נָשִׂיאnâsîyʼ
נָשִׂיא: one lifted up, mostly in Israel
Pronunciation: naw-see' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5387
Meanings
1. of any chief man (Exodus 22:27)
2. of Solomon (1 Kings 11:34)
3. of Abraham (Genesis 23:6; Genesis 17:20; Genesis 25:16)
4. rulers of the congregation (Exodus 16:22; Joshua 9:15; Joshua 9:18)
5. tribal chiefs and representatives (Numbers 1:16; Numbers 1:44; Numbers 2:3)
6. in Ezekiel
a. of Zedekiah (Ezekiel 7:27; Ezekiel 12:10; Ezekiel 12:12)
b. chief men of Judah (Ezekiel 21:17; Ezekiel 22:6; Ezekiel 45:8)
c. future Davidic king (Ezekiel 34:24; Ezekiel 37:25; Ezekiel 44:3)
d. foreign princes (Ezekiel 26:16; Ezekiel 27:21; Ezekiel 30:13)
7. leader of exiles returning under Cyrus (Ezra 1:8)
8. non-Israelite chiefs (Genesis 34:2; Numbers 25:18; Joshua 13:21)
נָשִׂיא: rising mist, vapour (Jeremiah 10:13; Jeremiah 51:16; Psalms 135:7; Proverbs 25:14)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 134 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 17:20 As for Ishmael, I will bless him also, just as you have asked. I will make him extremely fruitful and multiply his descendants. He will become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.
- Genesis 23:6 “Listen, my lord, you are an honored prince among us. Choose the finest of our tombs and bury her there. No one here will refuse to help you in this way.”
- Genesis 25:16 These twelve sons of Ishmael became the founders of twelve tribes named after them, listed according to the places they settled and camped.
- Genesis 34:2 But when the local prince, Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, saw Dinah, he seized her and raped her.
- Exodus 16:22 On the sixth day, they gathered twice as much as usual—four quarts for each person instead of two. Then all the leaders of the community came and asked Moses for an explanation.
- Exodus 22:28 “You must not dishonor God or curse any of your rulers.
See every passage
- Genesis 17:20, 23:6, 25:16, 34:2
- Exodus 16:22, 22:28, 34:31, 35:27
- Leviticus 4:22
- Numbers 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
- Joshua 9:15, 9:18, 9:19, 9:21, 13:21, 17:4, 22:14, 22:30, 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, 21:12, 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
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).