Nasi

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Nasi is the Hebrew title for a high-ranking leader or prince, historically used for the head of the Jewish community or Sanhedrin.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Nasi canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hebrew title ⓘ
Jewish religious title ⓘ
leadership title ⓘ
appearsIn Hebrew Bible NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mishnah NERFINISHED ⓘ
Talmud NERFINISHED ⓘ
authorityOver Jewish community affairs ⓘ
religious legal decisions ⓘ
category Jewish leadership titles ⓘ
Religious leadership roles ⓘ
etymologyRoot Hebrew root נ-ש-א ⓘ
function oversee halakhic rulings ⓘ
preside over Sanhedrin ⓘ
represent Jewish people to foreign authorities ⓘ
governingBodyAssociatedWith Sanhedrin GENERATED ⓘ
historicalPeriod Second Temple period NERFINISHED ⓘ
Talmudic era NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction Jewish diaspora communities ⓘ
Land of Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ
label Nasi NERFINISHED ⓘ
language Hebrew ⓘ
meaning leader ⓘ
prince ⓘ
notableHolder Rabban Gamaliel I NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rabban Gamaliel II NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rabbi Judah haNasi NERFINISHED ⓘ
officeAbolished Late antiquity ⓘ
rank high-ranking leader ⓘ
region Eretz Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedConcept Exilarch NERFINISHED ⓘ
Patriarch of the Jews NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousContext Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ
roleType political leader ⓘ
religious leader ⓘ
script נָשִׂיא ⓘ
socialStatus aristocratic ⓘ
titleForm Rabban NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor head of the Jewish community ⓘ
head of the Sanhedrin ⓘ
usedIn ancient Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ
rabbinic Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Zugot → typicalOffices → Nasi ⓘ
Sanhedrin → leaderTitle → Nasi ⓘ