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mas.sa H4853

מַשָּׂא (mas.sa) means “burden” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

מַשָּׂא Hebrew · H4853 66 tagged occurrences in 60 verses

Pronunciation guide: mas-saw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H4853A

מַשָּׂא · mas.sa · burden

1) load, bearing, tribute, burden, lifting 1a) load, burden 1b) lifting, uplifting, that to which the soul lifts itself up 1c) bearing, carrying 1d) tribute, that which is carried or brought or borne

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TBESH · H4853B

מַשָּׂא · mas.sa · oracle

utterance, oracle, burden

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

from H5375 (נָשָׂא); a burden; specifically, tribute, or (abstractly) porterage; figuratively, an utterance, chiefly adoom, especially singing; mental, desire

KJV glosses: burden, carry away, prophecy, [idiom] they set, song, tribute.

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How translators render H4853

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
this is the burden 18
the burden 6
burden 5
a load 3
to carry 3
a burden 2
load 2
and burden 1
and carrying 1
and the load 1
and transport 1
and what he is to carry 1
are the transportation duties 1
as tribute 1
burdens 1
camel loads 1
can carry 1
carried around 1
carry a load 1
is the burden 1
its load 1
of goods 1
of music 1
of the music 1
pronouncements 1
the burdens 1
their transport duties 1
they are a burden 1
they could carry away 1
to the burden 1
under the oppression 1
which uplifted 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
the burden 24
a burden 4
burden 3
and the burden 2
of their burden 2
the prophecy 2
this burden 2
about the song 1
against thee so that i am a burden 1
all their burdens 1
and according to his burden 1
and for burdens 1
and that whereupon they set 1
and the exaction 1
and to his burden 1
and tribute 1
and your burden 1
be yet a burden 1
burdens 1
for song 1
for the burden 1
in all their burdens 1
in no burden 1
no burden 1
of the burden 1
of the burdens 1
of the song 1
shall be his burden 1
there should no burden 1
they could carry away 1
under his burden 1
unto them what burden 1
was this burden 1
with me then thou shalt be a burden 1

Verses containing H4853

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  1. Jeremiah 23:38 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    But if you claim, ‘This is the burden of the LORD,’ then this is what the LORD says: Because you have said, ‘This is the burden of the LORD,’ and I specifically told you not to make this claim,

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  2. Lamentations 2:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The visions of your prophets were empty and deceptive; they did not expose your guilt to ward off your captivity. The burdens they envisioned for you were empty and misleading.

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  3. Ezekiel 12:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘This burden concerns the prince in Jerusalem and all the house of Israel who are there.’

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  4. Ezekiel 24:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And you, son of man, know that on the day I take away their stronghold, their pride and joy—the desire of their eyes which uplifted their souls—and their sons and daughters as well,

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  5. Hosea 8:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Though they hire allies among the nations, I will now round them up, and they will begin to diminish under the oppression of the king of princes.

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  6. Nahum 1:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This is the burden against Nineveh, the book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite:

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  7. Habakkuk 1:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This is the burden that Habakkuk the prophet received in a vision:

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  8. Zechariah 9:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This is the burden of the word of the LORD against the land of Hadrach and Damascus its resting place—for the eyes of men and of all the tribes of Israel are upon the LORD—

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  9. Zechariah 12:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This is the burden of the word of the LORD concerning Israel. Thus declares the LORD, who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundation of the earth, who forms the spirit of man within him:

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  10. Malachi 1:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This is the burden of the word of the LORD to Israel through Malachi:

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Sources and text

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