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Strong's H5254 נָסָה (nacah)

Nacah means “tempt” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G5254 — hypecho (“suffer”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H5254
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 34
Books 13

Strong's H5254 Quick Answer

Strong's H5254 נָסָה (nacah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. nacah (naw-saw') v. 1. to test 2. (by implication) to attempt It has 34 linked Bible usages across 13 books. Visible English usage signals include prove, tempted, tempt, assayed, and adventure. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
nacah (naw-saw') v. 1. to test 2. (by implication) to attempt
Usage
34 linked usages
Books
13 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
prove, tempted, tempt, assayed, and adventure

Meaning and Definition

nacah (naw-saw') v. 1. to test 2. (by implication) to attempt [a primitive root] KJV: adventure, assay, prove, tempt, try.

Original Word
נָסָה
Transliteration
nacah
Derivation
Root: נסה
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H5254. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

to test

Usage: : 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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How Strong's H5254 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render nacah, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

prove Exodus 16:4 14× tempted Exodus 17:7 tempt Exodus 17:2 assayed Deuteronomy 4:34 adventure Deuteronomy 28:56 assay Job 4:2 try 2 Chronicles 32:31

How Strong's H5254 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 34 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H5254 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H5254 in the Old Testament

34 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 22:1 KJV

And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.

Exodus 15:25 KJV

And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,

Exodus 16:4 KJV

Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.

Usage Excerpts

First 34 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H5254.

Genesis 22:1 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.
Exodus 15:25 Old Testament, KJV
And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,
Exodus 16:4 Old Testament, KJV
Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.
Exodus 17:2 Old Testament, KJV
Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD?
Exodus 17:7 Old Testament, KJV
And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?
Exodus 20:20 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.
Numbers 14:22 Old Testament, KJV
Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;
Deuteronomy 4:34 Old Testament, KJV
Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
Deuteronomy 6:16 Old Testament, KJV
Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
Deuteronomy 8:2 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
Deuteronomy 8:16 Old Testament, KJV
Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;
Deuteronomy 13:3 Old Testament, KJV
Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
Deuteronomy 28:56 Old Testament, KJV
The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,
Deuteronomy 33:8 Old Testament, KJV
And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;
Judges 2:22 Old Testament, KJV
That through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the LORD to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not.
Judges 3:1 Old Testament, KJV
Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan;
Judges 3:4 Old Testament, KJV
And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.
Judges 6:39 Old Testament, KJV
And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew.
1 Samuel 17:39 Old Testament, KJV
And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to go; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them. And David put them off him.
1 Kings 10:1 Old Testament, KJV
And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions.
2 Chronicles 9:1 Old Testament, KJV
And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.
2 Chronicles 32:31 Old Testament, KJV
Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.
Job 4:2 Old Testament, KJV
If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?
Psalms 26:2 Old Testament, KJV
Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.
Psalms 78:18 Old Testament, KJV
And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
Psalms 78:41 Old Testament, KJV
Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.
Psalms 78:56 Old Testament, KJV
Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:
Psalms 95:9 Old Testament, KJV
When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.
Psalms 106:14 Old Testament, KJV
But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
Ecclesiastes 2:1 Old Testament, KJV
I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 7:23 Old Testament, KJV
All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.
Isaiah 7:12 Old Testament, KJV
But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD.
Daniel 1:12 Old Testament, KJV
Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.
Daniel 1:14 Old Testament, KJV
So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H5254, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Old Testament
Exodus 5 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 1 usage, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 7 usages, Old Testament
Judges 4 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 2 usages, Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Old Testament
Psalms 6 usages, Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 2 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Daniel 2 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H5254 FAQ

What does nacah (נָסָה) mean?

Nacah (Strong's H5254) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "tempt". nacah (naw-saw') v. 1. to test 2. (by implication) to attempt

How many times is nacah (נָסָה) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 34 linked usages for Strong's H5254 across 13 books.

Where can I study nacah (נָסָה) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H5254 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate nacah (נָסָה)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as prove, tempted, tempt, assayed, adventure, and try. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.