5387. nasiy'
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nasiy': captain
Original Word: נָשִׂיא
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: nasiy'
Phonetic Spelling: (naw-see')
Short Definition: captain

Brown-Driver-Briggs
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 Joshua 22:32 +, נְשִׂאִים Exodus 34:31 7t., נְשִׂיאִם Genesis 17:20 3t., נְשִׂאִם Exodus 35:27; construct נְשִׂיאֵי Exodus 16:22 +; suffix נְשִׂיאַי Ezekiel 45:8, נְשִׂיאֶיהָ Ezekiel 32:29, נְשִׂיאֵיהֶם Numbers 17:21, נְשִׂיאֵהֶם Numbers 17:17, etc.; — mostly in Israel:

1 בְּעַמְּךָ ׳נ 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 Genesis 17:20; Genesis 25:16.

4 rulers of the congregation, נְשִׂיאֵי הָעֵדָה Exodus 16:22; Joshua 9:15,18; Joshua 22:30, בָּעֵדָה ׳הַנּ Exodus 34:31, compare Exodus 35:27; Leviticus 4:22; Joshua 9:18b; Joshua 9:19,21 (twice in verse); Joshua 17:4; Joshua 22:14 (3 t. in verse); Joshua 22:32 (all P); especially

5 tribal chiefs and representatives, according to the religious organization of P, Numbers 1:16,44; Numbers 2:3 57t. Numbers (especially chapters 2, 7, 34; note נְשִׂיא נְשִׂיאֵי הַלֵּוִי Numbers 3:32); compare 1 Chronicles 2:10; 1 Chronicles 4:38; 1 Chronicles 5:6; 1 Chronicles 7:40; 2Chronicles 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; Ezekiel 12:10,12; Ezekiel 21:30, + Ezekiel 19:1 (read singular ᵐ5 Ew Hi Co Berthol Toy).

b. chief men of Judah Ezekiel 21:17; Ezekiel 22:6; Ezekiel 45:8,9.

c. future Davidic king Ezekiel 34:24; Ezekiel 37:25, compare Ezekiel 44:3 (twice in verse) + 16 t. Ezekiel 45, 46, 48.

d. foreign princes Ezekiel 26:16; Ezekiel 27:21; Ezekiel 30:13; Ezekiel 32:29; Ezekiel 38:2,3; Ezekiel 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 = Jeremiah 51:16, Psalm 135:7, נְשִׂיאִים Proverbs 25:14.



Strong's
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 #NAME?

see HEBREW nasa'

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