Strong's Definition
passive participle feminine of 5375; something taken, i.e. a present
KJV Usage: gift
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
נִשֵּׂאת (nis.set) — gift. gift, portion (as something taken up)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · מַשָּׂא · מַשֹּׂא · מַשָּׂאָה · מַשְׂאֵת · נְשׂוּאָה · נָשִׂיא · שְׂאֵת · שִׂיא
High | verb qal, verb nif | ≈ גָּבֹהַּ · רום
to become high, to be lifted up = process by which an object increases in height
PSA 89:10 · ISA 2:2 · ISA 2:13 · ISA 2:14 · ISA 30:25 · ISA 40:4 · ISA 57:7 · MIC 4:1 · NAM 1:5
High | verb nif
to rise = process by which objects rise up from a certain location
High | verb qal, verb nif
to lift up, to raise, to raise up = causative action by which humans or forces take hold of objects and cause them to rise up from a certain location
GEN 7:17 · GEN 21:18 · GEN 31:17 · GEN 42:26 · PSA 139:9 · ISA 2:4 · ISA 5:26 · ISA 10:24 · ISA 10:26 · ISA 11:12 · ISA 13:2 · ISA 18:3 · ISA 46:7 · JER 4:6 · JER 6:1 · JER 50:2 · JER 51:12 · JER 51:27 · MIC 4:3 · ZEC 5:7
Stance | verb qal
to lift up (one's) hands, to lift up (one's) palms literally: to lift up; hence: = action by which humans or animals lift up part of their body, such as hands, palms, wings
LEV 9:22 · PSA 28:2 · PSA 63:5 · PSA 119:48 · PSA 134:2 · LAM 2:19 · EZK 10:16 · EZK 10:19 · EZK 11:22 · HAB 3:10
Confident | verb qal, verb pi
Collocation: נשׂא לֵב · נשׂא נֶפֶשׁ
to count on, to be intent on, to desire literally: to lift up (one's heart or self) towards something or someone; hence: = action by which humans turn to a deity or location with the confidence that they will find help and support there
DEU 24:15 · PSA 24:4 · PSA 25:1 · PSA 86:4 · PSA 143:8 · PRO 19:18 · JER 22:27 · JER 44:14 · LAM 3:41 · HOS 4:8
Hold | verb qal, verb pe'al, verb pi, verb nif
to take, to take up, to lift up, to carry literally: to lift up; hence: = action by which humans take hold of objects with their hands, with the intention of holding them or bringing them to another location
GEN 27:3 · GEN 40:19 · GEN 43:34 · EXO 10:13 · EXO 10:19 · EXO 12:34 · EXO 25:14 · EXO 25:27 · EXO 25:28 · EXO 27:7 · EXO 30:4 · EXO 37:5 · EXO 37:14 · EXO 37:15 · EXO 37:27 · EXO 38:7 · LEV 11:25 · LEV 11:28 · LEV 11:40 · LEV 15:10 · NUM 1:50 · NUM 4:15 · NUM 4:25 · NUM 7:9 · NUM 10:17 · NUM 10:21 · NUM 11:12 · NUM 11:12 · NUM 13:23 · DEU 1:31 · DEU 1:31 · DEU 10:8 · DEU 12:26 · DEU 31:9 · DEU 31:25 · JOS 3:3 · JOS 3:6 · JOS 3:6 · JOS 3:8 · JOS 3:13 · JOS 3:14 · JOS 3:15 · JOS 3:15 · JOS 3:17 · JOS 4:3 · JOS 4:8 · JOS 4:9 · JOS 4:10 · JOS 4:16 · JOS 4:18 · JOS 6:4 · JOS 6:6 · JOS 6:6 · JOS 6:8 · JOS 6:12 · JOS 6:13 · JOS 8:33 · JDG 3:18 · JDG 9:48 · JDG 9:54 · JDG 16:31 · RUT 2:18 · 1SA 10:3 · 1SA 10:3 · 1SA 10:3 · 1SA 14:1 · 1SA 14:6 · 1SA 14:7 · 1SA 14:12 · 1SA 14:12 · 1SA 14:13 · 1SA 14:13 · 1SA 14:14 · 1SA 14:17 · 1SA 16:21 · 1SA 17:7 · 1SA 17:20 · 1SA 17:34 · 1SA 17:41 · 1SA 31:4 · 1SA 31:4 · 1SA 31:5 · 1SA 31:6 · 2SA 2:32 · 2SA 4:4 · 2SA 6:13 · 2SA 15:24 · 2SA 18:15 · 2SA 23:16 · 2SA 23:37 · 1KI 2:26 · 1KI 5:23 · 1KI 5:29 · 1KI 8:3 · 1KI 13:29 · 1KI 14:28 · 2KI 2:16 · 2KI 4:20 · 2KI 4:36 · 2KI 4:37 · 2KI 7:8 · 2KI 7:8 · 2KI 9:25 · 2KI 9:26 · 1CH 5:18 · 1CH 10:4 · 1CH 10:4 · 1CH 10:5 · 1CH 10:9 · 1CH 10:12 · 1CH 11:18 · 1CH 11:39 · 1CH 12:25 · 1CH 15:2 · 1CH 15:2 · 1CH 15:15 · 1CH 15:26 · 1CH 15:27 · 1CH 23:26 · 2CH 5:4 · 2CH 12:11 · 2CH 14:7 · 2CH 14:7 · 2CH 24:11 · EZR 5:15 · NEH 2:1 · NEH 4:11 · JOB 6:2 · JOB 13:14 · JOB 24:10 · JOB 27:21 · JOB 30:22 · PSA 91:12 · PSA 102:11 · PSA 116:13 · PSA 126:6 · PSA 126:6 · ECC 5:14 · SNG 5:7 · ISA 22:6 · ISA 38:21 · ISA 40:11 · ISA 40:24 · ISA 41:16 · ISA 45:20 · ISA 49:22 · ISA 52:11 · ISA 57:13 · ISA 64:5 · ISA 66:12 · JER 10:5 · JER 10:5 · JER 17:21 · JER 17:27 · LAM 3:27 · LAM 5:13 · EZK 3:12 · EZK 3:14 · EZK 8:3 · EZK 10:7 · EZK 11:1 · EZK 11:24 · EZK 12:6 · EZK 12:7 · EZK 12:12 · EZK 43:5 · DAN 1:16 · DAN 2:35 · DAN 11:12 · AMO 4:2 · AMO 5:26 · AMO 6:10 · JON 1:12 · JON 1:15 · MAL 2:3
Hold | verb qal
to carry, to bear = state in which humans, animals, or objects are bearing a load while moving from one place to another
GEN 44:1 · GEN 45:23 · GEN 45:23 · GEN 46:5 · EXO 19:4 · DEU 32:11 · 1KI 10:2 · 2CH 9:1
Associate | verb qal
Collocation: נשׂא אִשָּׁה
to take (as wife) literally: to take a wife (for oneself); hence: = action by which a man contracts a marriage with a woman for himself
JDG 21:23 · RUT 1:4 · 1CH 23:22 · 2CH 11:21 · 2CH 13:21 · EZR 9:2 · EZR 9:12 · EZR 10:44
Associate | verb qal
Collocation: נשׂא אִשָּׁה
to take a wife (for someone else) literally: to take a wife (for someone else); hence: = action by which a man contracts a marriage with a woman on behalf of someone else
Bear | verb qal
to carry responsibility, to bear literally: to hold; hence: = process by which humans are held responsible for a certain action or for the well-being of others
GEN 4:13 · EXO 18:22 · EXO 28:38 · EXO 28:43 · LEV 5:1 · LEV 5:17 · LEV 7:18 · LEV 10:17 · LEV 16:22 · LEV 17:16 · LEV 19:8 · LEV 19:17 · LEV 20:17 · LEV 20:19 · LEV 20:20 · LEV 22:9 · LEV 24:15 · NUM 5:31 · NUM 9:13 · NUM 11:14 · NUM 11:17 · NUM 11:17 · NUM 14:33 · NUM 14:34 · NUM 18:1 · NUM 18:1 · NUM 18:22 · NUM 18:23 · NUM 18:32 · NUM 30:16 · DEU 1:9 · DEU 1:12 · JOB 34:31 · PRO 9:12 · ISA 53:4 · ISA 53:12 · EZK 4:4 · EZK 4:5 · EZK 4:6 · EZK 14:10 · EZK 16:58 · EZK 18:19 · EZK 18:20 · EZK 18:20 · EZK 23:35 · EZK 23:49 · EZK 44:10 · EZK 44:12
Bear | verb hif
to cause to bear literally: to cause to hold; hence: = causative process by which humans cause other humans to be held responsible for a certain action
Innocent | verb qal | ≈ כסה · נקה · סלח · עבר · צַדִּיק
to forgive, to pardon literally: to beadr; hence: = action by which humans or deities let go of any anger or resentment with regard to the wrongdoing or sin of (other) humans
GEN 18:24 · GEN 18:26 · GEN 50:17 · GEN 50:17 · EXO 10:17 · EXO 23:21 · EXO 32:32 · EXO 34:7 · NUM 14:18 · NUM 14:19 · JOS 24:19 · 1SA 15:25 · 1SA 25:28 · JOB 7:21 · PSA 25:18 · PSA 32:1 · PSA 32:5 · PSA 85:3 · PSA 99:8 · ISA 2:9 · ISA 33:24 · HOS 1:6 · HOS 1:6 · HOS 14:3 · MIC 7:18
Contain | verb qal
to contain, to support, to hold literally: to hold; hence: = state in which an object or space is large enough to contain people or objects
Dead | verb qal
Collocation: נשׂא נֶפֶשׁ
to take (someone's) life literally: to take (someone's) soul/self; hence: = causative action by which deities cause humans to die
Dead
to take away, to cause to die literally: to take (someone's) away; hence: = causative action by which deities cause humans to die
Dress | verb qal
to wear literally: to hold, carry; hence: = state in which humans are dressed in a piece of clothing; ► used exclusively for the ephod worn by priests; ≈ associated with some level of responsibility as well
Dress | verb qal
to wear literally: to hold, carry; hence: = state in which humans hold something by attaching it to their clothes or by hiding it in the fold of their robes; ≈ often associated with carrying some amount of responsibility for something as well
Engage | verb qal
to receive, to get, to undergo literally: to hold, carry; hence: = process by which humans undergo certain processes or actions initiated by (other) humans or deities
DEU 33:3 · 2KI 18:14 · EST 2:9 · EST 2:15 · EST 2:17 · EST 5:2 · JOB 36:3 · PSA 24:5 · PSA 55:13 · PSA 69:8 · PSA 88:16 · PSA 89:51 · PRO 18:14 · PRO 19:19 · PRO 30:21 · ECC 5:18 · ISA 1:14 · JER 10:19 · JER 15:15 · JER 31:19 · JER 44:22 · EZK 16:52 · EZK 16:52 · EZK 16:54 · EZK 32:24 · EZK 32:25 · EZK 32:30 · EZK 34:29 · EZK 36:6 · EZK 36:7 · EZK 36:15 · EZK 39:26 · EZK 44:13 · MIC 6:16 · MIC 7:9 · ZEC 6:13
Measure | verb qal
Collocation: נשׂא מִסְפָּר
to number, to take a census literally: to take the number (of a group); hence: = action by which humans try to determine the number of a group of people by having them counted
Measure | verb qal
Collocation: נשׂא רֹאשׁ
to number, to take a census literally: to take the sum (of a group); hence: = action by which humans try to determine the number of a group of people by having them counted
EXO 30:12 · NUM 1:2 · NUM 1:49 · NUM 4:2 · NUM 4:22 · NUM 26:2 · NUM 31:26 · NUM 31:49
Safe | verb qal, verb pi
to care for, to assist, to help, to support literally: to hold, carry; hence: = action by which humans provide help and support to other humans
1KI 9:11 · EZR 1:4 · EZR 8:36 · EST 9:3 · PSA 28:9 · ISA 46:3 · ISA 46:4 · ISA 63:9
Move | verb qal, verb nif, verb hif
to carry, to take, to bring literally: to cause to hold, carry; hence: = causative action by which humans take hold of objects and bring them to another location
LEV 10:4 · LEV 10:5 · DEU 14:24 · DEU 28:49 · 1SA 4:4 · 2SA 5:21 · 2SA 17:13 · 1KI 15:22 · 1KI 18:12 · 2KI 4:19 · 2KI 5:23 · 2KI 20:17 · 2KI 23:4 · 2KI 25:13 · 1CH 18:11 · 2CH 14:12 · 2CH 16:6 · ISA 8:4 · ISA 15:7 · ISA 30:6 · ISA 39:6 · ISA 60:6 · JER 49:29 · JER 52:17 · EZK 29:19 · EZK 38:13 · EZK 39:10 · HOS 5:14
Move | verb qal
to bring, to convey, to transport literally: to cause to hold, carry; hence: = causative action by which humans bring an object to another location by using a means of transportation like an animal, cart, ship, or even one's own shoulder
GEN 45:19 · GEN 45:27 · GEN 46:5 · GEN 47:30 · GEN 50:13 · 2SA 6:3 · 2SA 6:4 · 1KI 10:11 · 1KI 10:22 · 2KI 14:20 · 2CH 9:21 · 2CH 25:28
Non-Possess | verb qal, verb nif
to bring, to present, to give literally: to bring; hence: = causative action by which humans bring objects to (other) humans or deities as a gift
2SA 8:2 · 2SA 8:6 · 2SA 19:43 · 2SA 19:43 · 1CH 16:29 · 1CH 18:2 · 1CH 18:6 · PSA 96:8 · EZK 20:31
Possess | verb qal
to take (for oneself) literally: to hold, carry; hence: = action by which human take possession of something belonging to someone else
Stage | verb qal
to bear, to yield literally: to hold, carry; hence: = process by which plants or trees (or the area where they grow) produces branches or fruit
JOB 40:20 · EZK 17:8 · EZK 17:23 · EZK 36:8 · JOL 2:22 · HAG 2:19
Safe | verb qal
Collocation: נשׂא שָׁלֹום
to yield prosperity literally: to yield prosperity; hence: = process by which an area produces abundance of crops ► which results in wealth and prosperity
Willing | verb qal
to accept, to tolerate literally: to hold, carry; hence: = state in which humans are willing to listen to other humans
Confident | verb qal, verb nif
Collocation: נשׂא פָּנֶה · נשׂא רֹאשׁ
to look up without shame literally: to lift up (one's) face or head); hence: = action by which humans look up without shame
2SA 2:22 · JOB 10:15 · JOB 11:15 · JOB 22:26 · PSA 24:7 · PSA 24:7 · PSA 24:9 · PSA 24:9 · ISA 37:23
Conflict | verb qal
Collocation: נשׂא יָד
to attack literally: to lift up (one's) hand; hence = action by which humans initiate a physical conflict with other humans
Conflict | verb qal | ≈ המה
Collocation: נשׂא קֶרֶן · נשׂא ראֹשׁ
to raise one's head, to raise one's horn literally: to lift up (one's) head/horn; hence: = action by which nations make an effort to engage in a military conflict with others, usually after having been defeated before but not totally
Free | verb qal
Collocation: נשׁא רֹאשׁ
to release from prison literally: to lift up (someone's) head; hence: = causative action by which humans declare other humans free after having held them prisoner
Great | verb nif | ≈ רום | ≠ שָׁפֵל
to be exalted, to be proud literally: to be lifted up = state in which humans or deities have an elevated status, either in their own eyes or in the eyes of other people, ≈ which can either be good or bad, depending on whether this status is justified
Great | verb qal
Collocation: לֵב נשׂא
to become arrogant literally: (one's) heart lifts (someone) up; hence: = process by which humans become arrogant in their thinking
Great | verb nif
Collocation: נשׂא עַפְעַפִּים
to have haughty looks literally: to lift up (one's) eyelids; hence: = action by which humans show that they consider themselves to have an elevated status, especially with their eyes
Great | verb nif, verb hit | ≈ רדה | ≠ שָׁפָל
to exalt oneself literally: to lift oneself up; hence: = action by which humans, deities, or groups ascribe greatness and authority to themselves
NUM 16:3 · 1KI 1:5 · 1CH 29:11 · PRO 30:32 · EZK 17:14 · EZK 29:15 · DAN 11:14
Great | verb pi, verb nif, verb hit | ≈ גדל · רום
to exalt literally: to lift up (someone); hence: = causative action by which humans ascribe greatness and authority to humans, deities, or groups
NUM 24:7 · 2SA 5:12 · 1CH 14:2 · 2CH 32:23 · EST 3:1 · EST 5:11 · ISA 33:10
Happen | verb qal
to happen, to arise literally: to arise; hence: = process by which an event starts happening
Intense | verb nif
to lift up, to reach the skies = action by which an object is lifted or raised into the skies, so that it towers above other objects
Lax | verb qal
to ease literally: to lift up; hence: = causative process by which a certain condition is made less intense
Move | verb qal
Collocation: נשׂא רֶגֶל
to start walking literally: to lift up (one's) foot; hence: = action by which someone starts walking
See | verb qal
Collocation: נשׂא עַיִן · נשׂא פָּנֶה
to look up to lift up (one's eye, face); hence: = action by which humans direct their face or eyes away from the ground so that they can see what is in the distance or in the sky
GEN 13:10 · GEN 13:14 · GEN 18:2 · GEN 22:4 · GEN 22:13 · GEN 24:63 · GEN 24:64 · GEN 31:10 · GEN 31:12 · GEN 33:1 · GEN 33:5 · GEN 37:25 · GEN 37:25 · GEN 39:7 · GEN 43:29 · EXO 14:10 · NUM 24:2 · DEU 3:27 · DEU 4:19 · JOS 5:13 · JDG 19:17 · 1SA 6:13 · 2SA 13:34 · 2SA 18:24 · 2KI 9:32 · 2KI 19:22 · 1CH 21:16 · JOB 2:12 · ISA 40:26 · ISA 49:18 · ISA 51:6 · ISA 60:4 · JER 3:2 · JER 13:20 · EZK 8:5 · EZK 8:5 · DAN 8:3 · DAN 10:5 · ZEC 2:1 · ZEC 2:5 · ZEC 5:1 · ZEC 5:5 · ZEC 5:9 · ZEC 5:9 · ZEC 6:1
Confident | verb qal
Collocation: נשׂא עַיִן
to look up to (in confidence) literally: to lift up (one's) eyes (to); hence: = action by which humans turn to a deity or place with the confidence that they will find help and support there
PSA 121:1 · PSA 123:1 · EZK 18:6 · EZK 18:12 · EZK 18:15 · EZK 23:27 · EZK 33:25
Shout | verb qal | ≈ צהל · צוח · רנן
Collocation: נשׂא קֹול
to shout literally: to lift up (one's) voice = action by which humans speak with a loud voice
GEN 21:16 · GEN 27:38 · GEN 29:11 · JDG 2:4 · JDG 9:7 · JDG 21:2 · RUT 1:9 · RUT 1:14 · 1SA 11:4 · 1SA 24:17 · 1SA 30:4 · 2SA 3:32 · 2SA 13:36 · JOB 2:12 · PSA 93:3 · PSA 93:3 · PSA 93:3 · ISA 24:14 · ISA 42:11 · ISA 52:8
Speak | verb qal
to utter, to pronounce literally: to lift up (words); hence: = action by which humans utter certain words
EXO 20:7 · EXO 20:7 · EXO 23:1 · NUM 14:1 · NUM 23:7 · NUM 23:18 · NUM 24:3 · NUM 24:15 · NUM 24:20 · NUM 24:21 · NUM 24:23 · DEU 5:11 · DEU 5:11 · 2KI 9:25 · 2KI 19:4 · JOB 21:12 · JOB 27:1 · JOB 29:1 · PSA 15:3 · PSA 16:4 · PSA 50:16 · PSA 81:3 · PSA 139:20 · ISA 3:7 · ISA 14:4 · ISA 37:4 · ISA 42:2 · JER 7:16 · JER 7:29 · JER 9:9 · JER 9:17 · JER 11:14 · EZK 19:1 · EZK 26:17 · EZK 27:2 · EZK 27:32 · EZK 28:12 · EZK 32:2 · AMO 5:1 · MIC 2:4 · HAB 2:6
Stance | verb qal
Collocation: נשׂא כָּנָף
to raise (one's) wings literally: to lift up (one's) wings; hence: = action by which birds or other flying creatures raise their wings in order to fly away
Stance | verb qal
Collocation: נשׂא יָד · נשׂא כַּף
to lift up (one's) hands literally: to lift up (one's) hands; hence: = action by which humans raise their arms to receive out, beckon, bless, or pray
LEV 9:22 · PSA 28:2 · PSA 63:5 · PSA 119:48 · PSA 134:2 · ISA 49:22 · LAM 2:19 · HAB 3:10
Stance | verb hit | ≈ קום
to rise = action by which an animal raises itself from a lying position
Engage | verb nif
to lift up oneself = to come into action literally: to lift oneself up; hence: = action by which deities come in action after a time of inactivity
Engage | verb qal | ≈ קום
Collocation: נשׂא יָד
to come into action literally: to lift (one's) hand); hence: = action by which deities intervene after a time of inactivity
Unwilling | verb hit
to revolt literally: to lift oneself up; hence: = action by which humans rise up in opposition or armed resistance to their government or ruler
Vow
Collocation: נשׂא יָד
to swear literally: to lift up (one's) hands; hence: = action by which someone takes an oath
EXO 6:8 · NUM 14:30 · DEU 32:40 · NEH 9:15 · PSA 106:26 · EZK 20:5 · EZK 20:5 · EZK 20:6 · EZK 20:15 · EZK 20:23 · EZK 20:28 · EZK 20:42 · EZK 36:7 · EZK 44:12 · EZK 47:14
Willing | verb qal
Collocation: נשׂא אֹור פָּנֶה
to cause to shine literally: to lift up the light (of one's) face (over someone else); hence: = action by which deities show favor to humans ◄ as if the deity causes the light emanating from his face to shine on them
Willing | verb qal
Collocation: נשׂא פָּנֶה
to respect, to look upon or treat with favor, to honor literally: to lift up (someone's) face; hence: = action by which humans or deities show favor or respect to someone, ◄ as if by allowing someone who is looking down out of shame or humility to look up directly into one's face
GEN 19:21 · GEN 32:21 · LEV 19:15 · NUM 6:26 · DEU 10:17 · DEU 28:50 · 1SA 25:35 · 2KI 3:14 · 2KI 5:1 · JOB 13:8 · JOB 13:10 · JOB 22:8 · JOB 32:21 · JOB 34:19 · JOB 42:8 · JOB 42:9 · PSA 82:2 · PRO 6:35 · PRO 18:5 · ISA 3:3 · ISA 9:14 · LAM 4:16 · HOS 13:1 · MAL 1:8 · MAL 1:9 · MAL 2:9
1 NAM 1:5 MT HOTTP-B NJPS NRSV ESV "heaves" NIV "trembles" GNT "shakes" CEV "shudder" | RSV "is laid waste" NJB "collapses" = וַתִּשָּׁא | REB "is in tumult" 2 2SA 23:37 MT-K נשׂאי | MT-Q נֹשֵׂא 3 EZR 10:44 MT-K נשׂאו | MT-Q נָשְׂאוּ 4 HOS 1:6 RSV NIV NJPS NJB NRSV REB GNT CEV | LXX ἀντιτασσόμενος ἀντιτάξομαι αὐτοῖς = שָׂנֹא אֶשְׂנָא 5 EZK 39:26 NJPS CEV | RSV NIV NJB NRSV REB GNT "forget" 6 JER 13:20 MT-K שׂאי | MT-Q שְׂאוּ 7 HAB 3:10 MT HOTTP-B RSV NRSV "... hands" NIV | NJB GNT CEV "... waves" 8 PSA 4:7 MT נְסָה
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
נָשָׂא 656 vb. lift, carry, take Qal lift, lift up
Bear, carry
Take, take away
Niph. be lifted up
refl. lift oneself up = rise up, of י׳, to display power in judgment
be borne, carried
be taken away, carried off
Pi. lift up = exalt
fig. = desire, long
carry, bear continuously
take, take away
Hithp. lift oneself up
Hiph. cause one to bear iniquity
appar. cause to bring, have brought
base