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Lexicon :: Strong's H5381 - nāśaḡ

Aa
נָשַׂג
Transliteration
nāśaḡ
Pronunciation
naw-sag'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

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.
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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 BoxGen 31:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:25 - Now when Laban overtook him, Jacob had put up his tent in the hill-country; and Laban and his brothers put up their tents in the hill-country of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:4 - And when they had gone only a little way out of the town, Joseph said to the servant who was over his house, Go after them; and when you overtake them, say to them, Why have you done evil in reward for good?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:6

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:9 - And Jacob said, The years of my wanderings have been a hundred and thirty; small in number and full of sorrow have been the years of my life, and less than the years of the wanderings of my fathers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:9 - But the Egyptians went after them, all the horses and carriages of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them in their tents by the sea, by Pihahiroth, before Baal-zephon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:9 - Egypt said, I will go after them, I will overtake, I will make division of their goods: my desire will have its way with them; my sword will be uncovered, my hand will send destruction on them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:11 - But if he has not enough money for two doves or two young pigeons, then let him give, for the sin he has done, the tenth part of an ephah of the best meal, for a sin-offering; let him put no oil on it, and no perfume, for it is a sin-offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:21 - And if he is poor and not able to get so much, then he may take one male lamb as an offering for wrongdoing, to be waved to take away his sin, and one tenth part of an ephah of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering, and a log of oil;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:22 - And two doves or two young pigeons, such as he is able to get; and one will be for a sin-offering and the other for a burned offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:30 - And he will make an offering of one of the doves or the young pigeons, such as he is able to get;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:31 - And of these, he will give one for a sin-offering and one for a burned offering, with the meal offering; and the priest will take away the sin of him who is to be made clean before the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:32 - This is the law for the man who has the disease of the leper on him, and who is not able to get that which is necessary for making himself clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:26 - And if he has no one to get it back for him, and later he himself gets wealth and has enough money to get it back;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:47

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:47 - And if one from another nation living among you gets wealth, and your countryman, at his side, becomes poor and gives himself for money to the man from another nation or to one of his family;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:49

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:49 - Or his father's brother, or the son of his father's brother, or any near relation; or if he gets money, he may make himself free.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:5 - And the crushing of the grain will overtake the cutting of the grapes, and the cutting of the grapes will overtake the planting of the seed, and there will be bread in full measure, and you will be living in your land safely.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:8 - But if he is poorer than the value which you have put on him, then let him be taken to the priest, and the priest will put a value on him, such as it is possible for him to give.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:21 - This is the law for him who takes an oath to keep himself separate, and for his offering to the Lord on that account, in addition to what he may be able to get; this is the law of his oath, which he will have to keep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:6 - For if not, he who has the right of punishment may go running after the taker of life in the heat of his wrath, and overtake him because the way is long, and give him a death-blow; though it is not right for him to be put to death because he was not moved by hate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:2 - And all these blessings will come on you and overtake you, if your ears are open to the voice of the Lord your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:15 - But if you do not give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, and take care to do all his orders and his laws which I give you today, then all these curses will come on you and overtake you:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:45

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:45 - And all these curses will come after you and overtake you, till your destruction is complete; because you did not give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, or keep his laws and his orders which he gave you:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:5 - And when it was the time for shutting the doors at dark, they went out; I have no idea where the men went: but if you go after them quickly, you will overtake them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:26 - But not a man put his hand to his mouth for fear of the curse.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:8 - Then David, questioning the Lord, said, Am I to go after this band? will I be able to overtake them? And in answer he said, Go after them, for you will certainly overtake them, and get back everything.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:14 - And David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, Come, let us go in flight, or not one of us will be safe from Absalom: let us go without loss of time, or he will overtake us quickly and send evil on us, and put the town to the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:5 - But the Chaldaean army went after the king, and overtook him in the lowlands of Jericho, and all his army went in flight from him in every direction.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:12 - Three years when there will not be enough food; or three months of war, when you will go in flight before your haters, being in great danger of the sword; or three days of the sword of the Lord, disease in the land, and the angel of the Lord taking destruction through all the land of Israel. Now give thought to the answer I am to take back to him who sent me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:2 - The landmarks are changed by evil men, they violently take away flocks, together with their keepers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:20 - Fears overtake him like rushing waters; in the night the storm-wind takes him away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:26 - The sword may come near him but is not able to go through him; the spear, or the arrow, or the sharp-pointed iron.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:5 - Let my hater go after my soul and take it; let my life be crushed to the earth, and my honour into the dust. (Selah.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:37

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:37 - I go after my haters and overtake them; not turning back till they are all overcome.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:12 - For unnumbered evils are round about me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I am bent down with their weight; they are more than the hairs of my head, my strength is gone because of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:24 - Let your curse come on them; let the heat of your wrath overtake them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:19 - Those who go to her do not come back again; their feet do not keep in the ways of life:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:10 - Even those whom he has made free, will come back again; they will come with songs to Zion; on their heads will be eternal joy; delight and joy will be theirs, and sorrow and sounds of grief will be gone for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:11 - Those whom the Lord has made free will come back with songs to Zion; and on their heads will be eternal joy: delight and joy will be theirs, and sorrow and sounds of grief will be gone for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:9 - For this cause our right is far from us, and righteousness does not overtake us: we are looking for light, but there is only the dark; for the shining of the sun, but our way is in the night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:5 - But the Chaldaean army went after them and overtook Zedekiah in the lowlands of Jericho: and they made him a prisoner and took him up to Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, to Riblah in the land of Hamath, to be judged by him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:16 - Then it will come about that the sword, which is the cause of your fear, will overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and need of food, which you are fearing, will go after you there in Egypt; and there death will come to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:8 - And the Chaldaean army went after King Zedekiah and overtook him on the other side of Jericho, and all his army went in flight from him in every direction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:3 - Judah has been taken away as a prisoner because of trouble and hard work; her living-place is among the nations, there is no rest for her: all her attackers have overtaken her in a narrow place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:7 - And he is to give a meal offering, an ephah for the ox and an ephah for the sheep, and for the lambs whatever he is able to give, and a hin of oil to an ephah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:7 - And if she goes after her lovers she will not overtake them; if she makes search for them she will not see them; then will she say, I will go back to my first husband, for then it was better for me than now.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:9 - O Israel, you have done evil from the days of Gibeah; there they took up their position, so that the fighting against the children of evil might not overtake them in Gibeah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:6 - But my words and my orders, which I gave to my servants the prophets, have they not overtaken your fathers? and turning back they said, As it was the purpose of the Lord of armies to do to us, in reward for our ways and our doings, so has he done.
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