To lead
נָחָהStrong’s H5148nachah (na-chah)
Appears in 39 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Nachah is the Hebrew word usually translated “led them”, “guided them” and “lead me”. It appears in 39 verses of the Old Testament.
“And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master’s brethren.”
Meaning
- To lead, guide(Qal) to lead, bring · (Hiphil) to lead, guide
How it's translated
- and he led them 4
- and he guided them 3
- he led them 2
- and lead me 2
- you guide me 2
- he has led me 1
- he had led me 1
- to guide them 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 18
- Exodus 4
- Job 3
- Proverbs 3
- Genesis 2
- Nehemiah 2
12 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 24:48And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the LORD, and blessed the LORD God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my master’s brother’s daughter unto his son.
- Exodus 13:17And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:
- Exodus 13:21And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:
- Exodus 15:13Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.
- Exodus 32:34Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before thee: nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them.
- Numbers 23:7And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
All 39 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
נָחָה nachah · to lead
1) to lead, guide 1a) (Qal) to lead, bring 1b) (Hiphil) to lead, guide
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “lead” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
LEAD, noun
led.
- A metal of a dull white color, with a cast of blue.
- A plummet or mass of lead used in sounding at sea.
- Leads, a flat roof covered with lead
All definitions and other forms of “lead”
LEAD, verb transitive
led. To cover with lead; to fit with lead
LEAD, verb transitive
preterit tense and participle passive led.
- To guide by the hand; as, to lead a child.
- To guide or conduct by showing the way; to direct; as, the Israelites were led by a pillar of a cloud by day, and by a pillar of fire by night.
- To conduct to any place.“He leadeth me beside the still waters” Psalms 23:2
- To conduct, as a chief or commander, implying authority; to direct and govern; as, a general leads his troops to battle and to victory.
- To precede; to introduce by going first.
- To guide; to show the method of attaining an object.
- To draw; to entice; to allure.
- To induce; to prevail on; to influence.
- To pass; to spend, that is, to draw out; as, to lead a life of gayety, or a solitary life.“That we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty” 1 Timothy 2:2
LEAD, verb intransitive
- To go before and show the way.“I will lead on softly” Genesis 33:14
- To conduct, as a chief or commander.
- To draw; to have a tendency to.
- To exercise dominion.
LEAD, noun
Precedence; a going before; guidance. Let the general take the lead [A colloquial word in reputable use.]
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.