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Proverbs 25:14
“Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
נָשִׂיאnâsîyʼ · naw-see'
H5387 · Hebrew
H5387 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, an exalted one, i.e. a king or sheik; also a rising mist
- Derivation
- or נָשִׂא; from H5375 (נָשָׂא);
- KJV renderings
- captain, chief, cloud, governor, prince, ruler, vapour.
- Grammar
- נְשִׂיאִ֣ים — common noun, masculine, plural, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 134 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 17:20Genesis 23:6Genesis 25:16Genesis 34:2Exodus 16:22
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read נָשִׂיא here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.