Strong's Hebrew · H5387

H5387 nâsîyʼ

נָשִׂיא

naw-see'

captain, chief, cloud, governor, prince, ruler, vapour.

When nâsîyʼ is spoken over you, Doxa is where you record what was said, in the words it was said in, weigh it against Scripture with people you trust, and return to it in a year.

Definition

properly, an exalted one, i.e. a king or sheik; also a rising mist

Derivation

or נָשִׂא; from H5375 (נָשָׂא);

Appears 133 times in Scripture

Genesis 25:16

“These were the sons of Ishmael, and these were their names by their villages and encampments—twelve princes of their tribes.”

Exodus 22:28

“You must not blaspheme God or curse the ruler of your people.”

Exodus 16:22

“On the sixth day, they gathered twice as much food—two omers per person—and all the leaders of the congregation came and reported this to Moses.”

Numbers 7:48

“On the seventh day Elishama son of Ammihud, the leader of the Ephraimites, drew near.”

Genesis 17:20

“As for Ishmael, I have heard you, and I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He will become the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.”

Numbers 7:54

“On the eighth day Gamaliel son of Pedahzur, the leader of the Manassites, drew near.”

Genesis 23:6

““Listen to us, sir. You are God’s chosen one among us. Bury your dead in the finest of our tombs. None of us will withhold his tomb for burying your dead.””

Exodus 34:31

“But Moses called out to them; so Aaron and all the leaders of the congregation returned to him, and Moses spoke to them.”

Genesis 34:2

“When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the region, saw her, he took her and lay with her by force.”

Exodus 35:27

“The leaders brought onyx stones and gemstones to mount on the ephod and breastpiece,”

When nâsîyʼ is spoken over you

Words like this one get spoken over people: in a prayer line, in a message from a friend, in a moment nobody planned. The lexicon gives you what nâsîyʼ means. What God is saying to you through it is yours to record and weigh.

Doxa is where you record what was said, in the words it was said in, weigh it against verses like Genesis 25:16 with people you trust, and return to it in a year to see what came of it.

How weighing a word works

Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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Strong's concordance data derived from the Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA) Hebrew and Greek lexicons. Scripture quotations are from the Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain.

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