מִתְנַשֵּׂא
mitnase · exalt oneself
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H4984 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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mitnase (מִתְנַשֵּׂא) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “exalt oneself”.
Rise above others. It is a form of the verb "lift up, carry," used of one who makes himself great.
How to say it
mit·na·se
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
- To be or set oneself above all: God, as head over everything; a man, in pride.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- one who exalts himself ×1
- was exalting himself ×1
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Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 1 Kings 1:5
Now Adonijah son of Haggith was exalting himself, saying, “I will reign.” And he made for himself chariots and horsemen and fifty men running before him.
- 1 Chronicles 29:11
Yours, YHWH, are the greatness and the might and the beauty and the eminence and the splendor, for all that is in the heavens and on the earth is yours. Yours, YHWH, is the kingdom, and you are the one who exalts himself as head over all.