Strong's Definition
a burden; specifically, tribute, or (abstractly) porterage; figuratively, an utterance, chiefly adoom, especially singing; mental, desire
Derivation: from H5375 (נָשָׂא);
KJV Usage: burden, carry away, prophecy, [idiom] they set, song, tribute.
TWOT Reference: 1421d,e
Outline of Biblical Usage
n m
1) load, bearing, tribute, burden, lifting
1a) load, burden
1b) lifting, uplifting, that to which the soul lifts itself up
1c) bearing, carrying
1d) tribute, that which is carried or brought or borne
2) utterance, oracle, burden
Massa = "burden"
n pr m
3) (BDB) a son of Ishmael
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
מַשָּׂא
maśśâ
BDB Definition:
Massa = burden
1) load, bearing, tribute, burden, lifting (noun masculine)
1a) load, burden
1b) lifting, uplifting, that to which the soul lifts itself up
1c) bearing, carrying
1d) tribute, that which is carried or brought or borne
2) utterance, oracle, burden (noun masculine)
3) a son of Ishmael (noun proper masculine)
Part of Speech: see above in Definition
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H5375
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1421d, 1421e
Total KJV Occurrences: 65