H4994: נָא
nâʼ · pronounced naw · “please”
Definition
'I pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the Imperative or Future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction
KJV translates it as: I beseech (pray) thee (you), go to, now, oh.
Word origin: a primitive particle of incitement and entreaty, which may usually be rendered;
Extended definition
1a) used in entreaty or exhortation
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H4994 is translated
- please ×404
Bible verses with H4994 (nâʼ)
Nâʼ appears in 375 verses; the first 25 are shown below.
- Genesis 12:11
And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon:
- Genesis 12:13
Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.
- Genesis 13:8
And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.
- Genesis 13:9
Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
- Genesis 13:14
And the Lord said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:
- Genesis 15:5
And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
- Genesis 16:2
And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the Lord hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.
- Genesis 18:3
And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:
- Genesis 18:4
Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:
- Genesis 18:21
I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
- Genesis 18:27
And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:
- Genesis 18:30
And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.
- Genesis 18:31
And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty’s sake.
- Genesis 18:32
And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten’s sake.
- Genesis 19:2
And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant’s house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.
- Genesis 19:7
And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.
- Genesis 19:8
Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.
- Genesis 19:18
And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord:
- Genesis 19:19
Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:
- Genesis 19:20
Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.
- Genesis 22:2
And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
- Genesis 24:2
And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:
- Genesis 24:12
And he said, O Lord God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master Abraham.
- Genesis 24:14
And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master.
- Genesis 24:17
And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.
All 375 references
- Genesis 24:23
- Genesis 24:42
- Genesis 24:43
- Genesis 24:45
- Genesis 25:30
- Genesis 26:28
- Genesis 27:2
- Genesis 27:3
- Genesis 27:9
- Genesis 27:19
- Genesis 27:21
- Genesis 27:26
- Genesis 30:14
- Genesis 30:27
- Genesis 31:12
- Genesis 32:11
- Genesis 32:29
- Genesis 33:10
- Genesis 33:11
- Genesis 33:14
- Genesis 33:15
- Genesis 34:8
- Genesis 37:6
- Genesis 37:14
- Genesis 37:16
- Genesis 37:32
- Genesis 38:16
- Genesis 38:25
- Genesis 40:8
- Genesis 40:14
- Genesis 44:18
- Genesis 44:33
- Genesis 45:4
- Genesis 47:4
- Genesis 47:29
- Genesis 48:9
- Genesis 50:4
- Genesis 50:5
- Genesis 50:17
- Exodus 3:3
- Exodus 3:18
- Exodus 4:6
- Exodus 4:13
- Exodus 4:18
- Exodus 5:3
- Exodus 10:11
- Exodus 10:17
- Exodus 11:2
- Exodus 32:32
- Exodus 33:13
- Exodus 33:18
- Exodus 34:9
- Numbers 10:31
- Numbers 11:15
- Numbers 12:6
- Numbers 12:11
- Numbers 12:12
- Numbers 12:13
- Numbers 14:17
- Numbers 14:19
- Numbers 16:8
- Numbers 16:26
- Numbers 20:10
- Numbers 20:17
- Numbers 22:6
- Numbers 22:16
- Numbers 22:17
- Numbers 22:19
- Numbers 23:13
- Numbers 23:27
- Deuteronomy 3:25
- Deuteronomy 4:32
- Joshua 2:12
- Joshua 7:19
- Joshua 22:26
- Judges 1:24
- Judges 4:19
- Judges 6:17
- Judges 6:18
- Judges 6:39
- Judges 7:3
- Judges 8:5
- Judges 9:2
- Judges 9:38
- Judges 10:15
- Judges 11:17
- Judges 11:19
- Judges 12:6
- Judges 13:3
- Judges 13:4
- Judges 13:8
- Judges 13:15
- Judges 14:12
- Judges 15:2
- Judges 16:6
- Judges 16:10
- Judges 16:28
- Judges 18:5
- Judges 19:6
- Judges 19:8
- Judges 19:9
- Judges 19:11
- Judges 19:23
- Judges 19:24
- Ruth 2:2
- Ruth 2:7
- 1 Samuel 2:36
- 1 Samuel 3:17
- 1 Samuel 9:3
- 1 Samuel 9:6
- 1 Samuel 9:18
- 1 Samuel 10:15
- 1 Samuel 14:17
- 1 Samuel 14:29
- 1 Samuel 15:25
- 1 Samuel 15:30
- 1 Samuel 16:15
- 1 Samuel 16:16
- 1 Samuel 16:17
- 1 Samuel 16:22
- 1 Samuel 17:17
- 1 Samuel 19:2
- 1 Samuel 20:29
- 1 Samuel 20:36
- 1 Samuel 22:3
- 1 Samuel 22:7
- 1 Samuel 22:12
- 1 Samuel 23:11
- 1 Samuel 23:22
- 1 Samuel 25:8
- 1 Samuel 25:24
- 1 Samuel 25:25
- 1 Samuel 25:28
- 1 Samuel 26:8
- 1 Samuel 26:11
- 1 Samuel 26:19
- 1 Samuel 27:5
- 1 Samuel 28:8
- 1 Samuel 28:22
- 1 Samuel 30:7
- 2 Samuel 1:4
- 2 Samuel 1:9
- 2 Samuel 2:14
- 2 Samuel 7:2
- 2 Samuel 13:5
- 2 Samuel 13:6
- 2 Samuel 13:7
- 2 Samuel 13:13
- 2 Samuel 13:17
- 2 Samuel 13:24
- 2 Samuel 13:25
- 2 Samuel 13:26
- 2 Samuel 13:28
- 2 Samuel 14:2
- 2 Samuel 14:11
- 2 Samuel 14:12
- 2 Samuel 14:15
- 2 Samuel 14:17
- 2 Samuel 14:18
- 2 Samuel 14:21
- 2 Samuel 15:7
- 2 Samuel 15:31
- 2 Samuel 16:9
- 2 Samuel 17:1
- 2 Samuel 17:5
- 2 Samuel 18:19
- 2 Samuel 18:22
- 2 Samuel 19:37
- 2 Samuel 20:16
- 2 Samuel 24:2
- 2 Samuel 24:10
- 2 Samuel 24:14
- 2 Samuel 24:17
- 1 Kings 1:12
- 1 Kings 2:17
- 1 Kings 8:26
- 1 Kings 13:6
- 1 Kings 14:2
- 1 Kings 17:10
- 1 Kings 17:11
- 1 Kings 17:21
- 1 Kings 18:43
- 1 Kings 19:20
- 1 Kings 20:7
- 1 Kings 20:31
- 1 Kings 20:32
- 1 Kings 20:35
- 1 Kings 20:37
- 1 Kings 22:5
- 1 Kings 22:13
- 2 Kings 1:13
- 2 Kings 2:2
- 2 Kings 2:4
- 2 Kings 2:6
- 2 Kings 2:9
- 2 Kings 2:16
- 2 Kings 2:19
- 2 Kings 4:9
- 2 Kings 4:10
- 2 Kings 4:13
- 2 Kings 4:22
- 2 Kings 4:26
- 2 Kings 5:7
- 2 Kings 5:8
- 2 Kings 5:15
- 2 Kings 5:17
- 2 Kings 5:22
- 2 Kings 6:1
- 2 Kings 6:2
- 2 Kings 6:3
- 2 Kings 6:17
- 2 Kings 6:18
- 2 Kings 7:12
- 2 Kings 7:13
- 2 Kings 8:4
- 2 Kings 9:12
- 2 Kings 9:34
- 2 Kings 18:19
- 2 Kings 18:23
- 2 Kings 18:26
- 2 Kings 19:19
- 2 Kings 20:3
- 1 Chronicles 21:8
- 1 Chronicles 21:13
- 1 Chronicles 21:17
- 1 Chronicles 22:5
- 1 Chronicles 29:20
- 2 Chronicles 6:40
- 2 Chronicles 18:4
- 2 Chronicles 18:12
- Ezra 10:14
- Nehemiah 1:6
- Nehemiah 1:8
- Nehemiah 1:11
- Nehemiah 5:10
- Nehemiah 5:11
- Job 1:11
- Job 2:5
- Job 4:7
- Job 5:1
- Job 6:29
- Job 8:8
- Job 10:9
- Job 12:7
- Job 13:6
- Job 13:18
- Job 17:3
- Job 17:10
- Job 22:21
- Job 22:22
- Job 32:21
- Job 33:1
- Job 33:2
- Job 38:3
- Job 40:7
- Job 40:10
- Job 40:15
- Job 40:16
- Job 42:4
- Psalms 7:9
- Psalms 50:22
- Psalms 80:14
- Psalms 115:2
- Psalms 116:14
- Psalms 116:18
- Psalms 118:2
- Psalms 118:3
- Psalms 118:4
- Psalms 118:25
- Psalms 119:76
- Psalms 119:108
- Psalms 122:8
- Psalms 124:1
- Psalms 129:1
- Ecclesiastes 2:1
- Song of Solomon 3:2
- Song of Solomon 7:8
- Isaiah 1:18
- Isaiah 5:1
- Isaiah 5:3
- Isaiah 5:5
- Isaiah 7:3
- Isaiah 7:13
- Isaiah 19:12
- Isaiah 29:11
- Isaiah 29:12
- Isaiah 36:4
- Isaiah 36:8
- Isaiah 36:11
- Isaiah 38:3
- Isaiah 47:12
- Isaiah 47:13
- Isaiah 51:21
- Isaiah 64:9
- Jeremiah 4:31
- Jeremiah 5:1
- Jeremiah 5:21
- Jeremiah 5:24
- Jeremiah 7:12
- Jeremiah 17:15
- Jeremiah 18:11
- Jeremiah 18:13
- Jeremiah 21:2
- Jeremiah 25:5
- Jeremiah 27:18
- Jeremiah 28:7
- Jeremiah 28:15
- Jeremiah 30:6
- Jeremiah 32:8
- Jeremiah 35:15
- Jeremiah 36:15
- Jeremiah 36:17
- Jeremiah 37:3
- Jeremiah 37:20
- Jeremiah 38:4
- Jeremiah 38:12
- Jeremiah 38:20
- Jeremiah 38:25
- Jeremiah 40:15
- Jeremiah 42:2
- Jeremiah 44:4
- Jeremiah 45:3
- Lamentations 1:18
- Lamentations 5:16
- Ezekiel 8:5
- Ezekiel 8:8
- Ezekiel 17:12
- Ezekiel 18:25
- Ezekiel 33:30
- Daniel 1:12
- Daniel 9:16
- Amos 7:2
- Amos 7:5
- Jonah 1:8
- Jonah 1:14
- Jonah 4:3
- Micah 3:1
- Micah 3:9
- Micah 6:1
- Micah 6:5
- Haggai 2:2
- Haggai 2:11
- Haggai 2:15
- Haggai 2:18
- Zechariah 1:4
- Zechariah 3:8
- Zechariah 5:5
- Malachi 1:8
- Malachi 1:9
- Malachi 3:10