Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
to deceive
Usage: 1) to beguile, deceive 1a) (Niphal) to be beguiled 1b) (Hiphil) to beguile, deceive 1c) (Qal) utterly (infinitive)
Nasha means “beguile” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G5377 — philotheos (“lover of God”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H5377 נָשָׁא (nasha') is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. nasha' (naw-shaw') v. 1. to lead astray, i.e. (mentally) to delude, or (morally) to seduce [a primitive root] It has 15 linked Bible usages across 7 books. Visible English usage signals include deceive, me, greatly, and utterly. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
nasha' (naw-shaw') v. 1. to lead astray, i.e. (mentally) to delude, or (morally) to seduce [a primitive root] KJV: beguile, deceive, X greatly, X utterly.
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to deceive
Usage: 1) to beguile, deceive 1a) (Niphal) to be beguiled 1b) (Hiphil) to beguile, deceive 1c) (Qal) utterly (infinitive)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render nasha', 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.
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15 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand:
Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
First 15 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H5377.
And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand:
Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this manner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand?
Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.
The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they that are the stay of the tribes thereof.
Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you.
Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God, in whom thou trustest, deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.
Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul.
Therefore, behold, I, even I, will utterly forget you, and I will forsake you, and the city that I gave you and your fathers, and cast you out of my presence:
For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.
Thus saith the LORD; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart.
Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD.
The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?
All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee; they that eat thy bread have laid a wound under thee: there is none understanding in him.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H5377, grouped by book.
Nasha (Strong's H5377) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "beguile". nasha' (naw-shaw') v. 1. to lead astray, i.e. (mentally) to delude, or (morally) to seduce [a primitive root]
This page currently indexes 15 linked usages for Strong's H5377 across 7 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H5377 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as deceive, me, greatly, and utterly. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.