most soft and delicate of your women, who would not so much as put her foot on the earth, so delicate is she, will be hard-hearted to her husband and to her son and to her daughter;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:8 - And of Levi he said, Give your Thummim to Levi and let the Urim be with your loved one, whom you put to the test at Massah, with whom you were angry at the waters of Meribah;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:22 - In order to put Israel to the test, and see if they will keep the way of the Lord, walking in it as their fathers did, or not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:1 - Now these are the nations which the Lord kept in the land for the purpose of testing Israel by them, all those who had had no experience of all the wars of Canaan;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:4 - For the purpose of testing Israel by them, to see if they would give ear to the orders of the Lord, which he had given to their fathers by the hand of Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:39 - Then Gideon said to God, Do not be moved to wrath against me if I say only this: let me make one more test with the wool; let the wool now be dry, while the earth is covered with dew.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:39 - And David took Saul's sword and put the band round him over the metal coat, and was unable to go forward; for he was not used to them. Then David said to Saul, It is not possible for me to go out with these, for I am not used to them. So David took them off.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:1 - Now the queen of Sheba, hearing great things of Solomon, came to put his wisdom to the test with hard questions.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:1 - Now the queen of Sheba, hearing great things of Solomon, came to Jerusalem to put his wisdom to the test with hard questions; and with her came a very great train, and camels weighted down with spices, and great stores of gold and jewels: and when she came to Solomon she had talk with him of everything in her mind.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:31 - However, in the business of the representatives sent by the rulers of Babylon to get news of the wonder which had taken place in the land, God gave up guiding him, testing him to see what was in his heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:2 - If one says a word, will it be a weariness to you? but who is able to keep from saying what is in his mind?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:2 - Put me in the scales, O Lord, so that I may be tested; let the fire make clean my thoughts and my heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:18 - Testing God in their hearts, requesting meat for their desire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:41

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:41 - Again they put God to the test, and gave pain to the Holy One of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:56

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:56 - But they were bitter against the Most High God, testing him, and not keeping his laws;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:9 - When your fathers put me to the test and saw my power and my work.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:14 - They gave way to their evil desires in the waste land, and put God to the test in the dry places.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:1 - I said in my heart, I will give you joy for a test; so take your pleasure--but it was to no purpose.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:23 - All this I have put to the test by wisdom; I said, I will be wise, but it was far from me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:12 - But Ahaz said, I will not put the Lord to the test by making such a request.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:12 - Put your servants to the test for ten days; let them give us grain for our food and water for our drink.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:14 - So he gave ear to them in this thing and put them to the test for ten days.
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