To set out
נָסַעStrong’s H5265nasa (na-sa)
Appears in 140 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Nasa is the Hebrew word usually translated “set out”, “it set out” and “we set out”. It appears in 140 verses of the Old Testament.
“For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd.”
Meaning
- To pull out, pull up, set out, journey, remove, set forward, depart(Qal) · (Niphal) to be pulled up, be removed, be plucked up · (Hiphil)
How it's translated
- and they set out 65
- they set out 16
- and he set out 6
- and it set out 5
- they will set out 5
- and set out 3
- and we set out 3
- when set out they 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Numbers 85
- Genesis 11
- Exodus 11
- Deuteronomy 7
- Joshua 4
- 2 Kings 4
15 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 11:2And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
- Genesis 12:9And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.
- Genesis 13:11Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.
- Genesis 20:1And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
- Genesis 33:12And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee.
- Genesis 33:17And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.
All 140 verses, by book
- Numbers 85
- 1:512:92:162:172:242:312:344:54:159:179:189:199:209:219:229:2310:510:610:1210:1310:1410:1710:1810:2110:2210:2510:2810:2910:3310:3410:3511:3111:3512:1512:1614:2520:2221:421:1021:1121:1221:1322:133:333:533:633:733:833:933:1033:1133:1233:1333:1433:1533:1633:1733:1833:1933:2033:2133:2233:2333:2433:2533:2633:2733:2833:2933:3033:3133:3233:3333:3433:3533:3633:3733:4133:4233:4333:4433:4533:4633:4733:48
- 1 Kings 1
- 5:17
- Ezra 1
- 8:31
- Ecclesiastes 1
- 10:9
- Zechariah 1
- 10:2
Hebrew dictionary
נָסַע nasa · to set out
1) to pull out, pull up, set out, journey, remove, set forward, depart 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to pull out or up 1a2) to set out, depart 1a3) to journey, march 1a4) to set forth (of wind) 1b) (Niphal) to be pulled up, be removed, be plucked up 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to cause to set out, lead out, cause to spring up 1c2) to remove, quarry
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.