נָשִׂיא (nāśîʾ) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning prince. It appears
134 times
in 13 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H5387).
Also rendered
leader
nasi
chief
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1421b)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1421b)one lifted up, a chief prince; exalted, king, sheik, mist; captain, chief, cloud, governor, prince, ruler, vapour
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
נָשִׂיאnoun, masculine: one lifted up, a chief prince
Strong's H5387נָשִׂיא: properly, an exalted one, i.e. a king or sheik; also a rising mist KJV:captain, chief, cloud, governor, prince, ruler, vapour.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.
Root family 1421: מִתְנַשֵּׂאmitnaśśēʾ — lift, carry, take; lift up, Bear, take away; be lifted up, lift oneself up, rise up, be borne, carried, be taken away, carried off; bear continuously; cause one to bear, cause to bring, have brought; supreme exaltation…