nasha · deceive

What it means

nasha (נָשָׁא) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “deceive”.

Mislead, make someone believe something false.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To make someone believe something false.
2. To come upon someone unawares.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• deceive ×7
• deceived ×3
• has deceived you ×2
• you have utterly deceived ×2
• come by surprise ×1
• will utterly ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×1
• 2 Kings×2
• 2 Chronicles×1
• Psalms×1
• Isaiah×3
• Jeremiah×6
• Obadiah×2

• Genesis 3:13

  And YHWH Elohim said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” And the woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”

• 2 Kings 18:29

  Thus says the king: ‘Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he will not be able to deliver you from his hand.

• 2 Kings 19:10

  “Thus you shall say to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, ‘Do not let your Elohim in whom you trust deceive you, saying, “Jerusalem will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.”

• 2 Chronicles 32:15

  Now do not let Hezekiah deceive you or incite you like this, and do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my hand or from the hand of my fathers; how much less will your Elohim deliver you from my hand!”

• Psalms 55:15

  Let death come by surprise upon them; let them go down to Sheol alive, for evils are where they reside, within them.

• Isaiah 19:13

  The princes of Zoan have become fools; the princes of Memphis are deceived; they have led astray Egypt, the cornerstone of its tribes.

• Isaiah 36:14

  Thus says the king: ‘Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he will not be able to deliver you.

• Isaiah 37:10

  “Thus you shall say to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, ‘Do not let your Elohim in whom you trust deceive you, saying, “Jerusalem will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.”

• Jeremiah 4:10

  And I said, “Ah, Adonai YHWH! Surely you have utterly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, ‘You will have peace,’ and the sword has reached to the soul.”

• Jeremiah 23:39

  therefore, look, I will utterly forget you, and I will abandon you, and the city that I gave to you and to your fathers, casting you out of my presence.

• Jeremiah 29:8

  For thus says YHWH Tsevaot, the Elohim of Israel: Do not let your prophets deceive you, who are among you, and your diviners, and do not listen to your dreams that you cause them to dream.

• Jeremiah 37:9

  Thus says YHWH: Do not deceive your souls, saying, ‘The Chaldeans will surely go away from us,’ for they will not go away.

• Jeremiah 49:16

  Your terror has deceived you, the insolence of your heart, you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, who hold the height of the hill. Though you make high like the eagle your nest, from there I will bring you down, declares YHWH.

• Obadiah 1:3

  The arrogance of your heart has deceived you, you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, in the height of his dwelling, who says in his heart, “Who will bring me down to the earth?”

• Obadiah 1:7

  To the border they have sent you, all the men of your covenant; they have deceived you, they have prevailed against you, the men of your peace; those who eat your bread will set a trap under you. There is no understanding in him.

And 1 more times.