נָשִׂיא
chief
also: one lifted up, prince, captain, leader fuller range ↓
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Grammatical forms
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute 68 times (51%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct 29 times (22%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute 23 times (17%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct 14 times (10%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 134 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Every verse where H5387 appears — 120 distinct verses across 13 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Genesis 4 verses
- Genesis 17:20 נְשִׂיאִם֙ n c mp As for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He will become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.
- Genesis 23:6 נְשִׂ֨יא n c ms cs "Hear us, my lord. You are a prince of God among us. In the choice of our tombs bury your dead. None of us will withhold from you his tomb, but that you may bury your dead."
- Genesis 25:16 נְשִׂיאִ֖ם n c mp These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their villages, and by their encampments: twelve princes, according to their nations.
- Genesis 34:2 נְשִׂ֣יא n c ms cs Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her. He took her, lay with her, and humbled her.
Exodus 4 verses
- Exodus 16:22 נְשִׂיאֵ֣י n c mp cs It happened that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one, and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.
- Exodus 22:28 וְ/נָשִׂ֥יא conj + n c ms "You shall not blaspheme God, nor curse a ruler of your people.
- Exodus 34:31 הַ/נְּשִׂאִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Moses called to them, and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned to him; and Moses spoke to them.
- Exodus 35:27 וְ/הַ/נְּשִׂאִ֣ם conj + ptcl def.art + n c mp The rulers brought the onyx stones, and the stones to be set, for the ephod and for the breastplate;
Leviticus 1 verse
Numbers 55 verses
- Numbers 1:16 נְשִׂיאֵ֖י n c mp cs These are those who were called of the congregation, the princes of the tribes of their fathers; they were the heads of the thousands of Israel.
- Numbers 1:44 וּ/נְשִׂיאֵ֣י conj + n c mp cs These are those who were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: they were each one for his fathers' house.
- Numbers 2:3 וְ/נָשִׂיא֙ conj + n c ms Those who encamp on the east side toward the sunrise shall be of the standard of the camp of Judah, according to their divisions: and the prince of the children of Judah shall be Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
- Numbers 2:5 וְ/נָשִׂיא֙ conj + n c ms Those who encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Issachar: and the prince of the children of Issachar shall be Nethanel the son of Zuar.
- Numbers 2:7 וְ/נָשִׂיא֙ conj + n c ms The tribe of Zebulun: and the prince of the children of Zebulun shall be Eliab the son of Helon.
- Numbers 2:10 וְ/נָשִׂיא֙ conj + n c ms "On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their divisions. The prince of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur.
- Numbers 2:12 וְ/נָשִׂיא֙ conj + n c ms "Those who encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Simeon. The prince of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
- Numbers 2:14 וְ/נָשִׂיא֙ conj + n c ms "The tribe of Gad: and the prince of the children of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel.
- Numbers 2:18 וְ/נָשִׂיא֙ conj + n c ms "On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their divisions: and the prince of the children of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud.
- Numbers 2:20 וְ/נָשִׂיא֙ conj + n c ms "Next to him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and the prince of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
- Numbers 2:22 וְ/נָשִׂיא֙ conj + n c ms "The tribe of Benjamin: and the prince of the children of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni.
- Numbers 2:25 וְ/נָשִׂיא֙ conj + n c ms "On the north side shall be the standard of the camp of Dan according to their divisions: and the prince of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
- Numbers 2:27 וְ/נָשִׂיא֙ conj + n c ms "Those who encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Asher: and the prince of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ochran.
- Numbers 2:29 וְ/נָשִׂיא֙ conj + n c ms "The tribe of Naphtali: and the prince of the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan.
- Numbers 3:24 וּ/נְשִׂ֥יא conj + n c ms cs The prince of the fathers' house of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.
- Numbers 3:30 וּ/נְשִׂ֥יא conj + n c ms cs The prince of the fathers' house of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
- Numbers 3:32 וּ/נְשִׂיא֙ נְשִׂיאֵ֣י conj + n c ms cs n c mp cs Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be prince of the princes of the Levites, with the oversight of those who keep the charge of the sanctuary.
- Numbers 3:35 וּ/נְשִׂ֤יא conj + n c ms cs The prince of the fathers' house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail. They shall encamp on the north side of the tabernacle.
- Numbers 4:34 וּ/נְשִׂיאֵ֥י conj + n c mp cs Moses and Aaron and the princes of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites by their families, and by their fathers' houses,
- Numbers 4:46 וּ/נְשִׂיאֵ֥י conj + n c mp cs All those who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the princes of Israel numbered, by their families, and by their fathers' houses,
- Numbers 7:2 נְשִׂיאֵ֣י נְשִׂיאֵ֣י n c mp cs n c mp cs that the princes of Israel, the heads of their fathers' houses, offered. These were the princes of the tribes. These are they who were over those who were numbered:
- Numbers 7:3 הַ/נְּשִׂאִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp and they brought their offering before Yahweh, six covered wagons, and twelve oxen; a wagon for every two of the princes, and for each one an ox: and they presented them before the tabernacle.
- Numbers 7:10 הַ/נְּשִׂאִ֗ים הַ/נְּשִׂיאִ֛ם ptcl def.art + n c mp ptcl def.art + n c mp The princes gave offerings for the dedication of the altar in the day that it was anointed, even the princes gave their offerings before the altar.
- Numbers 7:11 נָשִׂ֨יא נָשִׂ֤יא n c ms n c ms Yahweh said to Moses, "They shall offer their offering, each prince on his day, for the dedication of the altar."
- Numbers 7:18 נְשִׂ֖יא n c ms cs On the second day Nethanel the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar, gave his offering.
- Numbers 7:24 נָשִׂ֖יא n c ms On the third day Eliab the son of Helon, prince of the children of Zebulun
- Numbers 7:30 נָשִׂ֖יא n c ms On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, prince of the children of Reuben
- Numbers 7:36 נָשִׂ֖יא n c ms On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, prince of the children of Simeon
- Numbers 7:42 נָשִׂ֖יא n c ms On the sixth day, Eliasaph the son of Deuel, prince of the children of Gad
- Numbers 7:48 נָשִׂ֖יא n c ms On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, prince of the children of Ephraim
- Numbers 7:54 נָשִׂ֖יא n c ms On the eighth day Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, prince of the children of Manasseh
- Numbers 7:60 נָשִׂ֖יא n c ms On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, prince of the children of Benjamin
- Numbers 7:66 נָשִׂ֖יא n c ms On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, prince of the children of Dan
- Numbers 7:72 נָשִׂ֖יא n c ms On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ochran, prince of the children of Asher
- Numbers 7:78 נָשִׂ֖יא n c ms On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, prince of the children of Naphtali
- Numbers 7:84 נְשִׂיאֵ֣י n c mp cs This was the dedication of the altar, on the day when it was anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve silver platters, twelve silver bowls, twelve golden ladles;
- Numbers 10:4 הַ/נְּשִׂיאִ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c mp If they blow but one, then the princes, the heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves to you.
- Numbers 13:2 נָשִׂ֥יא n c ms Send you men, that they may spy out the land of Canaan, which I give to the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall you send a man, everyone a prince among them.
- Numbers 16:2 נְשִׂיאֵ֥י n c mp cs and they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred fifty princes of the congregation, called to the assembly, men of renown;
- Numbers 17:2 נְשִֽׂיאֵ/הֶם֙ n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp Speak to the children of Israel, and take of them rods, one for each fathers' house, of all their princes according to their fathers' houses, twelve rods: write you every man's name on his rod.
- Numbers 17:6 נְשִֽׂיאֵי/הֶ֡ם לְ/נָשִׂ֨יא לְ/נָשִׂ֤יא n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp prep + n c ms prep + n c ms Moses spoke to the children of Israel; and all their princes gave him rods, for each prince one, according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.
- Numbers 25:14 נְשִׂ֥יא n c ms cs Now the name of the man of Israel that was slain, who was slain with the Midianite woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a fathers' house among the Simeonites.
- Numbers 25:18 נְשִׂ֤יא n c ms cs for they vex you with their wiles, with which they have deceived you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of the prince of Midian, their sister, who was slain on the day of the plague in the matter of Peor.
- Numbers 27:2 הַ/נְּשִׂיאִ֖ם ptcl def.art + n c mp They stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and all the congregation, at the door of the tent of meeting, saying,
- Numbers 31:13 נְשִׂיאֵ֥י n c mp cs Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them outside of the camp.
- Numbers 32:2 נְשִׂיאֵ֥י n c mp cs the children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spoke to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the princes of the congregation, saying,
- Numbers 34:18 וְ/נָשִׂ֥יא נָשִׂ֥יא conj + n c ms n c ms You shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land for inheritance.
- Numbers 34:22 נָשִׂ֑יא n c ms Of the tribe of the children of Dan a prince, Bukki the son of Jogli.
- Numbers 34:23 נָשִׂ֑יא n c ms Of the children of Joseph: of the tribe of the children of Manasseh a prince, Hanniel the son of Ephod.
- Numbers 34:24 נָשִׂ֑יא n c ms Of the tribe of the children of Ephraim a prince, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan.
- Numbers 34:25 נָשִׂ֑יא n c ms Of the tribe of the children of Zebulun a prince, Elizaphan the son of Parnach.
- Numbers 34:26 נָשִׂ֑יא n c ms Of the tribe of the children of Issachar a prince, Paltiel the son of Azzan.
- Numbers 34:27 נָשִׂ֑יא n c ms Of the tribe of the children of Asher a prince, Ahihud the son of Shelomi.
- Numbers 34:28 נָשִׂ֑יא n c ms Of the tribe of the children of Naphtali a prince, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.
- Numbers 36:1 הַ/נְּשִׂאִ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c mp The heads of the fathers' [houses] of the family of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spoke before Moses, and before the princes, the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the children of Israel:
Joshua 9 verses
- Joshua 9:15 נְשִׂיאֵ֖י n c mp cs Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation swore to them.
- Joshua 9:18 נְשִׂיאֵ֣י הַ/נְּשִׂיאִֽים n c mp cs ptcl def.art + n c mp The children of Israel didn't strike them, because the princes of the congregation had sworn to them by Yahweh, the God of Israel. All the congregation murmured against the princes.
- Joshua 9:19 הַ/נְּשִׂיאִים֙ ptcl def.art + n c mp But all the princes said to all the congregation, We have sworn to them by Yahweh, the God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them.
- Joshua 9:21 הַ/נְּשִׂיאִ֖ים הַ/נְּשִׂיאִֽים ptcl def.art + n c mp ptcl def.art + n c mp The princes said to them, Let them live: so they became wood cutters and drawers of water to all the congregation, as the princes had spoken to them.
- Joshua 13:21 נְשִׂיאֵ֣י n c mp cs and all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses struck with the chiefs of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the princes of Sihon, who lived in the land.
- Joshua 17:4 הַ/נְּשִׂיאִים֙ ptcl def.art + n c mp They came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, Yahweh commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers: therefore according to the commandment of Yahweh he gave them an inheritance among the brothers of their father.
- Joshua 22:14 נְשִׂאִים֙ נָשִׂ֨יא נָשִׂ֤יא n c mp n c ms n c ms and with him ten princes, one prince of a fathers' house for each of the tribes of Israel; and they were everyone of them head of their fathers' houses among the thousands of Israel.
- Joshua 22:30 וּ/נְשִׂיאֵ֨י conj + n c mp cs When Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation, even the heads of the thousands of Israel that were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spoke, it pleased them well.
- Joshua 22:32 וְ/הַ/נְּשִׂיאִ֡ים conj + ptcl def.art + n c mp Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, to the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them word again.
1 Kings 2 verses
- 1 Kings 8:1 נְשִׂיאֵ֨י n c mp cs Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers' [houses] of the children of Israel, to king Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh out of the city of David, which is Zion.
- 1 Kings 11:34 נָשִׂ֣יא n c ms However I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand; but I will make him prince all the days of his life, for David my servant's sake whom I chose, who kept my commandments and my statutes;
1 Chronicles 4 verses
- 1 Chronicles 2:10 נְשִׂ֖יא n c ms cs Ram became the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah;
- 1 Chronicles 4:38 נְשִׂיאִ֖ים n c mp these mentioned by name were princes in their families: and their fathers' houses increased greatly.
- 1 Chronicles 5:6 נָשִׂ֖יא n c ms Beerah his son, whom Tilgath Pilneser king of Assyria carried away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites.
- 1 Chronicles 7:40 הַ/נְּשִׂיאִ֑ים ptcl def.art + n c mp All these were the children of Asher, heads of the fathers' houses, choice and mighty men of valor, chief of the princes. The number of them reckoned by genealogy for service in war was twenty-six thousand men.
2 Chronicles 2 verses
- 2 Chronicles 1:2 נָשִׂ֥יא n c ms Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every prince in all Israel, the heads of the fathers' [houses].
- 2 Chronicles 5:2 נְשִׂיאֵ֧י n c mp cs Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers' [houses] of the children of Israel, to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh out of the city of David, which is Zion.
Ezra 1 verse
Psalms 1 verse
Proverbs 1 verse
Jeremiah 2 verses
- Jeremiah 10:13 נְשִׂאִ֖ים n c mp when he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he makes lightnings for the rain, and brings forth the wind out of his treasuries.
- Jeremiah 51:16 נְשִׂאִ֖ים n c mp when he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he makes lightnings for the rain, and brings forth the wind out of his treasuries.
Ezekiel 34 verses
- Ezekiel 7:27 וְ/נָשִׂיא֙ conj + n c ms The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled: I will do to them after their way, and according to their deserts will I judge them; and they shall know that I am Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 12:10 הַ/נָּשִׂ֞יא ptcl def.art + n c ms Say you to them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: This burden [concerns] the prince in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel among whom they are.
- Ezekiel 12:12 וְ/הַ/נָּשִׂ֨יא conj + ptcl def.art + n c ms The prince who is among them shall bear on his shoulder in the dark, and shall go forth: they shall dig through the wall to carry out thereby: he shall cover his face, because he shall not see the land with his eyes.
- Ezekiel 19:1 נְשִׂיאֵ֖י n c mp cs Moreover, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
- Ezekiel 21:12 נְשִׂיאֵ֣י n c mp cs Cry and wail, son of man; for it is on my people, it is on all the princes of Israel: they are delivered over to the sword with my people; strike therefore on your thigh.
- Ezekiel 21:25 נְשִׂ֖יא n c ms cs You, deadly wounded wicked one, the prince of Israel, whose day is come, in the time of the iniquity of the end,
- Ezekiel 22:6 נְשִׂיאֵ֣י n c mp cs Behold, the princes of Israel, everyone according to his power, have been in you to shed blood.
- Ezekiel 26:16 נְשִׂיאֵ֣י n c mp cs Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay aside their robes, and strip off their embroidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit on the ground, and shall tremble every moment, and be astonished at you.
- Ezekiel 27:21 נְשִׂיאֵ֣י n c mp cs Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they were the merchants of your hand; in lambs, and rams, and goats, in these were they your merchants.
- Ezekiel 30:13 וְ/נָשִׂ֥יא conj + n c ms Thus says the Lord Yahweh: I will also destroy the idols, and I will cause the images to cease from Memphis; and there shall be no more a prince from the land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt.
- Ezekiel 32:29 נְשִׂיאֶ֔י/הָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 3fs There is Edom, her kings and all her princes, who in their might are laid with those who are slain by the sword: they shall lie with the uncircumcised, and with those who go down to the pit.
- Ezekiel 34:24 נָשִׂ֣יא n c ms I, Yahweh, will be their God, and my servant David prince among them; I, Yahweh, have spoken it.
- Ezekiel 37:25 נָשִׂ֥יא n c ms They shall dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob my servant, in which your fathers lived; and they shall dwell therein, they, and their children, and their children's children, forever: and David my servant shall be their prince for ever.
- Ezekiel 38:2 נְשִׂ֕יא n c ms cs Son of man, set your face toward Gog, of the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal, and prophesy against him,
- Ezekiel 38:3 נְשִׂ֕יא n c ms cs and say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I am against you, Gog, prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal:
- Ezekiel 39:1 נְשִׂ֕יא n c ms cs You, son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I am against you, Gog, prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal:
- Ezekiel 39:18 נְשִׂיאֵ֥י n c mp cs You shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bulls, all of them fatlings of Bashan.
- Ezekiel 44:3 הַ/נָּשִׂ֗יא נָ֥שִׂיא ptcl def.art + n c ms n c ms As for the prince, he shall sit therein as prince to eat bread before Yahweh; he shall enter by the way of the porch of the gate, and shall go out by the way of the same.
- Ezekiel 45:7 וְ/לַ/נָּשִׂ֡יא conj + prep det + n c ms [Whatever is] for the prince [shall be] on the one side and on the other side of the holy offering and of the possession of the city, in front of the holy offering and in front of the possession of the city, on the west side westward, and on the east side eastward; and in length answerable to one of the portions, from the west border to the east border.
- Ezekiel 45:8 נְשִׂיאַ/י֙ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs In the land it shall be to him for a possession in Israel: and my princes shall no more oppress my people; but they shall give the land to the house of Israel according to their tribes.
- Ezekiel 45:9 נְשִׂיאֵ֣י n c mp cs Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Let it suffice you, princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute justice and righteousness; dispossessing my people, says the Lord Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 45:16 לַ/נָּשִׂ֖יא prep det + n c ms All the people of the land shall give to this offering for the prince in Israel.
- Ezekiel 45:17 הַ/נָּשִׂ֣יא ptcl def.art + n c ms It shall be the prince's part to give the burnt offerings, and the meal-offerings, and the drink-offerings, in the feasts, and on the new moons, and on the Sabbaths, in all the appointed feasts of the house of Israel: he shall prepare the sin-offering, and the meal-offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace-offerings, to make atonement for the house of Israel.
- Ezekiel 45:22 הַ/נָּשִׂיא֙ ptcl def.art + n c ms On that day shall the prince prepare for himself and for all the people of the land a bull for a sin-offering.
- Ezekiel 46:2 הַ/נָּשִׂ֡יא ptcl def.art + n c ms The prince shall enter by the way of the porch of the gate outside, and shall stand by the post of the gate; and the priests shall prepare his burnt-offering and his peace-offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate: then he shall go forth; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening.
- Ezekiel 46:4 הַ/נָּשִׂ֖יא ptcl def.art + n c ms The burnt offering that the prince shall offer to Yahweh shall be on the Sabbath day six lambs without blemish and a ram without blemish;
- Ezekiel 46:8 הַ/נָּשִׂ֑יא ptcl def.art + n c ms When the prince shall enter, he shall go in by the way of the porch of the gate, and he shall go forth by the way of it.
- Ezekiel 46:10 וְֽ/הַ/נָּשִׂ֑יא conj + ptcl def.art + n c ms The prince, when they go in, shall go in with of them; and when they go out, he shall go out.
- Ezekiel 46:12 הַ/נָּשִׂ֨יא ptcl def.art + n c ms When the prince shall prepare a freewill-offering, a burnt offering or peace-offerings as a freewill-offering to Yahweh, one shall open for him the gate that looks toward the east; and he shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace-offerings, as he does on the Sabbath day: then he shall go forth; and after his going forth one shall shut the gate.
- Ezekiel 46:16 הַ/נָּשִׂ֤יא ptcl def.art + n c ms Thus says the Lord Yahweh: If the prince give a gift to any of his sons, it is his inheritance, it shall belong to his sons; it is their possession by inheritance.
- Ezekiel 46:17 לַ/נָּשִׂ֑יא prep det + n c ms But if he give of his inheritance a gift to one of his servants, it shall be his to the year of liberty; then it shall return to the prince; but as for his inheritance, it shall be for his sons.
- Ezekiel 46:18 הַ/נָּשִׂ֜יא ptcl def.art + n c ms Moreover the prince shall not take of the people's inheritance, to thrust them out of their possession; he shall give inheritance to his sons out of his own possession, that my people not be scattered every man from his possession.
- Ezekiel 48:21 לַ/נָּשִׂ֣יא לַ/נָּשִׂ֑יא prep det + n c ms prep det + n c ms The residue shall be for the prince, on the one side and on the other of the holy offering and of the possession of the city; in front of the twenty-five thousand of the offering toward the east border, and westward in front of the twenty-five thousand toward the west border, answerable to the portions, it shall be for the prince: and the holy offering and the sanctuary of the house shall be in the midst of it.
- Ezekiel 48:22 לַ/נָּשִׂ֖יא לַ/נָּשִׂ֖יא prep det + n c ms prep det + n c ms Moreover from the possession of the Levites, and from the possession of the city, being in the midst of that which is the prince's, between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, it shall be for the prince.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
The Hebrew noun נשיא centers on the idea of “chief.” Older and newer Bibles part ways — “prince” in the King James Version, “leader” (Berean Standard Bible) in modern versions. See the renderings breakdown. It appears 120 verses across 13 books of the Hebrew Bible, among its common vocabulary. The word gravitates to Numbers (46%), then Ezekiel and Joshua. Beyond “chief” it also covers “one lifted up”, “prince”, and “captain” — see its full sense range. For the data behind this summary, explore the sense tree and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H5387 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 120
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 120 distinct verses.
- 13 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 13 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #332
- by frequency
- Top 500 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 332 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 120 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 120 distinct verses.
- Torah (Pentateuch) 64 verses · 53%
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 47 verses · 39%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 9 verses · 8%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 2 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Prince 43×, Princes 26×, Captain 9×
- American Standard Version†: Prince 54×, Princes 29×, All the princes 4×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Leader 42×, Leaders 28×, Prince 22×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Leader 42×, Leaders 21×, Prince 19×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H5387 across 130† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 30 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 2 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H5387 across 127† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 31 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H5387 across 126† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 17 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 8 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H5387 across 137† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 9 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
12 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 12 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
נשיא I one lifted up, i.e. a chief prince
- 1. נ׳ בְּעַמְּךָ of any chief man, Ex 22:27 (E; human ruler, over ag. אֱלֹהִים). e.g. Exodus 22:27
- 2. of Solom. 1 K 11:34. Elsewhere only Ez P Chr:— e.g. 1 Kings 11:34
- 3. of Abr. Gn 23:6, of Ishmaelites 17:20; 25:16, of Hittites Gn 34:2. e.g. Genesis 23:6
- 4. rulers of the congregation, נְשִׂיאֵי הָעֵדָה Ex 16:22 Jos 9:15, 18; 22:30, הַנּ׳ בָּעֵדָה 34:31, cf. 35:27 Lv 4:22 Jos 9:18b, 19, 21(×2); 17:4; 22:14(×3), 32 (all P); especially e.g. Ezekiel 16:22
- 5. tribal chiefs and representatives, according to the religious organization of P, Nu 1:16, 44 2:3 + 57 times Nu (especially chaps. 2, 7, 34; note נְשִׂיא נְשִׂיאֵי הַלִּוֵי 3:32); cf. 1 Ch 2:10; 4:38; 5:6; 7:40 2 Ch 1:2; also 1 K 8:1 (prob. gloss, om. 𝔊 Benz), 2 Ch 5:2. e.g. Numbers 1:16
- 6. in Ezek.:
- a. of Zedekiah (for מֶלָךְ; v. BöhmerSK 1900, 112 ff.), 7:27; 12:10, 12; 21:30, + 19:1 (read sg. 𝔊 Ew Hi Co Berthol Toy). e.g. Ezekiel 7:27
- b. chief men of Judah 21:17; 22:6; 45:8, 9. e.g. Ezekiel 21:17
- c. future Davidic kg. 34:24; 37:25, cf. 44:3(×2) + 16 times Ez 45, 46, 48. e.g. Ezekiel 34:24
- d. foreign princes 26:16; 27:21; 30:13; 32:29; 38:2, 3; 39:1, 18. e.g. Ezekiel 26:16
- 7. leader of exiles returning under Cyrus, according to Ezr 1:8. e.g. Ezra 1:8
- 8. non-Isr. chiefs in P: Gn 34:2 Nu 25:18 Jos 13:21. e.g. Genesis 34:2
נשיא II [m.] rising mist, vapour (Arabic نَشْءٌ, نَشِىٌٔ )
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
I. n.m. one lifted up, i.e. a chief prince;—abs. נ׳ Ez 22:27 +; cstr. נְשִׂיא Gn 23:6 +; pl. נְשִׂיאִים Jos 22:32 +, נְשִׂאִים Ex 34:31 + 7 times, נְשִׂיאִם Gn 17:20 + 3 times, נְשִׂאִם Ex 35:27; cstr. נְשִׂיאֵי Ex 16:22 +; sf. נְשִׂיאַי Ez 45:8, נְשִׂיאֶיהָ Ez 32:29, נְשִׂיאֵיהֶם Nu 17:21, נְשִׂיאֵהֶם v 17, etc.—mostly in Isr.:
II. n.[m.] rising mist, vapour (Arabic نَشْءٌ, نَشِىٌٔ );—only pl. נְשִׂאִים vapours, forming clouds, and portending rain, Je 10:13 = 51:16, ψ 135:7, נְשִׂיאִים Pr 25:14.
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from נשא (nâsâʼ) (H5375) — to lift.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
נַשְׁיָא
- m. ch. = h. נָשֶׁה. Targ. Gen. XXXII, 33 גידא דנ׳.—Ḥull. 97ᵇ גידא נ׳, v. גִּידָא
נָשִׂיא
- 1. prince, chief, ruler, officer. Num. R. s. 1 לנ׳ שנכנס וכ׳ like unto a chief that entered a country. Ib. שלא מנה נ׳ לשבט וכ׳ he appointed no prince for the tribe of Levi. [Ib. נשיא שבטים, read נְשִׂיאֵי]. Hor. II, 6; a. v. fr.—Pl. נְשִׂיאִים. Num. R. s. 12 למה נזדרזו הנ׳ וכ׳ why were the princes so anxious to be the first &c.? Num. R. s. 3; a. v. fr.—Esp. Nasi, the chief of the Great Sanhedrin in Jerusalem and of its successor in Palestinian places (v. אָב). Taan. II, 1. Pes. 66ᵃ מינוהו נ׳ עליהם they elected him as their Nasi; a. fr.—R. Judah the Nasi, v. רַבִּי.—Pl. as ab. Ḥag. II, 2; a. e.
- 2. pl. as ab. clouds. Kidd. 32ᵇ להק"בה … מעלה נ׳ וכ׳ the Lord causes the wind to blow and brings up clouds and lets rain come down &c.
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 67 distinct written forms H5387 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 7 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H5387, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
- משא massâʼ H4853 burden
- משא massôʼ H4856 partiality
- משאה massâʼâh H4858 uplifting
- משאת masʼêth H4864 burden
- מתנשא mithnassêʼ H4984 to exalt oneself
- נשא nᵉsâʼ H5376 to lift
- נשאת nissêʼth H5379 portion
- נשואה nᵉsûwʼâh H5385 load
- שאת sᵉʼêth H7613 exaltation
- שוא sôwʼ H7721 rising
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 13 — not the complete family. 1 of the same-root words is a proper name (a person or place). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 120 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 120 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 17:20
- Exodus 16:22
- Leviticus 4:22
- Numbers 1:16
- Joshua 9:15
- 1 Kings 8:1
- 1 Chronicles 2:10
- 2 Chronicles 1:2
- Ezra 1:8
- Psalms 135:7
- Proverbs 25:14
- Jeremiah 10:13
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
