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Lexicon :: Strong's H5090 - nāhaḡ

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נָהַג
Transliteration
nāhaḡ
Pronunciation
naw-hag'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1309,1310

Strong’s Definitions

נָהַג nâhag, naw-hag'; a primitive root; to drive forth (a person, an animal or chariot), i.e. lead, carry away; reflexively, to proceed (i.e. impel or guide oneself); also (from the panting induced by effort), to sigh:—acquaint, bring (away), carry away, drive (away), lead (away, forth), (be) guide, lead (away, forth).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 31x

The KJV translates Strong's H5090 in the following manner: lead (10x), (carry, lead)...away (7x), drive (6x), forth (2x), guide (2x), brought (2x), acquainting (1x), brought in (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 31x
The KJV translates Strong's H5090 in the following manner: lead (10x), (carry, lead)...away (7x), drive (6x), forth (2x), guide (2x), brought (2x), acquainting (1x), brought in (1x).
  1. to drive, lead, guide, conduct

    1. (Qal)

      1. to drive, lead on, drive away, drive off

      2. to behave itself (fig.) (of heart)

    2. (Piel)

      1. to drive away, lead off

      2. to lead on, guide, guide on

      3. to cause to drive

  2. (Piel) to moan, lament

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נָהַג nâhag, naw-hag'; a primitive root; to drive forth (a person, an animal or chariot), i.e. lead, carry away; reflexively, to proceed (i.e. impel or guide oneself); also (from the panting induced by effort), to sigh:—acquaint, bring (away), carry away, drive (away), lead (away, forth), (be) guide, lead (away, forth).
STRONGS H5090: Abbreviations
† I. נָהַג verb drive, conduct (Late Hebrew conduct oneself, behave, be accustomed; Arabic bdb062401 go along the road, keep to the road; Aramaic נְהַג lead); —
Qal Perfect נ׳ Lamentations 3:2; נָֽהֲגוּ" 1 Samuel 30:20; Imperfect יִנְהַג Isaiah 20:4, etc.; Imperative נְהַג 2 Kings 4:24; Participle active נֹהֵג Isaiah 11:6 + 2 times, etc.; passive נְהוּגִים Isaiah 60:11; —
1. drive, flocks Exodus 3:1; compare (in predict.) Isaiah 11:6 (followed by בְּ); figurative, object Joseph, Psalm 80:2 (simile of flock); hence, object human being, lead on, Songs 8:2 (|| הֵבִיא אֶלֿ)); also figurative, subject י׳, Lamentations 3:2 (|| הוֺלִיךְ); passive participle of kings led in procession Isaiah 60:11 compare Di (rather than as captives, Che, as earlier usage; || הֵבִיא); drive away, off, (object מִקְנֶה) Genesis 31:18 (of Jacob, going by stealth); usually as booty (object flocks and herds) 1 Samuel 23:5, חמור יתומים ינהגו Job 24:3 (unjustly); compare 1 Samuel 30:2 (twice in verse) (read וַיִּנְהֲגוּ We Dr Kit Bu, compare Th, not HPS which see), 1 Samuel 30:22 (no object expressed but really captives || הָלַךְ), Isaiah 20:4; drive an ass for riding 2 Kings 4:24 (|| הָלַךְ); a cart (עֲגָלָה) 2 Samuel 6:3 = 1 Chronicles 13:7 (where בָּע׳); absolute of driving chariot 2 Kings 9:20; lead out an army to battle (late) 1 Chronicles 20:12; 1 Chronicles 25:11.
2. figurative וְלִבִּי נֹהֵג בַּחָכְמָה Ecclesiastes 2:3 my heart behaving itself in wisdom (compare Late Hebrew above).
Pi. Perfect נִהַג Exodus 10:3; נִהַ֫גְתָּ Isaiah 63:14; Imperfect יְנַהֵג Deuteronomy 4:27, etc.; —
1. drive away, lead off, followed by accusative, daughters of Laban Genesis 31:26 (|| גָּנַב); of י׳, leading off people into exile, followed by שָׁ֫מָּה Deuteronomy 4:27 (|| הֵפִיץ), Deuteronomy 28:37 (|| הוֺלִיךְ).
2. lead on, guide, followed by accusative, subject י׳ Psalm 78:52 (כַּעֵ֫דֶר || הִסִּיעַ כַּצּאֹן); Isaiah 49:10 (|| נִהֵל, compare Psalm 23:2); Isaiah 63:14; Isaiah 48:15; guide on, a wind, Exodus 10:13 (followed by בָּאָרֶץ), Psalm 78:26; (|| הִסִּיעַ).
3. cause to drive (compare Qal, 2 Kings 9:20) Exodus 14:25 (J E; subject י׳, see Di).


† II. [נָהַג] verb Pi. moan, lament (Arabic bdb062402 be out of breath, pant, breathe heavily; Aramaic bdb062403 sigh, groan); —
Pi. Participle feminine plural מְנַהֲגוֺה Nahum 2:8 (כְּקוֺל יוֺנִים).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

31:18; 31:26

Exodus

3:1; 10:3; 10:13; 14:25

Deuteronomy

4:27; 4:27; 28:37

1 Samuel

23:5; 30:2; 30:20; 30:22

2 Samuel

6:3

2 Kings

4:24; 4:24; 9:20; 9:20

1 Chronicles

13:7; 25:11

Job

24:3

Psalms

23:2; 78:26; 78:52; 80:2

Ecclesiastes

2:3

Song of Songs

8:2

Isaiah

11:6; 11:6; 20:4; 20:4; 48:15; 49:10; 60:11; 60:11; 63:14; 63:14

Lamentations

3:2; 3:2

Nahum

2:8

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5090 matches the Hebrew נָהַג (nāhaḡ),
which occurs 31 times in 31 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:18 - and he drove H5090 away H5090 all his livestock and all his possessions which he had accumulated, his acquired livestock which he had accumulated in Paddan-aram, in order to go to the land of Canaan to his father Isaac.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:26 - Then Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done [fn]by deceiving me and carrying H5090 away H5090 my daughters like captives of the sword?
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:1 -

Now Moses was pasturing the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian; and he led H5090 the flock to the [fn]west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:13 - So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and Yahweh directed H5090 an east wind on the land all that day and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind [fn]brought the locusts.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:25 - And He [fn]caused their chariot wheels to swerve, and He made them drive H5090 with difficulty; so the Egyptians said, “Let [fn]us flee from Israel, for Yahweh is fighting for them against the Egyptians.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:27 - “And Yahweh will scatter you among the peoples, and you will remain few in number among the nations where Yahweh drives H5090 you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:37 - “You shall become an object of horror, a proverb, and a byword among all the people where Yahweh drives H5090 you.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:5 - So David and his men went to Keilah and fought with the Philistines; and he led H5090 away H5090 their livestock and struck them with a great slaughter. Thus David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:2 - and they took captive the women and all who were in it, both small and great—they did not put anyone to death—and carried H5090 them off H5090 and went their way.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:20 - And David took all the sheep and the cattle which the people drove H5090 ahead of [fn]the other livestock, and they said, “This is David’s spoil.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:22 - Then all the evil and vile men among those who went with David said, “Because they did not go with [fn]us, we will not give them any of the spoil that we have delivered, except to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead H5090 them away H5090 and depart.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:3 - And they [fn]drove the ark of God on a new cart that they might bring it from the house of Abinadab which was on the hill; and [fn]Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were leading H5090 the new cart.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:24 - Then she saddled a donkey and said to her young man, “Drive H5090 and go; do not hold back the pace of the ride for me unless I tell you.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:20 - And the watchman declared saying, “He came up to them, but he did not return; and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi, for he drives H5090 in madness.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:7 - And they drove the ark of God on a new cart from the house of Abinadab, and Uzza and Ahio were leading H5090 the cart.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:1 -

Now it happened [fn]in the spring, at the time when kings go out to battle, that Joab led H5090 out H5090 the force of the military and brought the land of the sons of Ammon to ruin, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem. And Joab struck Rabbah and [fn]tore it down.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:11 -

Now Amaziah strengthened himself and led H5090 his people forth H5090, and went to the Valley of Salt and struck down 10,000 of the sons of Seir.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:3 -

“They drive H5090 away H5090 the donkeys of the orphans;

They take the widow’s ox for a pledge.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:14 -

For this is God,

Our God forever and ever;

He will guide H5090 us [fn]over death.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:26 -

He led forth the east wind in the heavens

And by His strength He guided H5090 the south wind.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:52 -

But He led forth His own people like sheep

And guided H5090 them in the wilderness like a flock;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:1 -

For the choir director. [fn]El Shoshannim. [fn]Eduth. Of Asaph. A Psalm.

O Shepherd of Israel, give ear,

You who guide H5090 Joseph like a flock;

You who are enthroned above the cherubim, shine forth!

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:3 - I explored with my heart how to [fn]stimulate my [fn]body with wine—while my heart was guiding H5090 me wisely—and how to seize simpleminded folly, until I could see where is this good for the sons of men in what they do under heaven the few days of their lives.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:2 -

“I would lead H5090 you and bring you

Into the house of my mother, who used to teach me;

I would give you spiced wine to drink from the sweet wine of my pomegranates.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:6 -

And the wolf will [fn]dwell with the lamb,

And the leopard will lie down with the young goat,

And the calf and the young lion [fn]and the fatling together;

And a young boy will lead H5090 them.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:4 - so the king of Assyria will lead H5090 away H5090 the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Ethiopia, young and old, naked and barefoot with buttocks uncovered, to the [fn]shame of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:10 -

“They will not hunger or thirst,

Nor will the scorching heat or sun strike them down;

For He who has compassion on them will guide H5090 them

And will lead them to springs of water.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:11 -

“Your gates will be open continually;

They will not be closed day or night,

So that men may bring to you the wealth of the nations,

With their kings led H5090 in H5090 procession H5090.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:14 -

As the cattle which go down into the valley,

The Spirit of Yahweh gave [fn]them rest.

So You led H5090 Your people,

To make for Yourself a glorious name.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:2 -

He has driven H5090 me and made me walk

In darkness and not in light.

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:7 -

So it stands fixed:

She is exiled, she is carried away,

And her maidservants are moaning H5090 like the sound of doves,

Beating on their hearts.

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