נָשָׁא
nâshâʼ · H5377 · Hebrew · 14 occurrences
Meanings
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to be deceived, to be deluded
Passive action by which a person is fooled or deceived
ExamplesIsaiah 19:13 The officials of Zoan have turned out to be fools, The officials of Memphis are deluded; Those who are the cornerstone of her tribes Have led Egypt astray.
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to deceive, to fool, to outsmart
Action with which someone misleads or deceives another person
ExamplesGenesis 3:13 Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this that you have done?” And the woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”
2 Kings 18:29 “This is what the king says: ‘Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he will not be able to save you from my hand.
2 Kings 19:10 “This is what you shall say to Hezekiah king of Judah: ‘Do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you by saying, “Jerusalem will not be handed over to the king of Assyria.”
How it’s used In 4 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
13 occurrences in 11 groups
- חִזְקִיָּהHezekiah 3
- Other words · 10 groups that occur once or twice (11) 11
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
8 occurrences in 4 groups
- ךָּyou 5
- נֶפֶשׁsoul, life 1
- נִיme 1
- כֶםyou 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
7 occurrences in 2 groups
- לto/for+ אָמַרto say 4
- לto/for+ כֶםyou 3
With adverbsAdverbs
8 occurrences in 2 groups
- אַלnot, do not 7
- אָכֵןsurely, but 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- פָּתָה pâthâh · H6601 · to be simple, to be naive, to be gullible
- Both words belong to the field of deception. נָשָׁא (nâshâʼ, H5377) emphasizes deceptive beguiling, while פָּתָה (pâthâh, H6601) emphasizes enticement or seduction that leads to deception.
In the other Testament 1 word
- ἀπατάω apatáō · G538 · to mislead, to deceive, deception
- Greek ἀπατάω specifically denotes cheating or deluding through deception, corresponding directly to the core sense of Hebrew נָשָׁא, "to beguile, deceive."
Semantic domains 3 entries
- Non-Possess002003002018
- The word describes deceiving someone so as to deprive them of something rightfully theirs, as the serpent deceives Eve (Genesis 3:13), tying the word to a loss brought about through trickery.
- Act002002002001
- נָשָׁא describes an act of deception, illustrated at Genesis 3:13 ("the serpent deceived me, and I ate") and 2 Kings 18:29 ("do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he will not be able to save you from my hand").
- Foolish002001002010
- This entry carries no independent "Foolish" sense of its own distinct from ordinary deception; the genuine tagged occurrences (e.g. Genesis 3:13, 2 Kings 18:29) concern the act of deceiving, not foolishness. The domain is bundle-shared with the lexeme's own broader sense range.
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H5377. nasha II. נָשָׁא verb only Niph`al, Hiph`il beguile, deceive; — (kindred with I.…
II. נָשָׁא verb only
Niph`al, Hiph`il beguile, deceive; — (kindred with I. שׁוא, from which, however, the forms can hardly be derived (conjectures Wecompare 2. 351)); —
Niph`al Perfect3plural נִשְּׁאוּ Isa 19:13 the princes have been beguiled (|| הִתְעוּ נוֺאֲלוּ,).
Hiph`il Perfect הִשִּׁיא Jer 49:16, suffix הִשִּׁאַ֫נִי Gen 3:13, הִשִּׁיאֶ֑ךָ Obadiah 3; 2masculine singular הִשֵּׁאתָ Jer 4:10; Jer 4:3plural suffix הִשִּׁיא֫וּךָ Obadiah 7; Imperfect only jussive יַשִּׁיא2Ch 32:15, so Psa 55:16 Qr (see below); יַשִּׁא 2Ki 18:29; Isa 36:14, suffix יַשִּׁאֲךָ 2Ki 19:10; Isa 37:10; Isa 37:2masculine plural תַּשִּׁאוּ Jer 37:9; Infinitive absolute הַשֵּׁא Jer 4:10; — beguile, usually with accusative of person Gen 3:13 (J; not elsewhere Hexateuch); Jer 49:16; Obad 3:7; אַליַֿשִּׁאֲךָ 2Ki 19:10 let not thy God beguile thee = Isa 37:10, of Hezekiah 2Ch 32:15 (compare below), נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶם אַלתַּֿשִּׁאוּ Jer 37:9 do not deceive yourselves; also followed by ל person לָכֶם אַליַֿשִּׁא 2Ki 18:29 = Isa 36:14 (= 2Ch 32:15, see above), Jer 29:8; לָעָם הִשֵּׁאתָ הַשֵּׁא הַזֶּה Jer 4:10 thou hast utterly beguiled this people; עָלֵימוֺ ישׁימות Psa 55:16 Kt apparently = desolations (be) upon them! (but elsewhere only in proper name, of a location, compare p. 445 above), < Qr עלימו מָוֶת יַשִּׁיא Ew Ol Pe De NowHup, compare ᵐ5, let death (beguile them, i.e.) come deceitfully upon them! Brüll Che, compare Bae, conjectures plausibly יִבְלָעֵמוֺ מָוֶת יַשִּׁיא.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
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