To pant
נָשַׁםStrong’s H5395nasham (na-sham)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Nasham is the Hebrew word usually translated “puff”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.”
Meaning
- To pant(Qal) to pant
How it's translated
- i puff 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 1
1 book in all.
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Hebrew dictionary
נָשַׁם nasham · to pant
1) to pant 1a) (Qal) to pant 1a1) of a woman in travail or labour
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “pant” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
P'ANT, verb intransitive
- To palpitate; to beat with preternatural violence or rapidity, as the heart in terror, or after hard labor, or in anxious desire or suspense.
- To have the breast heaving, as in short respiration or want of breath.
- To play with intermission or declining strength.
- To long; to desire ardently.“As the heart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God” Psalms 42:1
All definitions and other forms of “pant”
P'ANT, noun
Palpitation of the heart.
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.