Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H5387: נָשִׂיא

nâsîyʼ · pronounced naw-see' · “leader”

Definition

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

KJV translates it as: captain, chief, cloud, governor, prince, ruler, vapour.

Word origin: or נָשִׂא; from H5375 (נָשָׂא);

Extended definition

one lifted up, chief, prince, captain, leader

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H5387 is translated

  • the leader ×22
  • prince ×21
  • a leader ×18
  • the leaders of ×16
  • leaders ×16
  • the leader of ×7
  • the princes of ×6
  • clouds ×4
  • the prince of ×3
  • princes ×2
  • their ×2
  • will be prince ×2

Bible verses with H5387 (nâsîyʼ)

Nâsîyʼ appears in 120 verses; the first 25 are shown below.

  • Genesis 17:20

    And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.

  • Genesis 23:6

    Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.

  • Genesis 25:16

    These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations.

  • Genesis 34:2

    And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.

  • Exodus 16:22

    And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.

  • Exodus 22:28

    Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.

  • Exodus 34:31

    And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned unto him: and Moses talked with them.

  • Exodus 35:27

    And the rulers brought onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate;

  • Leviticus 4:22

    When a ruler hath sinned, and done somewhat through ignorance against any of the commandments of the Lord his God concerning things which should not be done, and is guilty;

  • Numbers 1:16

    These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel.

  • Numbers 1:44

    These are those that were numbered, which Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: each one was for the house of his fathers.

  • Numbers 2:3

    And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies: and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be captain of the children of Judah.

  • Numbers 2:5

    And those that do pitch next unto him shall be the tribe of Issachar: and Nethaneel the son of Zuar shall be captain of the children of Issachar.

  • Numbers 2:7

    Then the tribe of Zebulun: and Eliab the son of Helon shall be captain of the children of Zebulun.

  • Numbers 2:10

    On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their armies: and the captain of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur.

  • Numbers 2:12

    And those which pitch by him shall be the tribe of Simeon: and the captain of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

  • Numbers 2:14

    Then the tribe of Gad: and the captain of the sons of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel.

  • Numbers 2:18

    On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their armies: and the captain of the sons of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud.

  • Numbers 2:20

    And by him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and the captain of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

  • Numbers 2:22

    Then the tribe of Benjamin: and the captain of the sons of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni.

  • Numbers 2:25

    The standard of the camp of Dan shall be on the north side by their armies: and the captain of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

  • Numbers 2:27

    And those that encamp by him shall be the tribe of Asher: and the captain of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ocran.

  • Numbers 2:29

    Then the tribe of Naphtali: and the captain of the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan.

  • Numbers 3:24

    And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.

  • Numbers 3:30

    And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.

All 120 references