H5254 נָסָה
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 36 KJV occurrences
נָסָה
nâçâh · naw-saw'
Definition
to test; by implication, to attempt
KJV Renderings
adventure, assay, prove, tempt, try.
Derivation / Etymology
a primitive root;
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 36)
- Genesis 22:1And 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 17:7And 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?
- Deuteronomy 6:16¶ Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
- Deuteronomy 28:56The 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,
- Judges 6:39And 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.
- 2 Chronicles 9:1And 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.
- Psalms 78:41Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.
- Ecclesiastes 2:1I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.