# מַשָּׂא (masa) Israeli respelling: ma-sa. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew. Strong’s H4853. 59 Old Testament occurrences. a burden; specifically, tribute, or (abstractly) porterage; figuratively, an utterance, chiefly adoom, especially singing; mental, desire King James renderings: burden, carry away, prophecy, [idiom] they set, song, tribute. Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/masa-h4853 ## Occurrences - [Exodus 23:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/23/5) — If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him. - [Numbers 4:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/4/15) — And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward… - [Numbers 4:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/4/19) — But thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and a… - [Numbers 4:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/4/24) — This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, and for burdens: - [Numbers 4:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/4/27) — At the appointment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burdens, and in all their se… - [Numbers 4:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/4/31) — And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tabernacle of the congregation; the boards of the tabernacle,… - [Numbers 4:32](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/4/32) — And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all thei… - [Numbers 4:47](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/4/47) — From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that came to do the service of the ministry, and the service of the b… - [Numbers 4:49](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/4/49) — According to the commandment of the LORD they were numbered by the hand of Moses, every one according to his service, and according to his… - [Numbers 11:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/11/11) — And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou laye… - [Numbers 11:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/11/17) — And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall… - [Deuteronomy 1:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/1/12) — How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife? - [2 Samuel 15:33](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/15/33) — Unto whom David said, If thou passest on with me, then thou shalt be a burden unto me: - [2 Samuel 19:35](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/19/35) — I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear an… - [2 Kings 5:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/5/17) — And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to thy servant two mules’ burden of earth? for thy servant will henceforth off… - [2 Kings 8:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/8/9) — So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels’ burden, and came and stood bef… - [2 Kings 9:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/9/25) — Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that, wh… - [1 Chronicles 15:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/15/22) — And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed about the song, because he was skilful. - [1 Chronicles 15:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/15/27) — And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the so… - [2 Chronicles 17:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/17/11) — Also some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, and tribute silver; and the Arabians brought him flocks, seven thousand and seve… - [2 Chronicles 20:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/20/25) — And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodie… - [2 Chronicles 24:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/24/27) — Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid upon him, and the repairing of the house of God, behold, they are written in… - [2 Chronicles 35:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/35/3) — And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, which were holy unto the LORD, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of Dav… - [Nehemiah 13:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/13/15) — In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, an… - [Nehemiah 13:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/13/19) — And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and c… - [Job 7:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/7/20) — I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to my… - [Psalms 38:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/38/4) — For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me. - [Proverbs 30:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/30/1) — The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal, - [Proverbs 31:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/31/1) — The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him. - [Isaiah 13:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/13/1) — The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see. - [Isaiah 14:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/14/28) — In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden. - [Isaiah 15:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/15/1) — The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste,… - [Isaiah 17:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/17/1) — The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap. - [Isaiah 19:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/19/1) — The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his pr… - [Isaiah 21:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/21/1) — The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land. - [Isaiah 21:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/21/11) — The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night? - [Isaiah 21:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/21/13) — The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim. - [Isaiah 22:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/22/1) — The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops? - [Isaiah 22:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/22/25) — In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burd… - [Isaiah 23:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/23/1) — The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim i… - [Isaiah 30:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/30/6) — The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery f… - [Isaiah 46:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/46/1) — Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden… - [Isaiah 46:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/46/2) — They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity. - [Jeremiah 17:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/17/21) — Thus saith the LORD; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem; - [Jeremiah 17:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/17/22) — Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any work, but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I commanded y… - [Jeremiah 17:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/17/24) — And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, saith the LORD, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the sa… - [Jeremiah 17:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/17/27) — But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the s… - [Jeremiah 23:33](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/23/33) — And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What is the burden of the LORD? thou shalt then say unto them, W… - [Jeremiah 23:34](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/23/34) — And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of the LORD, I will even punish that man and his house. - [Jeremiah 23:36](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/23/36) — And the burden of the LORD shall ye mention no more: for every man’s word shall be his burden; for ye have perverted the words of the livin… - [Jeremiah 23:38](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/23/38) — But since ye say, The burden of the LORD; therefore thus saith the LORD; Because ye say this word, The burden of the LORD, and I have sent… - [Ezekiel 12:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/12/10) — Say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; This burden concerneth the prince in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel that are among the… - [Ezekiel 24:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/24/25) — Also, thou son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, a… - [Hosea 8:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/8/10) — Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes. - [Nahum 1:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nahum/1/1) — The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. - [Habakkuk 1:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/habakkuk/1/1) — The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see. - [Zechariah 9:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zechariah/9/1) — The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach, and Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the trib… - [Zechariah 12:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zechariah/12/1) — The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth,… - [Malachi 1:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/malachi/1/1) — The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi.