Lexicon :: Strong's H5254 - nāsâ

נָסָה

Transliteration

nāsâ

Pronunciation

naw-saw'

Part of Speech

verb

Root Word (Etymology)

A primitive root

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1373

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

נָסָה nâçâh, naw-saw'; a primitive root; to test; by implication, to attempt:—adventure, assay, prove, tempt, try.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 36x

The KJV translates Strong's H5254 in the following manner: prove (20x), tempt (12x), assay (2x), adventure (1x), try (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 36x

The KJV translates Strong's H5254 in the following manner: prove (20x), tempt (12x), assay (2x), adventure (1x), try (1x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

to test, try, prove, tempt, assay, put to the proof or test
1. (Piel)
  1. to test, try
  2. to attempt, assay, try
  3. to test, try, prove, tempt

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

נָסָה nâçâh, naw-saw'; a primitive root; to test; by implication, to attempt:—adventure, assay, prove, tempt, try.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H5254: Abbreviations

† [נָסָה] verb Pi. test, try (Late Hebrew id., Pi.; Pa. נַסִּי; Syriac Pa. ; compare Ethiopic temptation); —
Pi. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נִסָּה Deuteronomy 4:34 + 3 times; suffix נִסָּהוּ Exodus 15:25; 3rd person feminine singular נִסְּתָה Deuteronomy 28:56; 1st person singular נִסִּיתִי Ecclesiastes 7:23, + 4 times Perfect; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix יְנַסֵּם Daniel 1:14; 1st person singular אֲנַסֶּה Judges 6:39; suffix אֲנַסְּכָה Ecclesiastes 2:2; 3rd person masculine plural יְנַסּוּ Numbers 14:22; 2nd person masculine plural תְּנַסּ֑וּן Exodus 17:2, + 7 times Imperfect; Imperative נַס Daniel 1:12; suffix נַסֵּנִי Psalm 26:2; Infinitive construct נַסּוֺת Exodus 20:20, + 8 times Infinitive; Participle מְנַסֶּה Deuteronomy 13:4; —

1. test, try (synonym בחן), absolute 1 Samuel 17:39 (a sword); with בְּ Judges 7:39; Ecclesiastes 2:1; with accusative Daniel 1:12, 14; accusative + בְּ 1 Kings 10:1 2 Chronicles 9:1; Ecclesiastes 7:23.

2. attempt, assay, try to do a thing, with Infinitive Deuteronomy 4:34; Deuteronomy 28:56; with accusative Job 4:2 (venture a word).

3. test, try, prove, tempt [but not in modern sense of the word: see Dr^{Deuteronomy 6:16}; Psalms 453, 483]

a. God tests or proves Abraham Genesis 22:1 (E), Israel Exodus 15:25; Exodus 20:20 (E), Exodus 16:4 (J), Deuteronomy 8:2, 16; Deuteronomy 13:4; with בְּ Judges 2:22; Judges 3:1, 4; tribe of Levi Deuteronomy 33:8 (poem); Hezekiah 2 Chronicles 32:31; psalmist Psalm 26:2.

b. Israel tests, or tries God: Exodus 17:2, 7; Numbers 14:22 (J), Deuteronomy 6:16; Psalm 78:18; Psalm 78:41; Psalm 78:56; Psalm 95:9; Psalm 106:14; so Ahaz, Isaiah 7:12.

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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

22:1

Exodus

15:25; 15:25; 16:4; 17:2; 17:2; 17:7; 20:20; 20:20

Numbers

14:22; 14:22

Deuteronomy

4:34; 4:34; 6:16; 6:16; 8:2; 8:16; 13:4; 13:4; 28:56; 28:56; 33:8

Judges

2:22; 3:1; 3:4; 6:39

1 Samuel

17:39

1 Kings

10:1

2 Chronicles

9:1; 32:31

Job

4:2

Psalms

26:2; 26:2; 78:18; 78:41; 78:56; 95:9; 106:14

Ecclesiastes

2:1; 2:2; 7:23; 7:23

Isaiah

7:12

Daniel

1:12; 1:12; 1:14; 1:14

Concordance Results Shown Using the KJV

Strong's Number H5254 matches the Hebrew נָסָה (nāsâ),
which occurs 36 times in 34 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Gen 22:1

Gen 22:1 - And it came to pass after^H310 these things,^H1697 that God^H430 did tempt^H5254 Abraham,^H85 and said^H559 unto him, Abraham:^H85 and he said,^H559 Behold, here I am.

Exo 15:25

Exo 15:25 - And he cried^H6817 unto the LORD;^H3068 and the LORD^H3068 shewed^H3384 him a tree,^H6086 which when he had cast^H7993 into the waters,^H4325 the waters^H4325 were made sweet:^H4985 there he made^H7760 for them a statute^H2706 and an ordinance,^H4941 and there he proved^H5254 them,

Exo 16:4

Exo 16:4 - Then said^H559 the LORD^H3068 unto Moses,^H4872 Behold, I will rain^H4305 bread^H3899 from heaven^H8064 for you; and the people^H5971 shall go out^H3318 and gather^H3950 a certain rate^H1697 every day,^H3117^H3117 that I may prove^H5254 them, whether they will walk^H3212 in my law,^H8451 or no.

Exo 17:2

Exo 17:2 - Wherefore the people^H5971 did chide^H7378 with Moses,^H4872 and said,^H559 Give^H5414 us water^H4325 that we may drink.^H8354 And Moses^H4872 said^H559 unto them, Why chide^H7378 ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt^H5254 the LORD?^H3068

Exo 17:7

Exo 17:7 - And he called^H7121 the name^H8034 of the place^H4725 Massah,^H4532 and Meribah,^H4809 because of the chiding^H7379 of the children^H1121 of Israel,^H3478 and because they tempted^H5254 the LORD,^H3068 saying,^H559 Is^H3426 the LORD^H3068 among^H7130 us, or not?

Exo 20:20

Exo 20:20 - And Moses^H4872 said^H559 unto the people,^H5971 Fear^H3372 not: for God^H430 is come^H935 to^H5668 prove^H5254 you, and that his fear^H3374 may be before your faces,^H6440 that ye sin^H2398 not.

Num 14:22

Num 14:22 - Because all those men^H582 which have seen^H7200 my glory,^H3519 and my miracles,^H226 which I did^H6213 in Egypt^H4714 and in the wilderness,^H4057 and have tempted^H5254^H853 me now these ten^H6235 times,^H6471 and have not hearkened^H8085 to my voice;^H6963

Deu 4:34

Deu 4:34 - Or hath God^H430 assayed^H5254 to go^H935 and take^H3947 him a nation^H1471 from the midst^H7130 of another nation,^H1471 by temptations,^H4531 by signs,^H226 and by wonders,^H4159 and by war,^H4421 and by a mighty^H2389 hand,^H3027 and by a stretched out^H5186 arm,^H2220 and by great^H1419 terrors,^H4172 according to all that the LORD^H3068 your God^H430 did^H6213 for you in Egypt^H4714 before your eyes?^H5869

Deu 6:16

Deu 6:16 - Ye shall not tempt^H5254 the LORD^H3068 your God,^H430 as ye tempted^H5254 him in Massah.^H4532

Deu 8:2

Deu 8:2 - And thou shalt remember^H2142 all the way^H1870 which the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 led^H3212 thee these forty^H705 years^H8141 in the wilderness,^H4057 to humble^H6031 thee, and to prove^H5254 thee, to know^H3045 what was in thine heart,^H3824 whether thou wouldest keep^H8104 his commandments,^H4687 or no.

Deu 8:16

Deu 8:16 - Who fed^H398 thee in the wilderness^H4057 with manna,^H4478 which thy fathers^H1 knew^H3045 not, that he might humble^H6031 thee, and that he might prove^H5254 thee, to do thee good^H3190 at thy latter end;^H319

Deu 13:3

Deu 13:3 - Thou shalt not hearken^H8085 unto the words^H1697 of that prophet,^H5030 or that dreamer^H2492 of dreams:^H2472 for the LORD^H3068 your God^H430 proveth^H5254 you, to know^H3045 whether ye^H3426 love^H157 the LORD^H3068 your God^H430 with all your heart^H3824 and with all your soul.^H5315

Deu 28:56

Deu 28:56 - The tender^H7390 and delicate^H6028 woman among you, which would not adventure^H5254 to set^H3322 the sole^H3709 of her foot^H7272 upon the ground^H776 for delicateness^H6026 and tenderness,^H7391 her eye^H5869 shall be evil^H3415 toward the husband^H376 of her bosom,^H2436 and toward her son,^H1121 and toward her daughter,^H1323

Deu 33:8

Deu 33:8 - And of Levi^H3878 he said,^H559 Let thy Thummim^H8550 and thy Urim^H224 be with thy holy^H2623 one,^H376 whom thou didst prove^H5254 at Massah,^H4532 and with whom thou didst strive^H7378 at the waters^H4325 of Meribah;^H4809

Jdg 2:22

Jdg 2:22 - That through them I may prove^H5254 Israel,^H3478 whether they will keep^H8104 the way^H1870 of the LORD^H3068 to walk^H3212 therein, as their fathers^H1 did keep^H8104 it, or not.

Jdg 3:1

Jdg 3:1 - Now these are the nations^H1471 which the LORD^H3068 left,^H3240 to prove^H5254 Israel^H3478 by them, even as many of Israel as had not known^H3045 all the wars^H4421 of Canaan;^H3667

Jdg 3:4

Jdg 3:4 - And they were to prove^H5254 Israel^H3478 by them, to know^H3045 whether they would hearken^H8085 unto the commandments^H4687 of the LORD,^H3068 which he commanded^H6680 their fathers^H1 by the hand^H3027 of Moses.^H4872

Jdg 6:39

Jdg 6:39 - And Gideon^H1439 said^H559 unto God,^H430 Let not thine anger^H639 be hot^H2734 against me, and I will speak^H1696 but this once:^H6471 let me prove,^H5254 I pray thee, but this once^H6471 with the fleece;^H1492 let it now be dry^H2721 only upon the fleece,^H1492 and upon all the ground^H776 let there be dew.^H2919

1Sa 17:39

1Sa 17:39 - And David^H1732 girded^H2296 his sword^H2719 upon his armour,^H4055 and he assayed^H2974 to go;^H3212 for he had not proved^H5254 it. And David^H1732 said^H559 unto Saul,^H7586 I cannot^H3201 go^H3212 with these; for I have not proved^H5254 them. And David^H1732 put^H5493 them off him.

1Ki 10:1

1Ki 10:1 - And when the queen^H4436 of Sheba^H7614 heard^H8085 of the fame^H8088 of Solomon^H8010 concerning the name^H8034 of the LORD,^H3068 she came^H935 to prove^H5254 him with hard questions.^H2420

2Ch 9:1

2Ch 9:1 - And when the queen^H4436 of Sheba^H7614 heard^H8085 of the fame^H8088 of Solomon,^H8010 she came^H935 to prove^H5254 Solomon^H8010 with hard questions^H2420 at Jerusalem,^H3389 with a very^H3966 great^H3515 company,^H2428 and camels^H1581 that bare^H5375 spices,^H1314 and gold^H2091 in abundance,^H7230 and precious^H3368 stones:^H68 and when she was come^H935 to Solomon,^H8010 she communed^H1696 with him of all that was in her heart.^H3824

2Ch 32:31

2Ch 32:31 - Howbeit^H3651 in the business of the ambassadors^H3887 of the princes^H8269 of Babylon,^H894 who sent^H7971 unto him to enquire^H1875 of the wonder^H4159 that was done in the land,^H776 God^H430 left^H5800 him, to try^H5254 him, that he might know^H3045 all that was in his heart.^H3824

Job 4:2

Job 4:2 - If we assay^H5254 to commune^H1697 with thee, wilt thou be grieved?^H3811 but who can^H3201 withhold^H6113 himself from speaking?^H4405

Psa 26:2

Psa 26:2 - Examine^H974 me, O LORD,^H3068 and prove^H5254 me; try^H6884 my reins^H3629 and my heart.^H3820

Psa 78:18

Psa 78:18 - And they tempted^H5254 God^H410 in their heart^H3824 by asking^H7592 meat^H400 for their lust.^H5315

Psa 78:41

Psa 78:41 - Yea, they turned back^H7725 and tempted^H5254 God,^H410 and limited^H8428 the Holy One^H6918 of Israel.^H3478

Psa 78:56

Psa 78:56 - Yet they tempted^H5254 and provoked^H4784 the most high^H5945 God,^H430 and kept^H8104 not his testimonies:^H5713

Psa 95:9

Psa 95:9 - When your fathers^H1 tempted^H5254 me, proved^H974 me, and saw^H7200 my work.^H6467

Psa 106:14

Psa 106:14 - But lusted^H183 exceedingly^H8378 in the wilderness,^H4057 and tempted^H5254 God^H410 in the desert.^H3452

Ecc 2:1

Ecc 2:1 - I said^H559 in mine heart,^H3820 Go to now,^H3212 I will prove^H5254 thee with mirth,^H8057 therefore enjoy^H7200 pleasure:^H2896 and, behold, this also is vanity.^H1892

Ecc 7:23

Ecc 7:23 - All this^H2090 have I proved^H5254 by wisdom:^H2451 I said,^H559 I will be wise;^H2449 but it was far^H7350 from me.

Isa 7:12

Isa 7:12 - But Ahaz^H271 said,^H559 I will not ask,^H7592 neither will I tempt^H5254^H853 the LORD.^H3068

Dan 1:12

Dan 1:12 - Prove^H5254 thy servants,^H5650 I beseech thee, ten^H6235 days;^H3117 and let them give^H5414 us pulse^H2235 to eat,^H398 and water^H4325 to drink.^H8354

Dan 1:14

Dan 1:14 - So he consented^H8085 to them in this matter,^H1697 and proved^H5254 them ten^H6235 days.^H3117

Lexicon :: Strong's H5254 - nāsâ

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