What does נָשָׁא · ἀπατάω mean in the Bible?
נָשָׁא · ἀπατάω is a Hebrew phrase meaning "to mislead or cause someone to believe what is false".
Hebrew · H5377, G538
נָשָׁא
To lead astray , i.e. (mentally) to delude , or (morally) to seduce · to trick
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נָשָׁא H5377 to lead astray , i.e. (mentally) to delude , or (morally) to seduce
Pronunciation nāšāʾ
To lead someone away from truth through deliberate deception, either intellectual delusion or moral seduction.
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ἀπατάω G538 to trick
Pronunciation apatáō
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What does נָשָׁא (nasha) mean in the Bible?
נָשָׁא · ἀπατάω is a Hebrew phrase meaning "to mislead or cause someone to believe what is false".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H5377, G538?
H5377, G538 is connected to 16 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. to mislead or cause someone to believe what is false
Source Gloss
to mislead or cause someone to believe what is false
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 3 Aligned forms 11
Hiphil causative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action 9×
Jussive 2Chr 32:15 · 2Kgs 18:29 · Isa 36:14 · Ps 55:16 · Jer 29:8 · Jer 37:9 6×
Perfect Jer 4:10 · Jer 49:16 2×
Infinitive absolute Jer 4:10 1×
Niphal passive or reflexive — the subject receives or experiences the action 1×
Perfect Isa 19:13 1×
Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 1×
Infinitive absolute Jer 23:39 1×
Word Origins
נָשָׁא is a primitive root - no further derivation.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain