H5375 – nasa – נָשָׂא – to lift up, carry; fig. to spare

Strong’s ID:: H5375
Hebrew Word:: נָשָׂא
Transliteration:: nâsâʼ / nasa
Pronunciation:: naw-saw’
Part of Speech:: verb
Etymology:: a primitive root
Equivalents:: G941
G142
Usage Count:: 654
Search:: Find “nasa” in the Bible (Old Testament)

Equip God’s People Hebrew Lexicon

1) to lift up
2) to carry
3) figuratively: to spare (i.e., “to lift the charges”)

Word Picture:

In its most general use, the Hebrew word “nasa” refers to lifting objects, usually in a very physical sense. However, it often is utilized abstractly as bearing guilt, lifting up a standard, or even the Divine act of forgiving sins. Thus “nasa” can both mean “to bear” and “to forbear.”

Strong’s Hebrew Lexicon

or נָסָה nâçâh; (Psalm 4:6), naw-saw’; a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative (as follows):—accept, advance, arise, (able to, [armor], suffer to) bear (-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable (+ man), lade, lay, lift (self) up, lofty, marry, magnify, × needs, obtain, pardon, raise (up), receive, regard, respect, set (up), spare, stir up, + swear, take (away, up), × utterly, wear, yield.