נָשָׂא
nâsâʼ(naw-saw')
“to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative”
647 occurrencesOld TestamentCommon word
Definition
Strong’s Definition
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
Translated in KJV as
acceptadvancearise(able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up)bring (forth)burncarry (away)castcontaindesireeaseexactexalt (self)extolfetchforgivefurnishfurthergivego onhelphighhold uphonorable ([phrase] man)ladelaylift (self) uploftymarrymagnify[idiom] needsobtainpardonraise (up)receiveregardrespectset (up)sparestir up[phrase] sweartake (away, up)[idiom] utterlywearyield.
Etymology
or נָסָה; (Psalm 4:6 (H7 (אֲבַד))), a primitive root;
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“And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egy…”