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Lexicon :: Strong's H5387 - nāśî'

Aa
נָשִׂיא
Transliteration
nāśî'
Pronunciation
naw-see'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1421b,1421c

Strong’s Definitions

נָשִׂיא nâsîyʼ, naw-see'; or נָשִׂא nâsiʼ; from H5375; properly, an exalted one, i.e. a king or sheik; also a rising mist:—captain, chief, cloud, governor, prince, ruler, vapour.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 132x

The KJV translates Strong's H5387 in the following manner: prince (96x), captain (12x), chief (10x), ruler (6x), vapours (3x), governor (1x), chief (with H5387) (1x), clouds (1x), part (1x), prince (with H5387) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 132x
The KJV translates Strong's H5387 in the following manner: prince (96x), captain (12x), chief (10x), ruler (6x), vapours (3x), governor (1x), chief (with H5387) (1x), clouds (1x), part (1x), prince (with H5387) (1x).

  1. one lifted up, chief, prince, captain, leader

  2. rising mist, vapour

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נָשִׂיא nâsîyʼ, naw-see'; or נָשִׂא nâsiʼ; from H5375; properly, an exalted one, i.e. a king or sheik; also a rising mist:—captain, chief, cloud, governor, prince, ruler, vapour.
STRONGS H5387: Abbreviations
I. נָשִׂיא 128 noun masculine one lifted up, i.e. a chief prince; — absolute נ׳ Exodus 22:27 +; construct נְשִׂיא Genesis 23:6 +; plural נְשִׂיאִים Joshua 22:32 +, נְשִׂיאִים Joshua 22:32 +, נְשִׂאִים Exodus 34:31 + 7 times, נְשִׂיאִם Genesis 17:20 + 3 times, נְשִׂאִם Exodus 35:27; construct נְשִׂיאֵי Exodus 16:22 +; suffix נְשִׂיאַי Ezekiel 45:8, נְשִׂיאֶיהָ Ezekiel 32:29, נְשִׂיאֵיהֶם Numbers 17:21, נְשִׂיאֵהֶם Numbers 17:17, etc.; — mostly in Israel:
1. בְּעַמְּךָ נ׳ of any chief man, Exodus 22:27 (E; human ruler, over against אֱלֹהִים).
2. of Solomon 1 Kings 11:34. Elsewhere only Ezekiel, P, Chronicles: —
3. of Abraham Genesis 23:6, and heads of Ishmaelite tribes Genesis 17:20; Genesis 25:16.
4. rulers of the congregation, נְשִׂיאֵי הָעֵדָה Exodus 16:22; Joshua 9:15, 18; Joshua 22:30, בָּעֵדָה הַנּ׳ Exodus 34:31, compare Exodus 35:27; Leviticus 4:22; Joshua 9:18b; Joshua 9:19, 21 (twice in verse); Joshua 17:4; Joshua 22:14 (3 times in verse); Joshua 22:32 (all P); especially
5. tribal chiefs and representatives, according to the religious organization of P, Numbers 1:16, 44; Numbers 2:3 + 57 times Numbers (especially chapters 2, 7, 34; note נְשִׂיא נְשִׂיאֵי הַלֵּוִי Numbers 3:32); compare 1 Chronicles 2:10; 1 Chronicles 4:38; 1 Chronicles 5:6; 1 Chronicles 7:40; 2 Chronicles 1:2, also 1 Kings 8:1 (probably gloss, omitted by Greek Version of the LXX Benz), 2 Chronicles 5:2.
6. in Ezekiel:
a. of Zedekiah (for מֶלֶךְ see Böhmer8K 1900, 112 ff.), Ezekiel 7:27; Ezekiel 12:10, 12; Ezekiel 21:30, + Ezekiel 19:1 (read singular Greek Version of the LXX Ew Hi Co Berthol Toy).
b. chief men of Judah Ezekiel 21:17; Ezekiel 22:6; Ezekiel 45:8, 9.
c. future Davidic king Ezekiel 34:24; Ezekiel 37:25, compare Ezekiel 44:3 (twice in verse) + 16 times Ezekiel 45, 46, 48.
d. foreign princes Ezekiel 26:16; Ezekiel 27:21; Ezekiel 30:13; Ezekiel 32:29; Ezekiel 38:2, 3; Ezekiel 39:1, 18.
7. leader of exiles returning under Cyrus, according to Ezra 1:8.
8. non-Israel chiefs in P: Genesis 34:2; Numbers 25:18; Joshua 13:21.

† II. [נָשִׂיא] noun [masculine] rising mist, vapour (Arabic bdb067201, bdb067202); — only plural נְשִׂאִים vapours, forming clouds, and portending rain, Jeremiah 10:13 = Jeremiah 51:16, Psalm 135:7, נְשִׂיאִים Proverbs 25:14.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

17:20; 17:20; 23:6; 23:6; 25:16; 34:2

Exodus

16:22; 16:22; 22:27; 22:27; 34:31; 34:31; 35:27; 35:27

Leviticus

4:22

Numbers

1:16; 1:44; 2:3; 3:32; 25:18

Joshua

9:15; 9:18; 9:18; 9:19; 9:21; 13:21; 17:4; 22:14; 22:30; 22:32; 22:32; 22:32

1 Kings

8:1; 11:34

1 Chronicles

2:10; 4:38; 5:6; 7:40

2 Chronicles

1:2; 5:2

Ezra

1:8

Psalms

135:7

Proverbs

25:14

Jeremiah

10:13; 51:16

Ezekiel

7:27; 12:10; 12:12; 19:1; 21:17; 21:30; 22:6; 26:16; 27:21; 30:13; 32:29; 32:29; 34:24; 37:25; 38:2; 38:3; 39:1; 39:18; 44:3; 45:8; 45:8; 45:9

H5387

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Strong's Number H5387 matches the Hebrew נָשִׂיא (nāśî'),
which occurs 134 times in 120 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 17:20–Num 17:6)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:6 - “Hear H8085 us, my lord, H113 you are a [fn]mighty H430 prince H5387 among H8432 us; bury H6912 your dead H4191 in the choicest H4005 of our graves; H6913 none H376 H3808 of us will refuse H3607 you his grave H6913 for burying H6912 your dead.” H4191

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:16 - These H428 are the sons H1121 of Ishmael H3458 and these H428 are their names, H8034 by their villages, H2691 and by their camps; H2918 twelve H8147 H6240 princes H5387 according to their [fn]tribes. H523

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:2 - When Shechem H7927 the son H1121 of Hamor H2544 the Hivite, H2340 the prince H5387 of the land, H776 saw H7200 her, he took H3947 her and lay H7901 with her [fn]by force. H6031

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:22 - Now on the sixth H8345 day H3117 they gathered H3950 twice H4932 as much H4932 bread, H3899 two H8147 omers H6016 for each H259 one. H259 When all H3605 the leaders H5387 of the congregation H5712 came H935 and told H5046 Moses, H4872

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:28 - “You shall not [fn]curse H7043 God, H430 nor H3808 curse H779 a ruler H5387 of your people. H5971

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:31 - Then Moses H4872 called H7121 to them, and Aaron H175 and all H3605 the rulers H5387 in the congregation H5712 returned H7725 to him; and Moses H4872 spoke H1696 to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:27 - The rulers H5387 brought H935 the onyx H7718 stones H68 and the stones H68 for setting H4394 for the ephod H646 and for the [fn]breastpiece; H2833

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:22 - ‘When H834 a leader H5387 sins H2398 and unintentionally H7684 does H6213 any H259 one H259 of all H3605 the [fn]things H4687 which H834 the LORD H3068 his God H430 has commanded H4687 not to be done, H6213 and he becomes H816 guilty, H816

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:16 - “These H428 are they who H7148 were called H7148 of the congregation, H5712 the leaders H5387 of their fathers’ H1 tribes; H4294 they were the heads H7218 of [fn]divisions H505 of Israel.” H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:44 - These H428 are the ones who were numbered, H6485 whom H834 Moses H4872 and Aaron H175 numbered, H6485 with the leaders H5387 of Israel, H3478 twelve H8147 H6240 men, H376 each H376 of whom H259 was of his father’s H1 household. H1004

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:3 - “Now those who camp H2583 on the east H6924 side H6924 toward the sunrise H4217 shall be of the standard H1714 of the camp H4264 of Judah, H3063 by their armies, H6635 and the leader H5387 of the sons H1121 of Judah: H3063 Nahshon H5177 the son H1121 of Amminadab, H5992

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:5 - “Those who camp H2583 next H5921 to him shall be the tribe H4294 of Issachar, H3485 and the leader H5387 of the sons H1121 of Issachar: H3485 Nethanel H5417 the son H1121 of Zuar, H6686

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:7 - “Then comes the tribe H4294 of Zebulun, H2074 and the leader H5387 of the sons H1121 of Zebulun: H2074 Eliab H446 the son H1121 of Helon, H2497

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:10 - “On the south H8486 side H8486 shall be the standard H1714 of the camp H4264 of Reuben H7205 by their armies, H6635 and the leader H5387 of the sons H1121 of Reuben: H7205 Elizur H468 the son H1121 of Shedeur, H7707

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:12 - “Those who camp H2583 next H5921 to him shall be the tribe H4294 of Simeon, H8095 and the leader H5387 of the sons H1121 of Simeon: H8095 Shelumiel H8017 the son H1121 of Zurishaddai, H6701

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:14 - “Then comes the tribe H4294 of Gad, H1410 and the leader H5387 of the sons H1121 of Gad: H1410 Eliasaph H460 the son H1121 of [fn]Deuel, H1845

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:18 - “On the west H3220 side H3220 shall be the standard H1714 of the camp H4264 of Ephraim H669 by their armies, H6635 and the leader H5387 of the sons H1121 of Ephraim H669 shall be Elishama H476 the son H1121 of Ammihud, H5989

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:20 - “Next H5921 to him shall be the tribe H4294 of Manasseh, H4519 and the leader H5387 of the sons H1121 of Manasseh: H4519 Gamaliel H1583 the son H1121 of Pedahzur, H6301

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:22 - “Then comes the tribe H4294 of Benjamin, H1144 and the leader H5387 of the sons H1121 of Benjamin: H1144 Abidan H27 the son H1121 of Gideoni, H1441

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:25 - “On the north H6828 side H6828 shall be the standard H1714 of the camp H4264 of Dan H1835 by their armies, H6635 and the leader H5387 of the sons H1121 of Dan: H1835 Ahiezer H295 the son H1121 of Ammishaddai, H5996

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:27 - “Those who camp H2583 next H5921 to him shall be the tribe H4294 of Asher, H836 and the leader H5387 of the sons H1121 of Asher: H836 Pagiel H6295 the son H1121 of Ochran, H5918

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:29 - “Then comes the tribe H4294 of Naphtali, H5321 and the leader H5387 of the sons H1121 of Naphtali: H5321 Ahira H299 the son H1121 of Enan, H5881

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:24 - and the leader H5387 of the fathers’ H1 households H1004 of the Gershonites H1649 was Eliasaph H460 the son H1121 of Lael. H3815

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:30 - and the leader H5387 of the fathers’ H1 households H1004 of the Kohathite H6956 families H4940 was [fn]Elizaphan H469 the son H1121 of Uzziel. H5816

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:32 - and Eleazar H499 the son H1121 of Aaron H175 the priest H3548 was the chief H5387 of the leaders H5387 of Levi, H3878 and had the oversight H6486 of those who perform H8104 the duties H4931 of the sanctuary. H6944

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:35 - The leader H5387 of the fathers’ H1 households H1004 of the families H4940 of Merari H4847 was Zuriel H6700 the son H1121 of Abihail. H32 They were to camp H2583 on the northward H6828 side H3409 of the tabernacle. H4908

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:34 - So Moses H4872 and Aaron H175 and the leaders H5387 of the congregation H5712 numbered H6485 the sons H1121 of the Kohathites H6956 by their families H4940 and by their fathers’ H1 households, H1004

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:46 - All H3605 the numbered H6485 men of the Levites, H3881 whom H834 Moses H4872 and Aaron H175 and the leaders H5387 of Israel H3478 numbered, H6485 by their families H4940 and by their fathers’ H1 households, H1004

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:2 - Then the leaders H5387 of Israel, H3478 the heads H7218 of their fathers’ H1 households, H1004 made H7126 an offering H7126 (they were the leaders H5387 of the tribes; H4294 they were the ones who [fn]were over H5921 the [fn]numbered H6485 men).

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:3 - When they brought H935 their offering H7133 before H6440 the LORD, H3068 six H8337 covered H6632 carts H5699 and twelve H8147 H6240 oxen, H1241 a cart H5699 for every two H8147 of the leaders H5387 and an ox H7794 for each one, H259 then they presented H7126 them before H6440 the tabernacle. H4908

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:10 - The leaders H5387 offered H7126 the dedication H2598 offering [fn]for the altar H4196 [fn]when H3117 it was anointed, H4886 so the leaders H5387 offered H7126 their offering H7133 before H6440 the altar. H4196

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:11 - Then the LORD H3068 said H559 to Moses, H4872 “Let them present H7126 their offering, H7133 one H259 leader H5387 each H259 day, H3117 for the dedication H2598 of the altar.” H4196

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:18 - On the second H8145 day H3117 Nethanel H5417 the son H1121 of Zuar, H6686 leader H5387 of Issachar, H3485 presented H7126 an offering;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:24 - On the third H7992 day H3117 it was Eliab H446 the son H1121 of Helon, H2497 leader H5387 of the sons H1121 of Zebulun; H2074

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:30 - On the fourth H7243 day H3117 it was Elizur H468 the son H1121 of Shedeur, H7707 leader H5387 of the sons H1121 of Reuben; H7205

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:36 - On the fifth H2549 day H3117 it was Shelumiel H8017 the son H1121 of Zurishaddai, H6701 leader H5387 of the children H1121 of Simeon; H8095

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:42 - On the sixth H8345 day H3117 it was Eliasaph H460 the son H1121 of Deuel, H1845 leader H5387 of the sons H1121 of Gad; H1410

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:48 - On the seventh H7637 day H3117 it was Elishama H476 the son H1121 of Ammihud, H5989 leader H5387 of the sons H1121 of Ephraim; H669

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:54 - On the eighth H8066 day H3117 it was Gamaliel H1583 the son H1121 of Pedahzur, H6301 leader H5387 of the sons H1121 of Manasseh; H4519

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:60 - On the ninth H8671 day H3117 it was Abidan H27 the son H1121 of Gideoni, H1441 leader H5387 of the sons H1121 of Benjamin; H1144

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:66 - On the tenth H6224 day H3117 it was Ahiezer H295 the son H1121 of Ammishaddai, H5996 leader H5387 of the sons H1121 of Dan; H1835

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:72 - On the eleventh H6249 H6240 day H3117 it was Pagiel H6295 the son H1121 of Ochran, H5918 leader H5387 of the sons H1121 of Asher; H836

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:78 - On the twelfth H8147 H6240 day H3117 it was Ahira H299 the son H1121 of Enan, H5881 leader H5387 of the sons H1121 of Naphtali; H5321

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:84 - This H2088 was the dedication H2598 offering [fn]for the altar H4196 from the leaders H5387 of Israel H3478 [fn]when H3117 it was anointed: H4886 twelve H8147 H6240 silver H3701 dishes, H7086 twelve H8147 H6240 silver H3701 bowls, H4219 twelve H8147 H6240 gold H2091 pans, H3709

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:4 - “Yet if H518 only one H259 is blown, H8628 then the leaders, H5387 the heads H7218 of the [fn]divisions H505 of Israel, H3478 shall assemble H3259 before H413 you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:2 - “Send H7971 out for yourself men H376 so that they may spy H8446 out the land H776 of Canaan, H3667 which H834 I am going to give H5414 to the sons H1121 of Israel; H3478 you shall send H7971 a man H376 from each H376 H259 of their fathers’ H1 tribes, H4294 every H3605 one H3605 a leader H5387 among them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:2 - and they rose H6965 up before H6440 Moses, H4872 [fn]together with some H376 of the sons H1121 of Israel, H3478 two hundred H3967 and fifty H2572 leaders H5387 of the congregation, H5712 [fn]chosen H7148 in the assembly, H4150 men H376 of renown. H8034

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:2 - “Speak H1696 to the sons H1121 of Israel, H3478 and get H3947 from them a rod H4294 for each father’s H1 household: H1004 twelve H8147 H6240 rods, H4294 from all H3605 their leaders H5387 according to their fathers’ H1 households. H1004 You shall write H3789 each H376 name H8034 on his rod, H4294

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:6 - Moses H4872 therefore spoke H1696 to the sons H1121 of Israel, H3478 and all H3605 their leaders H5387 gave H5414 him a rod H4294 apiece, H259 for each H259 leader H5387 according to their fathers’ H1 households, H1004 twelve H8147 H6240 rods, H4294 with the rod H4294 of Aaron H175 among H8432 their rods. H4294

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