H5387 - נָשִׂיא (nâsîyʼ)

H5387 נָשִׂיא (nâsîyʼ) naw-see'

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

properly, an exalted one, i.e. a king or sheik; also a rising mist

Derivation: or נָשִׂא; from H5375 (נָשָׂא);

KJV Usage: captain, chief, cloud, governor, prince, ruler, vapour.

TWOT Reference: 1421b,c

Outline of Biblical Usage

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

2) rising mist, vapour

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G435 G747 G758 G935 G1484 G2233 G3507 G3509

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

נָשִׂא / נָשִׂיא nâśý̂y / nâśi BDB Definition: 1) one lifted up, chief, prince, captain, leader 2) rising mist, vapour Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H5375 Same Word by TWOT Number: 1421b, 1421c Total KJV Occurrences: 130

Bible Occurrences (120)

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

16:22 22:28 34:31 35:27

4:22

1:16 1:44 2:3 2:5 2:7 2:10 2:12 2:14 2:18 2:20 2:22 2:25 2:27 2:29 3:24 3:30 3:32 3:35 4:34 4:46 7:2 7:3 7:10 7:11 7:18 7:24 7:30 7:36 7:42 7:48 7:54 7:60 7:66 7:72 7:78 7:84 10:4 13:2 16:2 17:2 17:6 25:14 25:18 27:2 31:13 32:2 34:18 34:22 34:23 34:24 34:25 34:26 34:27 34:28 36:1

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

8:1 11:34

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

1:2 5:2

1:8

135:7

25:14

10:13 51:16

7:27 12:10 12:12 19:1 21:12 21:25 22:6 26:16 27:21 30:13 32:29 34:24 37:25 38:2 38:3 39:1 39:18 44:3 45:7 45:8 45:9 45:16 45:17 45:22 46:2 46:4 46:8 46:10 46:12 46:16 46:17 46:18 48:21 48:22

Genesis 17:20

As for Ishmael, I have heard you, [and] I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly.... He will become the father of twelve... rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.

Genesis 23:6

Listen to us, sir. You are God’s chosen one among us. Bury your dead... in the finest of our tombs. None of us will withhold his tomb for burying your dead.

Genesis 25:16

These were the sons of Ishmael, and these were their names by their villages and encampments — twelve... princes of their tribes.

Genesis 34:2

When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the region, saw her, he took her and lay with her by force.

Exodus 16:22

On the sixth day, they gathered twice as much food — two omers per person and all the leaders of the congregation came and reported this to Moses.

Exodus 22:28

You must not blaspheme God or curse the ruler of your people....

Exodus 34:31

But Moses called out to them; so Aaron and all the leaders of the congregation returned to him, and Moses spoke to them.

Exodus 35:27

The leaders brought onyx stones and gemstones to mount on the ephod and breastpiece,