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Lexicon :: Strong's H5254 - nāsâ

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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 BoxExo 16:4 - Then said H559 the LORD H3068 unto H413 Moses, H4872 Behold, I H2005 will rain H4305 bread H3899 from H4480 heaven H8064 for you; and H3318➔ the people H5971 shall go out ➔H3318 and gather H3950 a certain rate H1697 every day, H3117 that H3117 H4616 I may prove them, H5254 whether they will walk H3212 in my law, H8451 or H518 no. H3808

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:2 - Wherefore H7378➔ the people H5971 did chide ➔H7378 with H5973 Moses, H4872 and said, H559 Give H5414 us water H4325 that we may drink. H8354 And H559➔ Moses H4872 said ➔H559 unto them, Why H4100 chide ye H7378 with me? H5978 wherefore H4100 do ye tempt H5254 the LORD? H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:20 - And H559➔ Moses H4872 said ➔H559 unto H413 the people, H5971 Fear H3372 not: H408 for H3588 God H430 is come H935 to H5668 prove H5254 you, H853 and that H5668 his fear H3374 may be H1961 before H5921 your faces, H6440 that H1115➔ ye sin H2398 not. ➔H1115

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:16 - Who fed thee H398 in the wilderness H4057 with manna, H4478 which H834 thy fathers H1 knew H3045 not, H3808 that H4616 he might humble thee, H6031 and that H4616 he might prove thee, H5254 to do thee good H3190 at thy latter end; H319

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:56 - The tender H7390 and delicate woman H6028 among you, which H834 would H5254➔ not H3808 adventure ➔ H5254 to set H3322 the sole H3709 of her foot H7272 upon H5921 the ground H776 for delicateness H6026 and tenderness, H7391 her eye H5869 shall be evil H7489 toward the husband H376 of her bosom, H2436 and toward her son, H1121 and toward her daughter, H1323

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:8 - And of Levi H3878 he said, H559 Let thy Thummim H8550 and thy Urim H224 be with H376➔ thy holy H2623 one, ➔H376 whom H834 thou didst prove H5254 at Massah, H4532 and with whom thou didst strive H7378 at H5921 the waters H4325 of Meribah; H4809

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:1 - Now these H428 are the nations H1471 which H834 the LORD H3068 left, H3240 to prove H5254 Israel H3478 by them, even as many H3605 of Israel as H834 had H3045➔ not H3808 known ➔H3045 all H3605 the wars H4421 of Canaan; H3667

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:39 - And H2296➔ David H1732 girded ➔H2296 his sword H2719 upon H5921 his armour, H4055 and he assayed H2974 to go; H3212 for H3588 he had H5254➔ not H3808 proved ➔ H5254 it. And H559➔ David H1732 said ➔H559 unto H413 Saul, H7586 I H3201 cannot H3808 go H3212 with these; H428 for H3588 I have H5254➔ not H3808 proved ➔ H5254 them. And H5493➔ David H1732 put them ➔H5493 off him. H5921

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:1 - And when the queen H4436 of Sheba H7614 heard H8085 of the fame H8088 of Solomon, H8010 she came H935 to prove H5254 Solomon H8010 with hard questions H2420 at Jerusalem, H3389 with a H2428➔ very H3966 great H3515 company, ➔H2428 and camels H1581 that bare H5375 spices, H1314 and gold H2091 in abundance, H7230 and H68➔ precious H3368 stones: ➔H68 and when she was come H935 to H413 Solomon, H8010 she communed H1696 with him H5973 of all H3605 that H834 was H1961 in H5973 her heart. H3824

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:31 - Howbeit H3651 in the business of the ambassadors H3887 of the princes H8269 of Babylon, H894 who sent H7971 unto him H5921 to enquire H1875 of the wonder H4159 that H834 was H1961 done in the land, H776 God H430 left him, H5800 to try him, H5254 that he might know H3045 all H3605 that was in his heart. H3824

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:2 - If we assay H5254 to commune H1697 with thee, H413 wilt thou be grieved? H3811 but H6113➔ who H4310 can H3201 withhold himself ➔H6113 from speaking? H4405

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:2 - Examine me, H974 O LORD, H3068 and prove me; H5254 try H6884 my reins H3629 and my heart. H3820

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:18 - And they tempted H5254 God H410 in their heart H3824 by asking H7592 meat H400 for their lust. H5315

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:41 - Yea, they turned back H7725 and tempted H5254 God, H410 and H6918➔ limited H8428 the Holy One ➔H6918 of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:56 - Yet they tempted H5254 and provoked H4784 the most high H5945 God, H430 and H5713➔ kept H8104 not H3808 his testimonies: ➔H5713

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:9 - When H834 your fathers H1 tempted me, H5254 proved me, H974 and H1571 saw H7200 my work. H6467

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:14 - But lusted H183 exceedingly H8378 in the wilderness, H4057 and tempted H5254 God H410 in the desert. H3452

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:1 - I H589 said H559 in mine heart, H3820 Go to H3212 now, H4994 I will prove thee H5254 with mirth, H8057 therefore enjoy H7200 pleasure: H2896 and, behold, H2009 this H1931 also H1571 is vanity. H1892

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:12 - Prove H5254 thy servants, H5650 I beseech thee, H4994 ten H6235 days; H3117 and let them give H5414 us pulse H2235 to eat, H398 and water H4325 to drink. H8354

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