H4994 Definition

Strong's number
H4994
Lemma
נָא
Transliteration
nâʼ
Pronunciation
naw
Strong's definition
'I pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the Imperative or Future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction I beseech (pray) thee (you), go to, now, oh. a primitive particle of incitement and entreaty, which may usually be rendered;

374 instances of the word נָא nâʼ (H4994)


  • Genesis 18:21 - I will go down now and see according to the cry of it which is come whether they have done altogether unto me and if not I will know

  • 2 Samuel 18:22 - yet again Ahimaaz my son of Zadok Then said And Joab But howsoever Wherefore wilt thou run after Cushi Then said And Joab But howsoever Wherefore wilt thou run my son seeing that thou hast no tidings ready

  • 2 Kings 18:23 - Now therefore I pray thee give pledges to my lord the king of Assyria and I will deliver thee two thousand horses if thou be able and I will deliver riders

  • Ezekiel 18:25 - Yet ye say equal Is not my way of the Lord Hear now O house of Israel Is not my way equal Is not my way equal

  • 2 Kings 18:26 - Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh Speak I pray thee to thy servants in the Syrian language for we understand Speak not with us in the Jews' language in the ears of the people that are on the wall

  • Genesis 18:27 - answered And Abraham and said Behold now I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord which am but dust and ashes

  • Genesis 18:30 - And he said unto him Oh be angry let not the Lord and I will speak be found Peradventure there shall thirty And he said I will not do be found Peradventure there shall thirty

  • Genesis 18:31 - And he said Behold now I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord found Peradventure there shall be twenty And he said I will not destroy Peradventure there shall be twenty

  • Genesis 18:32 - And he said be angry Oh let not the Lord and I will speak yet but this once shall be found Peradventure ten And he said I will not destroy Peradventure ten

  • 1 Kings 18:43 - And he said to his servant And he went up and looked toward the sea And he went up and looked And he said There is nothing And he said Go again seven times

  • Genesis 19:2 - And he said Behold now my lords turn in house I pray you into your servant's Nay but we will abide and wash your feet and ye shall rise up early and go on your ways And he said in the street Nay but we will abide

  • 1 Samuel 19:2 - told But Jonathan David saying seeketh Saul my father to kill thee now therefore I pray thee take heed to thyself until the morning and abide in a secret place and hide

  • Judges 19:6 - And they sat down and did eat both of them together and drink had said father for the damsel's unto the man Be content I pray thee and tarry all night be merry and let thine heart

  • Genesis 19:7 - And said I pray you brethren do not so wickedly

  • Genesis 19:8 - Behold now I have two daughters which have not known man let me I pray you bring them out do ye to them as is good in your eyes man only unto these nothing do for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof

  • Judges 19:8 - And he arose early in the morning day on the fifth said father and the damsel's Comfort thine heart I pray thee And they tarried until afternoon day and they did eat both

  • Judges 19:9 - rose up And when the man that thou mayest go he and his concubine and his servant said his father in law father the damsel's draweth behold the day toward evening I pray you tarry all night groweth to an end behold the day I pray you tarry all night may be merry here that thine heart get you early and to morrow on your way that thou mayest go home

  • Judges 19:11 - And when they were by Jebus the day spent was far said and the servant unto his master I pray thee and let us turn in into this city of the Jebusites and lodge

  • Isaiah 19:12 - Where are they where are thy wise men and let them tell thee now and let them know hath purposed what the LORD of hosts upon Egypt

  • Genesis 19:18 - said And Lot

  • Genesis 19:19 - hath found Behold now thy servant grace in thy sight and thou hast magnified thy mercy which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life and I cannot escape to the mountain take lest some evil me and I die

  • 2 Kings 19:19 - Now therefore O LORD God I beseech thee save thou us out of his hand may know that all the kingdoms of the earth Now therefore O LORD God

  • Genesis 19:20 - Behold now this city is near to flee unto and it is a little one Oh let me escape is a little one unto and it shall live and my soul

  • 1 Kings 19:20 - And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah and said Let me I pray thee kiss my father and my mother after and said and then I will follow again for what have I done

  • Judges 19:23 - went out And the man the master into mine house unto them and said unto them Nay my brethren unto them Nay nay I pray you do not so wickedly seeing is come And the man into mine house unto them Nay do not this folly

  • Judges 19:24 - Behold here is my daughter a maiden and his concubine them I will bring out now and humble do good with them what seemeth unto you but unto this man do a thing vile not so

  • 2 Samuel 19:37 - I pray thee turn back again But behold thy servant that I may die in mine own city and be buried by the grave of my father and of my mother But behold thy servant Chimham let him go over with my lord the king and do to him what shall seem good

  • 2 Kings 20:3 - I beseech thee O LORD remember now how I have walked before thee in truth heart and with a perfect that which is good in thy sight and have done wept And Hezekiah sore

  • 1 Kings 20:7 - called Then the king of Israel all the elders of the land and said Mark I pray you and see mischief how this man seeketh for he sent unto me for my wives and for my children and for my silver and for my gold and I denied

  • Numbers 20:10 - gathered And Moses and Aaron the congregation together before out of this rock and he said unto them Hear now ye rebels out of this rock must we fetch you water

  • 2 Samuel 20:16 - Then cried woman a wise out of the city Hear Hear say I pray you unto Joab Come near hither that I may speak

  • Numbers 20:17 - Let us pass I pray thee through thy country Let us pass through the fields or through the vineyards neither will we drink of the water of the wells high way by the king's we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left Let us pass thy borders

  • 1 Samuel 20:29 - And he said Let me go hath a sacrifice I pray thee for our family in the city he hath commanded and my brother me to be there and now if I have found favour in thine eyes let me get away I pray thee and see and my brother Therefore he cometh table not unto the king's

  • 1 Kings 20:31 - said And his servants unto him Behold now we have heard kings of the house of Israel kings are merciful let us I pray thee put sackcloth on our loins and ropes upon our heads and go out kings of Israel peradventure he will save thy life

  • 1 Kings 20:32 - So they girded sackcloth on their loins and put ropes on their heads and came to the king of Israel And he said Thy servant Benhadad And he said I pray thee let me live And he said Is he yet alive he is my brother

  • 1 Kings 20:35 - man And a certain of the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbour in the word of the LORD Smite refused man Smite

  • 1 Samuel 20:36 - And he said And as the lad Run find out now the arrows he shot And as the lad Run he shot an arrow beyond

  • 1 Kings 20:37 - Then he found man another and said Smite Smite man Smite he wounded

  • Jeremiah 21:2 - Enquire for us I pray thee of the LORD for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon maketh war will deal I pray thee of the LORD with us according to all his wondrous works that he may go up

  • 1 Chronicles 21:8 - said And David unto God I have sinned for I have done very because I have done this thing but now I beseech thee do away the iniquity of thy servant foolishly for I have done very

  • 1 Chronicles 21:13 - said And David unto Gad strait I am in a great but let me not fall into the hand of the LORD great are his mercies I am in a great into the hand of man but let me not fall

  • 1 Chronicles 21:17 - Is it not I that commanded And David my God Is it not I that commanded to be numbered but not on thy people even I it is that have sinned and done evil and done evil but as for these sheep what have they done I pray thee O LORD my God let thine hand house be on me and on my father's but not on thy people that they should be plagued

  • Genesis 22:2 - And he said Take now thy son thine only whom thou lovest son Isaac into the land of Moriah and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains And he said

  • 1 Samuel 22:3 - And David thence to Mizpeh of Moab and he said unto the king of Moab I pray thee come forth Let my father and my mother and be with you till I know will do what God

  • 1 Chronicles 22:5 - said And David Solomon my son is young and tender and the house that is to be builded for the LORD magnifical must be exceeding of fame and of glory throughout all countries I will therefore now make preparation I will therefore now make preparation And David abundantly before his death

  • Numbers 22:6 - and he whom thou cursest me this people for they are too mighty for me peradventure I shall prevail that we may smite them and that I may drive them out of the land for I wot is blessed is blessed and he whom thou cursest and he whom thou cursest

  • 1 Samuel 22:7 - said Then Saul unto his servants that stood about him Hear now will the son ye Benjamites give will the son of Jesse every one of you fields and vineyards and make and captains of thousands and captains of hundreds

  • 1 Samuel 22:12 - And he answered And Saul Hear now thou son of Ahitub And he answered Here I am my lord

  • Numbers 22:16 - And they came to Balaam and said and said Balak the son of Zippor Let nothing I pray thee hinder thee from coming

  • Numbers 22:17 - For I will promote For I will promote thee unto very whatsoever thou sayest and I will do therefore I pray thee curse me this people

  • Numbers 22:19 - Now therefore I pray you tarry ye also here this night that I may know unto me more what the LORD will say

  • Job 22:21 - Acquaint now thyself with him and be at peace shall come thereby good

  • Job 22:22 - Receive from his mouth I pray thee the law and lay up his words in thine heart

  • Joshua 22:26 - Therefore we said Let us now prepare to build us an altar not for burnt offering nor for sacrifice

  • 1 Samuel 23:11 - deliver me up Will the men of Keilah into his hand He will come down will Saul hath heard as thy servant And the LORD God of Israel I beseech thee tell as thy servant said And the LORD He will come down

  • Numbers 23:13 - said And Balak place I pray thee with me unto another from whence thou mayest see but the utmost from whence thou mayest see from whence thou mayest see them all and curse

  • 1 Samuel 23:22 - I pray you prepare yet and know and see his place where his haunt and see him there for it is told me that he dealeth very

  • Numbers 23:27 - said And Balak unto Balaam I pray thee I will bring place thee unto another God that thou mayest curse

  • Genesis 24:2 - said And Abraham servant unto his eldest of his house that ruled over all that he had Put I pray thee thy hand under my thigh

  • 2 Samuel 24:2 - said For the king to Joab the captain of the host which was with him Go now through all the tribes of Israel from Dan even to Beersheba and number of the people that I may know the number of the people

  • 2 Samuel 24:10 - smote heart And David him after that he had numbered the people said And David and now I beseech thee O LORD I have sinned for I have done very in that I have done and now I beseech thee O LORD take away the iniquity of thy servant foolishly for I have done very

  • Genesis 24:12 - And he said O LORD God my master Abraham good speed I pray thee send me this day and shew kindness unto my master Abraham

  • Genesis 24:14 - And let it come to pass that the damsel and she shall say Let down thy pitcher Drink and she shall say Drink thy camels and I will give also let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master

  • 2 Samuel 24:14 - said And David unto Gad I am in a great and let me not fall into the hand of the LORD are great for his mercies into the hand of man and let me not fall

  • Genesis 24:17 - ran And the servant to meet her and said Let me I pray thee drink a little water of thy pitcher

  • 2 Samuel 24:17 - and said And David unto the LORD when he saw the angel that smote the people and said Lo I have sinned and I have done wickedly but these sheep what have they done let thine hand house I pray thee be against me and against my father's

  • Genesis 24:23 - And said daughter Whose art thou tell me I pray thee is there house in thy father's room for us to lodge in

  • Genesis 24:42 - And I came this day unto the well and said O LORD God of my master Abraham if now thou do prosper my way which I go

  • Genesis 24:43 - Behold I stand by the well of water and it shall come to pass that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water and I say to drink I pray thee a little of water of thy pitcher

  • Genesis 24:45 - And before I had done speaking in mine heart behold Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder and she went down unto the well and drew water and I said unto her Let me drink

  • Jeremiah 25:5 - They said Turn ye again now every one way from his evil and from the evil of your doings and dwell in the land hath given that the LORD unto you and to your fathers and ever for and ever

  • 1 Samuel 25:8 - Ask thee Wherefore let the young men and they will shew I pray thee whatsoever cometh thee Wherefore let the young men favour in thine eyes day in a good for we come give I pray thee whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy servants and to thy son David

  • 1 Samuel 25:24 - And fell at his feet and said of thine handmaid Upon me my lord upon me let this iniquity I pray thee speak be and let thine handmaid in thine audience and hear the words be and let thine handmaid

  • 1 Samuel 25:25 - Let not my lord I pray thee regard this man of Belial even Nabal for as his name even Nabal for as his name and folly is with him but I thine handmaid saw not the young men not my lord whom thou didst send

  • 1 Samuel 25:28 - I pray thee forgive the trespass of thine handmaid make make for the LORD because my lord house a sure the battles for the LORD because my lord fighteth and evil hath not been found in thee all thy days

  • Genesis 25:30 - said And Esau to Jacob Feed me I pray thee with red red pottage for I am faint called therefore was his name Edom

  • 1 Samuel 26:8 - Then said Abishai to David hath delivered God this day thine enemy into thine hand now therefore let me smite him I pray thee with the spear even to the earth at once and I will not smite him the second time

  • 1 Samuel 26:11 - forbid The LORD that I should stretch forth mine hand anointed The LORD but I pray thee take thou now the spear that is at his bolster and the cruse of water

  • 1 Samuel 26:19 - hear Now therefore I pray thee let my lord the king the words of his servant If the LORD have stirred thee up against me let him accept an offering but if they be the children of men cursed be they before If the LORD for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance If the LORD saying serve gods other

  • Genesis 26:28 - And they said We saw We saw that the LORD And they said Let there be now an oath betwixt betwixt betwixt us and thee and let us make a covenant

  • Genesis 27:2 - And he said Behold now I am old I know not the day of my death

  • Genesis 27:3 - Now therefore take I pray thee thy weapons thy quiver and thy bow and go out to the field and take me some venison

  • 1 Samuel 27:5 - said And David unto Achish If I have now found grace in thine eyes let them give me a place in some city in the country dwell dwell there for why should thy servant city in the royal

  • Genesis 27:9 - now to the flock and fetch me from thence two kids of the goats good and I will make them savoury meat for thy father such as he loveth

  • Jeremiah 27:18 - But if they be prophets be and if the word of the LORD with them let them now make intercession of the LORD of hosts go that the vessels which are left and in the house of the LORD and in the house of the king of Judah and at Jerusalem not to Babylon

  • Genesis 27:19 - said And Jacob unto his father I am Esau thy firstborn I have done according as thou badest me arise I pray thee sit and eat of my venison may bless that thy soul

  • Genesis 27:21 - said And Isaac unto Jacob Come near I pray thee that I may feel son whether thou be my very son Esau

  • Genesis 27:26 - said Isaac And his father unto him Come near now and kiss me my son

  • Jeremiah 28:7 - Nevertheless hear thou now this word that I speak and in the ears and in the ears of all the people

  • 1 Samuel 28:8 - disguised And Saul himself and put on raiment other and two men with him and they came to the woman by night and he said I pray thee divine unto me by the familiar spirit and bring me him up and he said

  • Jeremiah 28:15 - Then said Jeremiah the prophet now Hananiah the prophet Hear now Hananiah hath not sent The LORD to trust thee but thou makest this people in a lie

  • 1 Samuel 28:22 - Now therefore I pray thee hearken thou also unto the voice of thine handmaid and let me set before a morsel of bread thee and eat that thou mayest have strength on thy way

  • Isaiah 29:11 - And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book for it is sealed which men deliver to one that is learned of a book saying Read saying I cannot for it is sealed

  • Isaiah 29:12 - is delivered And the book I am not learned And the book saying Read saying I am not learned And the book

  • 1 Chronicles 29:20 - said And David And all the congregation Now bless the LORD God Now bless And all the congregation the LORD God of their fathers and bowed down their heads and worshipped the LORD and the king

  • Jeremiah 30:6 - Ask wherefore do I see as a woman in travail whether a man wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins as a woman in travail are turned and all faces into paleness

  • 1 Samuel 30:7 - said And David And Abiathar the priest son Ahimelech's I pray thee bring me hither the ephod I pray thee bring me hither And Abiathar the ephod And David

  • Genesis 30:14 - And Reuben the days harvest of wheat and found mandrakes in the field and brought Leah them unto his mother said Then Rachel Leah Give me mandrakes I pray thee of thy son's

  • Genesis 30:27 - said And Laban unto him I pray thee if I have found favour in thine eyes tarry for I have learned by experience hath blessed that the LORD me for thy sake

  • Genesis 31:12 - And he said Lift up now thine eyes and see all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ringstraked speckled and grisled and see all that Laban doeth