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Strong's H5265 נָסַע (naca)

Naca means “cause to blow” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G5265 — hypodeo (“shod”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H5265
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 140
Books 15

Strong's H5265 Quick Answer

Strong's H5265 נָסַע (naca`) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. naca` (naw-sah') v. 1. (properly) to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on a journey [a primitive root] It has 140 linked Bible usages across 15 books. Visible English usage signals include journeyed, journey, went, they, and go. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
naca` (naw-sah') v. 1. (properly) to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on a journey [a primitive root]
Usage
140 linked usages
Books
15 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
journeyed, journey, went, they, and go

Meaning and Definition

naca` (naw-sah') v. 1. (properly) to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on a journey [a primitive root] KJV: cause to blow, bring, get, (make to) go (away, forth, forward, onward, out), (take) journey, march, remove, set aside (forward), X still, be on his (go their) way.

Original Word
נָסַע
Transliteration
naca`
Derivation
Root: נסע
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H5265. 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 set out

Usage: 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

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How Strong's H5265 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render naca`, 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.

journeyed Genesis 12:9 19× journey Exodus 13:20 12× went Exodus 14:19 12× go Exodus 14:15 they Genesis 11:2 journeys Exodus 40:36 Let Genesis 33:12 blow Numbers 10:5 get Numbers 14:25 journeying Numbers 10:29

How Strong's H5265 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 140 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H5265 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 H5265 in the Old Testament

140 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 11:2 KJV

And 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 12:9 KJV

And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.

Genesis 13:11 KJV

Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.

Usage Excerpts

First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H5265.

Genesis 11:2 Old Testament, KJV
And 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 12:9 Old Testament, KJV
And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.
Genesis 13:11 Old Testament, KJV
Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.
Genesis 20:1 Old Testament, KJV
And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
Genesis 33:12 Old Testament, KJV
And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee.
Genesis 33:17 Old Testament, KJV
And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.
Genesis 35:5 Old Testament, KJV
And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.
Genesis 35:16 Old Testament, KJV
And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.
Genesis 35:21 Old Testament, KJV
And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.
Genesis 37:17 Old Testament, KJV
And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan.
Genesis 46:1 Old Testament, KJV
And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.
Exodus 12:37 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.
Exodus 13:20 Old Testament, KJV
And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.
Exodus 14:10 Old Testament, KJV
And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the LORD.
Exodus 14:15 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward:
Exodus 14:19 Old Testament, KJV
And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them:
Exodus 15:22 Old Testament, KJV
So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.
Exodus 16:1 Old Testament, KJV
And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.
Exodus 17:1 Old Testament, KJV
And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.
Exodus 19:2 Old Testament, KJV
For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the mount.
Exodus 40:36 Old Testament, KJV
And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys:
Exodus 40:37 Old Testament, KJV
But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up.
Numbers 1:51 Old Testament, KJV
And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
Numbers 2:9 Old Testament, KJV
All that were numbered in the camp of Judah were an hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, throughout their armies. These shall first set forth.
Numbers 2:16 Old Testament, KJV
All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben were an hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, throughout their armies. And they shall set forth in the second rank.
Numbers 2:17 Old Testament, KJV
Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camp: as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place by their standards.
Numbers 2:24 Old Testament, KJV
All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were an hundred thousand and eight thousand and an hundred, throughout their armies. And they shall go forward in the third rank.
Numbers 2:31 Old Testament, KJV
All they that were numbered in the camp of Dan were an hundred thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred. They shall go hindmost with their standards.
Numbers 2:34 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses: so they pitched by their standards, and so they set forward, every one after their families, according to the house of their fathers.
Numbers 4:5 Old Testament, KJV
And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it:
Numbers 4:15 Old Testament, KJV
And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation.
Numbers 9:17 Old Testament, KJV
And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents.
Numbers 9:18 Old Testament, KJV
At the commandment of the LORD the children of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of the LORD they pitched: as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they rested in their tents.
Numbers 9:19 Old Testament, KJV
And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of the LORD, and journeyed not.
Numbers 9:20 Old Testament, KJV
And so it was, when the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle; according to the commandment of the LORD they abode in their tents, and according to the commandment of the LORD they journeyed.
Numbers 9:21 Old Testament, KJV
And so it was, when the cloud abode from even unto the morning, and that the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they journeyed: whether it was by day or by night that the cloud was taken up, they journeyed.
Numbers 9:22 Old Testament, KJV
Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel abode in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed.
Numbers 9:23 Old Testament, KJV
At the commandment of the LORD they rested in the tents, and at the commandment of the LORD they journeyed: they kept the charge of the LORD, at the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
Numbers 10:5 Old Testament, KJV
When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward.
Numbers 10:6 Old Testament, KJV
When ye blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that lie on the south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for their journeys.
Numbers 10:12 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran.
Numbers 10:13 Old Testament, KJV
And they first took their journey according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
Numbers 10:14 Old Testament, KJV
In the first place went the standard of the camp of the children of Judah according to their armies: and over his host was Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
Numbers 10:17 Old Testament, KJV
And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward, bearing the tabernacle.
Numbers 10:18 Old Testament, KJV
And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elizur the son of Shedeur.
Numbers 10:21 Old Testament, KJV
And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and the other did set up the tabernacle against they came.
Numbers 10:22 Old Testament, KJV
And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elishama the son of Ammihud.
Numbers 10:25 Old Testament, KJV
And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward, which was the rereward of all the camps throughout their hosts: and over his host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
Numbers 10:28 Old Testament, KJV
Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their armies, when they set forward.
Numbers 10:29 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses' father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which the LORD said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel.
Numbers 10:33 Old Testament, KJV
And they departed from the mount of the LORD three days' journey: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them in the three days' journey, to search out a resting place for them.
Numbers 10:34 Old Testament, KJV
And the cloud of the LORD was upon them by day, when they went out of the camp.
Numbers 10:35 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee.
Numbers 11:31 Old Testament, KJV
And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day's journey on this side, and as it were a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth.
Numbers 11:35 Old Testament, KJV
And the people journeyed from Kibrothhattaavah unto Hazeroth; and abode at Hazeroth.
Numbers 12:15 Old Testament, KJV
And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days: and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again.
Numbers 12:16 Old Testament, KJV
And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran.
Numbers 14:25 Old Testament, KJV
(Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) Tomorrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
Numbers 20:22 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, journeyed from Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor.
Numbers 21:4 Old Testament, KJV
And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.
Numbers 21:10 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth.
Numbers 21:11 Old Testament, KJV
And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ijeabarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising.
Numbers 21:12 Old Testament, KJV
From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared.
Numbers 21:13 Old Testament, KJV
From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.
Numbers 22:1 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.
Numbers 33:3 Old Testament, KJV
And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out with an high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians.
Numbers 33:5 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Israel removed from Rameses, and pitched in Succoth.
Numbers 33:6 Old Testament, KJV
And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness.
Numbers 33:7 Old Testament, KJV
And they removed from Etham, and turned again unto Pihahiroth, which is before Baalzephon: and they pitched before Migdol.
Numbers 33:8 Old Testament, KJV
And they departed from before Pihahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days'journey in the wilderness of Etham, and pitched in Marah.
Numbers 33:9 Old Testament, KJV
And they removed from Marah, and came unto Elim: and in Elim were twelve fountains of water, and threescore and ten palm trees; and they pitched there.
Numbers 33:10 Old Testament, KJV
And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea.
Numbers 33:11 Old Testament, KJV
And they removed from the Red sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin.
Numbers 33:12 Old Testament, KJV
And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah.
Numbers 33:13 Old Testament, KJV
And they departed from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush.
Numbers 33:14 Old Testament, KJV
And they removed from Alush, and encamped at Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drink.
Numbers 33:15 Old Testament, KJV
And they departed from Rephidim, and pitched in the wilderness of Sinai.
Numbers 33:16 Old Testament, KJV
And they removed from the desert of Sinai, and pitched at Kibrothhattaavah.
Numbers 33:17 Old Testament, KJV
And they departed from Kibrothhattaavah, and encamped at Hazeroth.
Numbers 33:18 Old Testament, KJV
And they departed from Hazeroth, and pitched in Rithmah.
Numbers 33:19 Old Testament, KJV
And they departed from Rithmah, and pitched at Rimmonparez.
Numbers 33:20 Old Testament, KJV
And they departed from Rimmonparez, and pitched in Libnah.
Numbers 33:21 Old Testament, KJV
And they removed from Libnah, and pitched at Rissah.
Numbers 33:22 Old Testament, KJV
And they journeyed from Rissah, and pitched in Kehelathah.
Numbers 33:23 Old Testament, KJV
And they went from Kehelathah, and pitched in mount Shapher.
Numbers 33:24 Old Testament, KJV
And they removed from mount Shapher, and encamped in Haradah.
Numbers 33:25 Old Testament, KJV
And they removed from Haradah, and pitched in Makheloth.
Numbers 33:26 Old Testament, KJV
And they removed from Makheloth, and encamped at Tahath.
Numbers 33:27 Old Testament, KJV
And they departed from Tahath, and pitched at Tarah.
Numbers 33:28 Old Testament, KJV
And they removed from Tarah, and pitched in Mithcah.
Numbers 33:29 Old Testament, KJV
And they went from Mithcah, and pitched in Hashmonah.
Numbers 33:30 Old Testament, KJV
And they departed from Hashmonah, and encamped at Moseroth.
Numbers 33:31 Old Testament, KJV
And they departed from Moseroth, and pitched in Benejaakan.
Numbers 33:32 Old Testament, KJV
And they removed from Benejaakan, and encamped at Horhagidgad.
Numbers 33:33 Old Testament, KJV
And they went from Horhagidgad, and pitched in Jotbathah.
Numbers 33:34 Old Testament, KJV
And they removed from Jotbathah, and encamped at Ebronah.
Numbers 33:35 Old Testament, KJV
And they departed from Ebronah, and encamped at Eziongaber.
Numbers 33:36 Old Testament, KJV
And they removed from Eziongaber, and pitched in the wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh.
Numbers 33:37 Old Testament, KJV
And they removed from Kadesh, and pitched in mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom.
Numbers 33:41 Old Testament, KJV
And they departed from mount Hor, and pitched in Zalmonah.
Numbers 33:42 Old Testament, KJV
And they departed from Zalmonah, and pitched in Punon.
Numbers 33:43 Old Testament, KJV
And they departed from Punon, and pitched in Oboth.
Numbers 33:44 Old Testament, KJV
And they departed from Oboth, and pitched in Ijeabarim, in the border of Moab.
Numbers 33:45 Old Testament, KJV
And they departed from Iim, and pitched in Dibongad.
Numbers 33:46 Old Testament, KJV
And they removed from Dibongad, and encamped in Almondiblathaim.
Numbers 33:47 Old Testament, KJV
And they removed from Almondiblathaim, and pitched in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo.
Numbers 33:48 Old Testament, KJV
And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
Deuteronomy 1:7 Old Testament, KJV
Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates.
Deuteronomy 1:19 Old Testament, KJV
And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came to Kadeshbarnea.
Deuteronomy 1:40 Old Testament, KJV
But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
Deuteronomy 2:1 Old Testament, KJV
Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the LORD spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir many days.
Deuteronomy 2:24 Old Testament, KJV
Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle.
Deuteronomy 10:6 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of the children of Jaakan to Mosera: there Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest's office in his stead.
Deuteronomy 10:7 Old Testament, KJV
From thence they journeyed unto Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah to Jotbath, a land of rivers of waters.
Joshua 3:1 Old Testament, KJV
And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.
Joshua 3:3 Old Testament, KJV
And they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it.
Joshua 3:14 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people;
Joshua 9:17 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjathjearim.
Judges 16:3 Old Testament, KJV
And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron.
Judges 16:14 Old Testament, KJV
And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H5265, grouped by book.

Genesis 11 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 11 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 85 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 7 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 4 usages, Old Testament
Judges 3 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Kings 4 usages, Old Testament
Ezra 1 usage, Old Testament
Job 2 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 3 usages, Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 4 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H5265 FAQ

What does naca (נָסַע) mean?

Naca (Strong's H5265) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "cause to blow". naca` (naw-sah') v. 1. (properly) to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on a journey [a primitive root]

How many times is naca (נָסַע) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 140 linked usages for Strong's H5265 across 15 books.

Where can I study naca (נָסַע) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H5265 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate naca (נָסַע)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as journeyed, journey, went, they, go, and journeys. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.