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 (2)

Label Occurrences
Nasi canonical 11
nasi 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hebrew title
Jewish religious title
leadership title
appearsIn Hebrew Bible
linked to: Tanakh

Mishnah
Talmud
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
historicalPeriod Second Temple period
Talmudic era
linked to: Amoraic period
jurisdiction Jewish diaspora communities
Land of Israel
linked to: Eretz HaKodesh
label Nasi
language Hebrew
meaning leader
prince
notableHolder Rabban Gamaliel I
linked to: Gamaliel I

Rabban Gamaliel II
Rabbi Judah haNasi
linked to: Judah ha-Nasi
officeAbolished Late antiquity
rank high-ranking leader
region Eretz Israel
linked to: Palestine
relatedConcept Exilarch
Patriarch of the Jews
religiousContext Judaism
roleType political leader
religious leader
script נָשִׂיא
socialStatus aristocratic
titleForm Rabban
usedFor head of the Jewish community
head of the Sanhedrin
usedIn ancient Israel
linked to: Ancient Israel

rabbinic Judaism
linked to: Rabbinic Judaism

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

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

Zugot typicalOffices Nasi
Sanhedrin leaderTitle Nasi
Nasi Israel component Nasi
Jewish Patriarchate headedBy nasi
linked to: Nasi
Jewish Patriarchate leadershipTitle nasi
linked to: Nasi
Gamaliel VI title Nasi
Nasi label Nasi
Rabbeinu haKadosh title Nasi