נָשָׂא nâsâʼ

Meaning

to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative

In the King James Version: 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 ([phrase] man), lade, lay, lift (self) up, lofty, marry, magnify, [idiom] needs, obtain, pardon, raise (up), receive, regard, respect, set (up), spare, stir up, [phrase] swear, take (away, up), [idiom] utterly, wear, yield.

Derivation: or נָסָה; (Psalm 4:6 (H7 (אֲבַד))), a primitive root;

Where it is used

• Psalms 7:6 Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.
• Psalms 10:12 Arise, O LORD! Lift up Your hand, O God! Do not forget the helpless.
• Psalms 15:3 who has no slander on his tongue, who does no harm to his neighbor, who casts no scorn on his friend,
• Psalms 16:4 Sorrows will multiply to those who chase other gods. I will not pour out their libations of blood, or speak their names with my lips.
• Psalms 24:4 He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear deceitfully.
• Psalms 24:5 He will receive blessing from the LORD and vindication from the God of his salvation.
• Psalms 24:7 Lift up your heads, O gates! Be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of Glory may enter!
• Psalms 24:9 Lift up your heads, O gates! Be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of Glory may enter!
• Psalms 25:1 Of David. To You, O LORD, I lift up my soul;
• Psalms 25:18 Consider my affliction and trouble, and take away all my sins.
• Psalms 28:2 Hear my cry for mercy when I call to You for help, when I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.
• Psalms 28:9 Save Your people and bless Your inheritance; shepherd them and carry them forever.
• Psalms 32:1 Of David. A Maskil. Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.
• Psalms 32:5 Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah
• Psalms 50:16 To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?
• Psalms 55:12 For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide.
• Psalms 63:4 So I will bless You as long as I live; in Your name I will lift my hands.
• Psalms 69:7 For I have endured scorn for Your sake, and shame has covered my face.
• Psalms 72:3 May the mountains bring peace to the people, and the hills bring righteousness.
• Psalms 81:2 Lift up a song, strike the tambourine, play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre.
• Psalms 82:2 “How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah
• Psalms 83:2 See how Your enemies rage, how Your foes have reared their heads.
• Psalms 85:2 You forgave the iniquity of Your people; You covered all their sin. Selah
• Psalms 86:4 Bring joy to Your servant, for to You, O Lord, I lift up my soul.
• Psalms 88:15 From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.
• Psalms 89:9 You rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them.
• Psalms 89:50 Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, which I bear in my heart from so many people—
• Psalms 91:12 They will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
• Psalms 93:3 The floodwaters have risen, O LORD; the rivers have raised their voice; the seas lift up their pounding waves.
• Psalms 94:2 Rise up, O Judge of the earth; render a reward to the proud.
• Psalms 96:8 Ascribe to the LORD the glory due His name; bring an offering and enter His courts.
• Psalms 99:8 O LORD our God, You answered them. You were a forgiving God to them, yet an avenger of their misdeeds.
• Psalms 102:10 because of Your indignation and wrath, for You have picked me up and cast me aside.
• Psalms 106:26 So He raised His hand and swore to cast them down in the wilderness,
• Psalms 116:13 I will lift the cup of salvation and call on the name of the LORD.
• Psalms 119:48 I lift up my hands to Your commandments, which I love, and I meditate on Your statutes.
• Psalms 121:1 A song of ascents. I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come?
• Psalms 123:1 A song of ascents. I lift up my eyes to You, the One enthroned in heaven.
• Psalms 126:6 He who goes out weeping, bearing a trail of seed, will surely return with shouts of joy, carrying sheaves of grain.
• Psalms 134:2 Lift up your hands to the sanctuary and bless the LORD!
• Psalms 139:9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea,
• Psalms 139:20 who speak of You deceitfully; Your enemies take Your name in vain.
• Psalms 143:8 Let me hear Your loving devotion in the morning, for I have put my trust in You. Teach me the way I should walk, for to You I lift up my soul.
• Proverbs 6:35 He will not be appeased by any ransom, or persuaded by lavish gifts.
• Proverbs 9:12 If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage; but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences.
• Proverbs 18:5 Showing partiality to the wicked is not good, nor is depriving the innocent of justice.
• Proverbs 18:14 The spirit of a man can endure his sickness, but who can survive a broken spirit?
• Proverbs 19:18 Discipline your son, for in that there is hope; do not be party to his death.
• Proverbs 19:19 A man of great anger must pay the penalty; if you rescue him, you will have to do so again.
• Proverbs 30:13 There is a generation—how haughty are their eyes and pretentious are their glances—
• Proverbs 30:21 Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up:
• Proverbs 30:32 If you have foolishly exalted yourself or if you have plotted evil, put your hand over your mouth.
• Ecclesiastes 5:15 As a man came from his mother’s womb, so he will depart again, naked as he arrived. He takes nothing for his labor to carry in his hands.
• Ecclesiastes 5:19 Furthermore, God has given riches and wealth to every man, and He has enabled him to enjoy them, to accept his lot, and to rejoice in his labor. This is a gift from God.
• Song of Solomon 5:7 I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city. They beat me and bruised me; they took away my cloak, those guardians of the walls.
• Isaiah 1:14 I hate your New Moons and your appointed feasts. They have become a burden to Me; I am weary of bearing them.
• Isaiah 2:2 In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.
• Isaiah 2:4 Then He will judge between the nations and arbitrate for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor train anymore for war.
• Isaiah 2:9 So mankind is brought low, and man is humbled—do not forgive them!
• Isaiah 2:12 For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted—it will be humbled—