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H5254 נָסָה (nâçâh) naw-saw'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

a primitive root; to test; by implication, to attempt

KJV Usage: adventure, assay, prove, tempt, try

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

נָסָה (na.sah) — to test. : test 1) to test, try, prove, tempt, assay, put to the proof or test 1a) (Piel) 1a1) to test, try 1a2) to attempt, assay, try 1a3) to test, try, prove, tempt

נָסָה (na.sah) — to test: try. : try/attempt 1) to test, try, prove, tempt, assay, put to the proof or test 1a) (Piel) 1a1) to test, try 1a2) to attempt, assay, try 1a3) to test, try, prove, tempt

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

verb · מַסָּה

Test | verb pi | ≈ בחן · צרף

to test, to put to the test = action by which humans or deities make an effort to obtain information about (other) humans by observing them while they engage in a certain activity

GEN 22:1 · EXO 15:25 · EXO 16:4 · EXO 20:20 · DEU 8:2 · DEU 8:16 · DEU 13:4 · JDG 2:22 · JDG 3:1 · JDG 3:4 · 1KI 10:1 · 2CH 9:1 · 2CH 32:31 · PSA 26:2 · DAN 1:12 · DAN 1:14

Able | verb pi

to get used to literally: to test; hence: = process by which people acquire a competency through a period of training

1SA 17:39 · 1SA 17:39

Engage | verb pi

to try, to attempt, to venture literally: to test; hence: = action by which humans make an effort to engage in a certain activity

DEU 4:34 · DEU 28:56 · JOB 4:2

True | verb pi

to test literally: to test; hence: = action by which humans try to establish whether a divine message is true by carrying out an experiment

JDG 6:39

Unwilling | verb pi | ≈ מרה

to test, to provoke literally: to put (a deity) to the test; = action by which humans are disobedient towards deities in spite of the possibility that they might provoke them to anger

EXO 17:2 · EXO 17:7 · NUM 14:22 · DEU 6:16 · DEU 6:16 · DEU 33:8 · PSA 78:18 · PSA 78:41 · PSA 78:56 · PSA 95:9 · PSA 106:14 · ISA 7:12

Wise | verb pi

to test literally: to test; hence: = action by which humans try to acquire wisdom by getting engaged in certain activities

ECC 2:1 · ECC 7:23

Reinier de Blois

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[נָסָה] vb. Pi. test, try test, try

attempt, assay, try to do a thing

test, try, prove, tempt [but not in the modern sense of the word]

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