TBESH · H5254G
נָסָה · na.sah · to test
: test 1) to test, try, prove, tempt, assay, put to the proof or test 1a) (Piel) 1a1) to test, try 1a2) to attempt, assay, try 1a3) to test, try, prove, tempt
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na.sah H5254
נָסָה (na.sah) means “to test” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
נָסָה Hebrew · H5254 36 tagged occurrences in 34 verses
Pronunciation guide: naw-saw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
TBESH · H5254H
נָסָה · na.sah · to test: try
: try/attempt 1) to test, try, prove, tempt, assay, put to the proof or test 1a) (Piel) 1a1) to test, try 1a2) to attempt, assay, try 1a3) to test, try, prove, tempt
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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
a primitive root; to test; by implication, to attempt
KJV glosses: adventure, assay, prove, tempt, try.
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How translators render H5254
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| test | 4 |
| i will test | 3 |
| tested | 3 |
| to test | 3 |
| accustomed to them | 2 |
| and test you | 2 |
| they tested | 2 |
| alone to test him | 1 |
| and tested | 1 |
| and tested them | 1 |
| and try me | 1 |
| but they tested | 1 |
| do you test | 1 |
| he tested them | 1 |
| i tested | 1 |
| if one ventures | 1 |
| is testing you | 1 |
| test you | 1 |
| to test him | 1 |
| tried | 1 |
| venture | 1 |
| yet have tested | 1 |
| you tested | 1 |
| you tested him | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| to prove | 4 |
| and tempted | 2 |
| prove | 2 |
| and because they tempted | 1 |
| and have tempted | 1 |
| and prove | 1 |
| and proved | 1 |
| and there he proved | 1 |
| and they tempted | 1 |
| and they were to prove | 1 |
| as ye tempted | 1 |
| assayed | 1 |
| did tempt | 1 |
| for he had not proved | 1 |
| have i proved | 1 |
| him to try | 1 |
| i will prove | 1 |
| let me prove | 1 |
| neither will i tempt | 1 |
| proveth | 1 |
| tempted | 1 |
| that i may prove | 1 |
| that through them i may prove | 1 |
| thee and that he might prove | 1 |
| we assay | 1 |
| whom thou didst prove | 1 |
| with these for i have not proved | 1 |
| woman among you which would not adventure | 1 |
| ye shall not tempt | 1 |
| ye with me wherefore do ye tempt | 1 |
| yet they tempted | 1 |
Verses containing H5254
Page 1 of 1. 34 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Genesis 22:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Some time later God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he answered.
Read word by word - Exodus 15:25
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And Moses cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a log. And when he cast it into the waters, they were sweetened. There the LORD made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He tested them,
Read word by word - Exodus 16:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain down bread from heaven for you. Each day the people are to go out and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test whether or not they will follow My instructions.
Read word by word - Exodus 17:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So the people contended with Moses, “Give us water to drink.” “Why do you contend with me?” Moses replied. “Why do you test the LORD?”
Read word by word - Exodus 17:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He named the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarreled, and because they tested the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?”
Read word by word - Exodus 20:20
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Do not be afraid,” Moses replied. “For God has come to test you, so that the fear of Him may be before you, to keep you from sinning.”
Read word by word - Numbers 14:22
· BSB · 1 occurrence
not one of the men who have seen My glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness—yet have tested Me and disobeyed Me these ten times—
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 4:34
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Or has any god tried to take as his own a nation out of another nation—by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors—as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt, before your eyes?
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 6:16
· BSB · 2 occurrences
Do not test the LORD your God as you tested Him at Massah.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 8:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 8:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers had not known, in order to humble you and test you, so that in the end He might cause you to prosper.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 13:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. For the LORD your God is testing you to find out whether you love Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 13.4
- Deuteronomy 28:56
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The most gentle and refined woman among you, so gentle and refined she would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground, will begrudge the husband she embraces and her son and daughter
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 33:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Concerning Levi he said: “Give Your Thummim to Levi and Your Urim to Your godly one, whom You tested at Massah and contested at the waters of Meribah.
Read word by word - Judges 2:22
· BSB · 1 occurrence
In this way I will test whether Israel will keep the way of the LORD by walking in it as their fathers did.”
Read word by word - Judges 3:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
These are the nations that the LORD left to test all the Israelites who had not known any of the wars in Canaan,
Read word by word - Judges 3:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
These nations were left to test the Israelites, to find out whether they would keep the commandments of the LORD, which He had given their fathers through Moses.
Read word by word - Judges 6:39
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Gideon said to God, “Do not be angry with me; let me speak one more time. Please allow me one more test with the fleece. This time let it be dry, and the ground covered with dew.”
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 17:39
· BSB · 2 occurrences
David strapped his sword over the tunic and tried to walk, but he was not accustomed to them. “I cannot walk in these,” David said to Saul. “I am not accustomed to them.” So David took them off.
Read word by word - 1 Kings 10:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to test him with difficult questions.
Read word by word - 2 Chronicles 9:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon, she came to test him with difficult questions. She arrived in Jerusalem with a very large caravan—with camels bearing spices, gold in abundance, and precious stones. And she came to Solomon and spoke with him about all that was on her mind.
Read word by word - 2 Chronicles 32:31
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And so when ambassadors of the rulers of Babylon were sent to him to inquire about the wonder that had happened in the land, God left him alone to test him, that He might know all that was in Hezekiah’s heart.
Read word by word - Job 4:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“If one ventures a word with you, will you be wearied? Yet who can keep from speaking?
Read word by word - Psalms 26:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Test me, O LORD, and try me; examine my heart and mind.
Read word by word - Psalms 78:18
· BSB · 1 occurrence
They willfully tested God by demanding the food they craved.
Read word by word - Psalms 78:41
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Again and again they tested God and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
Read word by word - Psalms 78:56
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But they tested and disobeyed God Most High, for they did not keep His decrees.
Read word by word - Psalms 95:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
where your fathers tested and tried Me, though they had seen My work.
Read word by word - Psalms 106:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert.
Read word by word - Ecclesiastes 2:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good!” But it proved to be futile.
Read word by word - Ecclesiastes 7:23
· BSB · 1 occurrence
All this I tested by wisdom, saying, “I resolve to be wise.” But it was beyond me.
Read word by word - Isaiah 7:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But Ahaz replied, “I will not ask; I will not test the LORD.”
Read word by word - Daniel 1:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Please test your servants for ten days. Let us be given only vegetables to eat and water to drink.
Read word by word - Daniel 1:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So he consented to this and tested them for ten days.
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