5254. nasah
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nasah: to test, try
Original Word: נָסָה
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: nasah
Phonetic Spelling: (naw-saw')
Short Definition: test

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to test, try
NASB Translation
make a test (1), proved (1), put (1), put to the test (2), tempted (3), test (13), tested (9), testing (3), tried (1), try (1), venture (1), ventures (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
[נָסָה] verb Pi`el test, try (Late Hebrew id., Pi`el; ᵑ7 Pa`el נַסִּי; Syriac Pa`el ; compare Ethiopic temptation); —

Pi`el Perfect3masculine singular נִסָּה Deuteronomy 4:34 3t.; suffix נִסָּהוּ Exodus 15:25; 3feminine singular נִסְּתָה Deuteronomy 28:56; 1singular נִסִּיתִי Ecclesiastes 7:23, + 4 t. Perfect; Imperfect3masculine singular suffix יְנַסֵּם Daniel 1:14; 1singular אֲנַסֶּה Judges 6:39; suffix אֲנַסְּכָה Ecclesiastes 2:2; 3masculine plural יְנַסּוּ Numbers 14:22; 2masculine plural תְּנַסּ֑וּן Exodus 17:2, + 7 t. Imperfect; Imperative נַס Daniel 1:12; suffix נַסֵּנִי Psalm 26:2; Infinitive construct נַסּוֺת Exodus 20:20, + 8 t. Infinitive; Participle מְנַסֶּה Deuteronomy 13:4; —

1 test, try (synonym בחן), absolute 1 Samuel 17:39 (a sword); with בְּ Judges 7:39; Ecclesiastes 2:1; with accusative Daniel 1:12,14; accusative + בְּ 1 Kings 10:1 2Chronicles 9:1; Ecclesiastes 7:23.

2 attempt, assay, try to do a thing, with Infinitive Deuteronomy 4:34; Deuteronomy 28:56; with accusative Job 4:2 (venture a word).

3 test, try, prove, tempt [but not in modern sense of the word: see DrDeuteronomy 6:16; Psalms 453, 483]

a. God tests or proves Abraham Genesis 22:1 (E), Israel Exodus 15:25; Exodus 20:20 (E), Exodus 16:4 (J), Deuteronomy 8:2,16; Deuteronomy 13:4; with בְּ Judges 2:22; Judges 3:1,4; tribe of Levi Deuteronomy 33:8 (poem); Hezekiah 2 Chronicles 32:31; psalmist Psalm 26:2.

b. Israel tests, or tries God: Exodus 17:2,7; Numbers 14:22 (J), Deuteronomy 6:16; Psalm 78:18; Psalm 78:41; Psalm 78:56; Psalm 95:9; Psalm 106:14; so Ahaz, Isaiah 7:12.



Strong's
adventure, assay, prove, tempt, try

A primitive root; to test; by implication, to attempt -- adventure, assay, prove, tempt, try.

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