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Lexicon :: Strong's H5381 - nāśaḡ

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נָשַׂג
Transliteration
nāśaḡ
Pronunciation
naw-sag'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1422

Strong’s Definitions

נָשַׂג nâsag, naw-sag'; a primitive root; to reach (literally or figuratively):—ability, be able, attain (unto), (be able to, can) get, lay at, put, reach, remove, wax rich, × surely, (over-) take (hold of, on, upon).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's H5381 in the following manner: overtake (23x), hold (5x), get (3x), get (with H3027) (3x), attain (2x), obtain (2x), reach (2x), ability (with H3027) (1x), able (1x), able (with H1767) (1x), bring (1x), layeth (1x), put (1x), remove (1x), wax rich (1x), surely (1x), take (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's H5381 in the following manner: overtake (23x), hold (5x), get (3x), get (with H3027) (3x), attain (2x), obtain (2x), reach (2x), ability (with H3027) (1x), able (1x), able (with H1767) (1x), bring (1x), layeth (1x), put (1x), remove (1x), wax rich (1x), surely (1x), take (1x).

  1. to reach, overtake, take hold upon

    1. (Hiphil)

      1. to overtake

      2. to reach, attain to, cause to reach

      3. to be able to secure, reach, have enough

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נָשַׂג nâsag, naw-sag'; a primitive root; to reach (literally or figuratively):—ability, be able, attain (unto), (be able to, can) get, lay at, put, reach, remove, wax rich, × surely, (over-) take (hold of, on, upon).
STRONGS H5381: Abbreviations
† [נָשַׂג] verb only Hiph. reach, overtake (Ecclesiasticus 14:13 והשיגת ידך, Ecclesiasticus 35:10 ובהשגת יד (compare Schechter on Ecclesiasticus 14:13), compare 3 below; ישיג מענה Ecclesiasticus 32:14 shall obtain an answer; —
Hiph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular וְהִשִּׂיג consecutive Leviticus 25:6, suffix וְהִשִּׂיגוֺ consecutive Deuteronomy 19:6; 2nd person masculine singular suffix וְהִשַּׂגְתָּם consecutive Genesis 44:4, etc.; Imperfect יַשִּׂיג Leviticus 26:5, וַיַּשֵּׂג Genesis 31:25, suffix וַיַּשִּׂגֵם Genesis 44:26, etc.; Infinitive absolute הַשֵּׂג 1 Samuel 30:8; Participle מַשִּׂיג 1 Samuel 14:26, suffix מַשִּׂיגֵ֫הוּ Job 41:18; feminine מַשֶּׂגֶת Leviticus 14:21; 1 Chronicles 21:12 (but read וְאִם הֱיוֺת as || 2 Samuel 24:13 WeSm Kit); —
1. overtake, with accusative, often after רָדַף :
a. literal Genesis 31:25 (E), Genesis 44:4, 6 (J), Exodus 14:9 (P), Exodus 15:9 (song), Deuteronomy 19:6; Joshua 2:5 (JE), 1 Samuel 30:8 (3 times in verse); 2 Samuel 15:14; 2 Kings 25:5 = Jeremiah 39:5 = Jeremiah 52:8, Hosea 2:9, compare Psalm 7:6; Psalm 18:38 (וָאַשְׁמִידֵם in || 2 Samuel 22:38), Lamentations 1:3 (metaphor).
b. figurative of battle Hosea 10:9, sword Jeremiah 42:16; on 1 Chronicles 21:12 see above; of blessings Deuteronomy 28:2, curses Deuteronomy 28:15; Deuteronomy 28:45, predictions Zechariah 1:6, justice Isaiah 59:9, wrath of י׳ Psalm 69:25, iniquities Psalm 40:13, calamities Job 27:20.
2.
a. reach, attain to, Job 41:18 (if one) reach it (crocodile) with the sword (2 accusative); figurative paths of life Proverbs 2:19, joy, etc., Isaiah 35:10; also Isaiah 51:11 (CheHpt יַשִּׂיגוּם, for MT יַשִּׂיגוּן; PerlesAnalekten 64 יִשְׂגּוּן, from שׂגה); of time Genesis 47:9 my days have not reached the days...of my fathers, compare Leviticus 26:5 (twice in verse).
b. cause to reach, bring, put, מַשִּׂיג יָדוֺ אֶלמִּֿיו 1 Samuel 14:26 no one put his hand to his mouth, but read מֵשִׁיב Greek Version of the LXX Targum Klo Dr Bu Kit HPS Löhr.
3. figurative הִשִּׁיגָה יָדוֺ one's hand has reached, i.e. one is able, or has enough, Leviticus 5:11 (with לְ), Leviticus 14:21; Leviticus 25:26, 49; with accusative = able to secure, get Leviticus 14:22, 30, 31, 32; Leviticus 27:8; Numbers 6:21 (all P), Ezekiel 46:7; absolute = gain (riches) Leviticus 25:47 (H). — Job 24:2 see סוּג.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

31:25; 31:25; 44:4; 44:4; 44:6; 44:26; 47:9

Exodus

14:9; 15:9

Leviticus

5:11; 14:21; 14:21; 14:22; 14:30; 14:31; 14:32; 25:6; 25:26; 25:47; 25:49; 26:5; 26:5; 27:8

Numbers

6:21

Deuteronomy

19:6; 19:6; 28:2; 28:15; 28:45

Joshua

2:5

1 Samuel

14:26; 14:26; 30:8; 30:8

2 Samuel

15:14; 22:38; 24:13

2 Kings

25:5

1 Chronicles

21:12; 21:12

Job

24:2; 27:20; 41:18; 41:18

Psalms

7:6; 18:38; 40:13; 69:25

Proverbs

2:19

Isaiah

35:10; 51:11; 59:9

Jeremiah

39:5; 42:16; 52:8

Lamentations

1:3

Ezekiel

46:7

Hosea

2:9; 10:9

Zechariah

1:6

H5381

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Strong's Number H5381 matches the Hebrew נָשַׂג (nāśaḡ),
which occurs 50 times in 47 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:25 - Laban caught H5381 up with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country, and Laban with his [fn]kinsmen camped in the hill country of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:4 - They had just gone out of the city, and were not far off, when Joseph said to his house steward, “Up, follow the men; and when you overtake H5381 them, say to them, ‘Why have you repaid evil for good?

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:6 - So he overtook H5381 them and spoke these words to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:9 - So Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The [fn]years of my sojourning are one hundred and [fn]thirty; few and [fn]unpleasant have been the [fn]years of my life, nor have they [fn]attained H5381 the [fn]years [fn]that my fathers lived during the days of their sojourning.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:9 - Then the Egyptians chased after them with all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, his horsemen and his army, and they overtook H5381 them camping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, in front of Baal-zephon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:9 - “The enemy said, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake, H5381 I will divide the spoil;
My [fn]desire shall be [fn]gratified against them;
I will draw out my sword, my hand will [fn]destroy them.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:11 - ‘But if his [fn]means are insufficient H5381 for two turtledoves or two young pigeons, then for his offering for that which he has sinned, he shall bring the tenth of an [fn]ephah of fine flour for a sin offering; he shall not put oil on it or place incense on it, for it is a sin offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:21 - “But if he is poor and his [fn]means are insufficient, H5381 then he is to take one male lamb for a guilt offering as a wave offering to make atonement for him, and one-tenth of an [fn]ephah of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering, and a [fn]log of oil,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:22 - and two turtledoves or two young pigeons which [fn]are within H5381 his means, the one shall be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:30 - “He shall then offer one of the turtledoves or young pigeons, [fn]which are within H5381 his means.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:31 - “He shall offer what [fn]he can afford, H5381 the one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering, together with the grain offering. So the priest shall make atonement before the LORD on behalf of the one to be cleansed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:32

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:32 - “This is the law for him in whom there is an infection of leprosy, whose [fn]means are limited H5381 for his cleansing.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:26 - ‘Or in case a man has no kinsman, but so [fn]recovers H5381 his means as to find sufficient for its redemption,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:47

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:47 - ‘Now if the [fn]means of a stranger or of a sojourner with you becomes H5381 sufficient, H5381 and a [fn]countryman of yours becomes so poor with regard to him as to sell himself to a stranger who is sojourning with you, or to the descendants of a stranger’s family,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:49

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:49 - or his uncle, or his uncle’s son, may redeem him, or one of his blood relatives from his family may redeem him; or [fn]if he prospers, H5381 he may redeem himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:5 - ‘Indeed, your threshing will last H5381 for you until H5381 grape gathering, and grape gathering will last H5381 until H5381 sowing time. You will thus eat your [fn]food to the full and live securely in your land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:8 - ‘But if he is poorer than your valuation, then he shall be placed before the priest and the priest shall value him; according to [fn]the means H5381 of the one who vowed, the priest shall value him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 6:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:21 - “This is the law of the Nazirite who vows his offering to the LORD according to his separation, in addition to what else [fn]he can afford; H5381 according to his vow which he takes, so he shall do according to the law of his separation.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:6 - otherwise the avenger of blood might pursue the manslayer [fn]in the heat of his anger, and overtake H5381 him, because the way is long, and [fn]take his life, though he was not deserving of death, since he had not hated him previously.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:2 - “All these blessings will come upon you and overtake H5381 you if you [fn]obey the LORD your God:

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:15 - “But it shall come about, if you do not [fn]obey the LORD your God, to observe to do all His commandments and His statutes with which I charge you today, that all these curses will come upon you and overtake H5381 you:

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:45

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:45 - “So all these curses shall come on you and pursue you and overtake H5381 you until you are destroyed, because you would not [fn]obey the LORD your God by keeping His commandments and His statutes which He commanded you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:5 - “It came about when it was time to shut the gate at dark, that the men went out; I do not know where the men went. Pursue them quickly, for you will overtake H5381 them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:26 - When the people entered the forest, behold, there was a flow of honey; but no man put H5381 his hand to his mouth, for the people feared the oath.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:8 - David inquired of the LORD, saying, “Shall I pursue this band? Shall I overtake H5381 them?” And He said to him, “Pursue, for you will surely H5381 overtake H5381 them, and you will surely rescue all.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:14 - David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, “Arise and let us flee, for otherwise none of us will escape from Absalom. Go in haste, or he will overtake H5381 us quickly and bring down calamity on us and strike the city with the edge of the sword.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:5 - But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook H5381 him in the plains of Jericho and all his army was scattered from him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:12 - either three years of famine, or three months to be swept away before your foes, while the sword of your enemies overtakes H5381 you, or else three days of the sword of the LORD, even pestilence in the land, and the angel of the LORD destroying throughout all the territory of Israel.’ Now, therefore, consider what answer I shall return to Him who sent me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:2 - “[fn]Some remove H5381 the landmarks;
They seize and [fn]devour flocks.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:20 - “Terrors overtake H5381 him like a flood;
A tempest steals him away in the night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:26 - “The sword that reaches H5381 him cannot avail,
Nor the spear, the dart or the javelin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:5 - Let the enemy pursue [fn]my soul and overtake H5381 [fn]it;
And let him trample my life down to the ground
And lay my glory in the dust. [fn]Selah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:37

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:37 - I pursued my enemies and overtook H5381 them,
And I did not turn back until they were consumed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 40:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:12 - For evils beyond number have surrounded me;
My iniquities have overtaken H5381 me, so that I am not able to see;
They are more numerous than the hairs of my head,
And my heart has [fn]failed me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:24 - Pour out Your indignation on them,
And may Your burning anger overtake H5381 them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:19 - None who go to her return again,
Nor do they reach H5381 the paths of life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 35:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:10 - And the ransomed of the LORD will return
And come with joyful shouting to Zion,
With everlasting joy upon their heads.
They will [fn]find H5381 gladness and joy,
And sorrow and sighing will flee away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:11 - So the ransomed of the LORD will return
And come with joyful shouting to Zion,
And everlasting joy will be on their heads.
They will obtain H5381 gladness and joy,
And sorrow and sighing will flee away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:9 - Therefore justice is far from us,
And righteousness does not overtake H5381 us;
We hope for light, but behold, darkness,
For brightness, but we walk in gloom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 39:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:5 - But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them and overtook H5381 Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and they seized him and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, and he passed sentence on him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 42:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:16 - then the sword, which you are afraid of, will overtake H5381 you there in the land of Egypt; and the famine, about which you are anxious, will follow closely after you there in Egypt, and you will die there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 52:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:8 - But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook H5381 Zedekiah in the [fn]plains of Jericho, and all his army was scattered from him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:3 - Judah has gone into exile [fn]under affliction
And [fn]under [fn]harsh servitude;
She dwells among the nations,
But she has found no rest;
All her pursuers have overtaken H5381 her
In the midst of [fn]distress.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 46:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:7 - “And he shall provide a grain offering, an ephah [fn]with the bull and an ephah [fn]with the ram, and [fn]with the lambs as [fn]much as he is able, H5381 and a hin of oil [fn]with an ephah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:7 - “She will pursue her lovers, but she will not overtake H5381 them;
And she will seek them, but will not find them.
Then she will say, ‘I will go back to my first husband,
For it was better for me then than now!’

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:9 - From the days of Gibeah you have sinned, O Israel;
There they stand!
Will not the battle against the sons of iniquity overtake H5381 them in Gibeah?

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:6 - “But did not My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, overtake H5381 your fathers? Then they repented and said, ‘As the LORD of hosts purposed to do to us in accordance with our ways and our deeds, so He has dealt with us.’”’”
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