Please
נָאStrong’s H4994na
Appears in 375 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Na is the Hebrew word usually translated “please”. It appears in 375 verses of the Old Testament.
“Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.”
Meaning
- I (we) pray, now, pleaseused in entreaty or exhortation
How it's translated
- please 404
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 64
- 1 Samuel 34
- 2 Samuel 33
- 2 Kings 32
- Judges 29
- Jeremiah 28
30 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 9:16In contextO LORD, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us.
- Zechariah 1:4In contextBe ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the LORD.
- Zechariah 3:8In contextHear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they are men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH.
- Zechariah 5:5In contextThen the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth.
- Genesis 12:11And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon:
- Genesis 12:13Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.
All 375 verses, by book
- Genesis 64
- 12:1112:1313:813:913:1415:516:218:318:418:2118:2718:3018:3118:3219:219:719:819:1819:1919:2022:224:224:1224:1424:1724:2324:4224:4324:4525:3026:2827:227:327:927:1927:2127:2630:1430:2731:1232:1132:2933:1033:1133:1433:1534:837:637:1437:1637:3238:1638:2540:840:1444:1844:3345:447:447:2948:950:450:550:17
- Judges 29
- 1:244:196:176:186:397:38:59:29:3810:1511:1711:1912:613:313:413:813:1514:1215:216:616:1016:2818:519:619:819:919:1119:2319:24
- 1 Samuel 34
- 2:363:179:39:69:1810:1514:1714:2915:2515:3016:1516:1616:1716:2217:1719:220:2920:3622:322:722:1223:1123:2225:825:2425:2525:2826:826:1126:1927:528:828:2230:7
- 2 Samuel 33
- 1:41:92:147:213:513:613:713:1313:1713:2413:2513:2613:2814:214:1114:1214:1514:1714:1814:2115:715:3116:917:117:518:1918:2219:3720:1624:224:1024:1424:17
- 2 Kings 32
- 1:132:22:42:62:92:162:194:94:104:134:224:265:75:85:155:175:226:16:26:36:176:187:127:138:49:129:3418:1918:2318:2619:1920:3
- Ezra 1
- 10:14
- Job 23
- 1:112:54:75:16:298:810:912:713:613:1817:317:1022:2122:2232:2133:133:238:340:740:1040:1540:1642:4
- Ecclesiastes 1
- 2:1
Hebrew dictionary
נָא na · please
1) I (we) pray, now, please 1a) used in entreaty or exhortation
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “please” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PLEASE, verb transitive
s as z. [Latin placere, placeo.]
- To excite agreeable sensations or emotions in; to gratify; as, to please the taste; to please the mind.“Their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem, Hamor's son” Genesis 34:18
- To satisfy; to content.
- To prefer; to have satisfaction in; to like; to choose.“They that are in the flesh cannot please God” Romans 8:8
All definitions and other forms of “please”
PLEASE, verb intransitive
s as z. To like; to choose; to prefer.
- To condescend; to comply; to be pleased; a word of ceremony.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.