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STRONGS NUMBER H5387
Transliteration: nasiy'
Phonetic Spelling: (naw-see')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: one lifted up, a chief, prince
Meaning: an exalted one, a king, sheik, a rising mist
Word Summary
nasiy': one lifted up, a chief, prince
Original Word: נָשִׂיאTransliteration: nasiy'
Phonetic Spelling: (naw-see')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: one lifted up, a chief, prince
Meaning: an exalted one, a king, sheik, a rising mist
Strong's Concordance
captain, chief, cloud, governor, prince, ruler, vapor Or nasi' {naw-see'}; from nasa'; properly, an exalted one, i.e. A king or sheik; also a rising mist -- captain, chief, cloud, governor, prince, ruler, vapour.
see HEBREW nasa'
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H5387. nasiy
' I. נָשִׂיא128 noun masculine one lifted up, i.e. a chief prince; — absolute ׳נ Exodus 22:27 +; construct נְשִׂיא Genesis 23:6 +; plural נְשִׂיאִים Joshua 22:32 +, נְשִׂיאִים 22:32 +, נְשִׂאִים Exodus 34:31 7t., נְשִׂיאִם Genesis 17:20 3t., נְשִׂאִם Exodus 35:27; construct נְשִׂיאֵי 16:22 +; suffix נְשִׂיאַי Ezekiel 45:8, נְשִׂיאֶיהָ 32:29, נְשִׂיאֵיהֶם Numbers 17:21, נְשִׂיאֵהֶם Numbers 17:17, etc.; — mostly in Israel:
1 ׳נ בְּעַמְּךָ of any chief man, Exodus 22:27 (E; human ruler, over against אֱלֹהִים).
2 of Solomon 1 Kings 11:34. Elsewhere only Ezekiel, P, Chronicles: —
3 of Abraham Genesis 23:6, and heads of Ishmaelite tribes 17:20; 25:16.
4 rulers of the congregation, הָעֵדָה נְשִׂיאֵי Exodus 16:22; Joshua 9:15, 18; 22:30, ׳הַנּ בָּעֵדָה Exodus 34:31, compare 35:27; Leviticus 4:22; Joshua 9:18b; 9:19, 21 (twice in verse); 17:4; 22:14 (3 t. in verse); 22:32 (all P); especially
5 tribal chiefs and representatives, according to the religious organization of P, Numbers 1:16, 44; 2:3 57t. Numbers (especially chapters 2, 7, 34; note הַלֵּוִי נְשִׂיאֵי נְשִׂיא 3:32); compare 1 Chronicles 2:10; 4:38; 5:6; 7:40; 2 Chronicles 1:2, also 1 Kings 8:1 (probably gloss, omitted by ᵐ5 Benz), 2 Chronicles 5:2.
6 in Ezekiel:
a. of Zedekiah (for מֶלֶךְ see Böhmer8K 1900, 112 ff.), Ezekiel 7:27; 12:10, 12; 21:30, + 19:1 (read singular ᵐ5 Ew Hi Co Berthol Toy).
b. chief men of Judah Ezekiel 21:17; 22:6; 45:8-9,.
c. future Davidic king Ezekiel 34:24; 37:25, compare 44:3 (twice in verse) + 16 t. Ezekiel 45, 46, 48.
d. foreign princes Ezekiel 26:16; 27:21; 30:13; 32:29; 38:2-3, 39:1, 18.
7 leader of exiles returning under Cyrus, according to Ezra 1:8.
8 non-Israel chiefs in P: Genesis 34:2; Numbers 25:18; Joshua 13:21.
II. [נָשִׂיא] noun [masculine] rising mist, vapour (Arabic , ); — only plural נְשִׂאִים vapours, forming clouds, and portending rain, Jeremiah 10:13 = 51:16, Psalm 135:7, נְשִׂיאִים Proverbs 25:14.