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Lexicon :: Strong's H5065 - nāḡaś

Aa
נָגַשׂ
Transliteration
nāḡaś
Pronunciation
naw-gas'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1296

Strong’s Definitions

נָגַשׂ nâgas, naw-gas'; a primitive root; to drive (an animal, a workman, a debtor, an army); by implication, to tax, harass, tyrannize:—distress, driver, exact(-or), oppress(-or), × raiser of taxes, taskmaster.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x

The KJV translates Strong's H5065 in the following manner: oppressor (7x), taskmasters (5x), exact (4x), distressed (2x), oppressed (2x), driver (1x), exactors (1x), taxes (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x
The KJV translates Strong's H5065 in the following manner: oppressor (7x), taskmasters (5x), exact (4x), distressed (2x), oppressed (2x), driver (1x), exactors (1x), taxes (1x).

  1. to press, drive, oppress, exact, exert demanding pressure

    1. (Qal)

      1. to press, drive

      2. to exact

      3. driver, taskmaster, ruler, oppressor, tyrant, lord, exactor of tribute (participle)

    2. (Niphal) to be hard pressed

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נָגַשׂ nâgas, naw-gas'; a primitive root; to drive (an animal, a workman, a debtor, an army); by implication, to tax, harass, tyrannize:—distress, driver, exact(-or), oppress(-or), × raiser of taxes, taskmaster.
STRONGS H5065: Abbreviations
† [נָגַשׂ verb press, drive, oppress, exact (Assyrian nagâšu, throw down, overthrow, DlHWB 448; Arabic bdb062002 rouse and drive game, drive vehemently; Ethiopic bdb062003 reign, wield power, bdb062004 king); —
Qal Perfect נ׳ 2 Kings 23:25; Imperfect יִגּשֹׁ Deuteronomy 15:2; 2nd person masculine singular תִּגּשֹׁ Deuteronomy 15:3; 2nd person masculine plural תִּנְגּ֑שֹׁוּ Isaiah 58:3; — Participle נֹגֵשׂ Isaiah 9:3 +, etc.; —
1. press, drive to work (object עַצְּבֵיכֶם your workmen), Isaiah 58:3 (GesComm., De Di Du; exact [changing ע׳, which see]. Che, etc.); see 2.
2. exact with accusative כֶּסֶף, 2 Kings 23:35; followed by accusative of person only Deuteronomy 15:2, 13.
3. Participle (= substantive) driver, task-master Exodus 3:7; Exodus 5:6, 10, 13, 14; Job 3:18; (ass-) driver Job 39:7; of (arbitrary) ruler Isaiah 3:12, ruler (good sense) Zechariah 10:4; = foreign oppressor, tyrant Isaiah 9:3 (with בְּ) Isaiah 14:2, 4; Zechariah 9:8; exactor of tribute, Daniel 11:20; plural abstract lordship = lord, ruler, figurative of צְדָקָה (personified) Isaiah 60:17 (|| שָׁלוֺם פְּקֻדָּתֵךְ).
Niph. Perfect נִגַּשׂ 1 Samuel 13:6 + 2 times + Isaiah 3:5 (וְ consecutive); — hard pressed by enemy 1 Samuel 13:6, and so 1 Samuel 14:24 (but omitted by emendation, after Greek Version of the LXX, Th We Dr Kit Bu HPS); treated harshly, of suffering servant of י׳ Isaiah 53:7; reciprocal tyrannize over (ב׳) each other Isaiah 35.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

3:7; 5:6; 5:10; 5:13; 5:14

Deuteronomy

15:2; 15:2; 15:3; 15:13

1 Samuel

13:6; 13:6; 14:24

2 Kings

23:25; 23:35

Job

3:18; 39:7

Isaiah

3:5; 3:12; 9:3; 9:3; 14:2; 14:4; 35; 53:7; 58:3; 58:3; 60:17

Daniel

11:20

Zechariah

9:8; 10:4

H5065

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Strong's Number H5065 matches the Hebrew נָגַשׂ (nāḡaś),
which occurs 23 times in 23 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:6 - And H6680➔ Pharaoh H6547 commanded ➔H6680 the H3117➔ same H1931 day ➔H3117 the taskmasters H5065 of the people, H5971 and H853 their officers, H7860 saying, H559

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:10 - And H3318➔ the taskmasters H5065 of the people H5971 went out, ➔H3318 and their officers, H7860 and they spake H559 to H413 the people, H5971 saying, H559 Thus H3541 saith H559 Pharaoh, H6547 I H369➔ will H5414➔ not ➔H369 give ➔H5414 you straw. H8401

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:13 - And the taskmasters H5065 hasted H213 them, saying, H559 Fulfil H3615 your works, H4639 your daily H3117 tasks, H1697 H3117 as H834 when there was H1961➔ straw. H8401

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:14 - And H5221➔ the officers H7860 of the children H1121 of Israel, H3478 which H834 Pharaoh's H6547 taskmasters H5065 had set H7760 over them, H5921 were beaten, ➔H5221 and demanded, H559 Wherefore H4069 have ye H3615➔ not H3808 fulfilled ➔H3615 your task H2706 in making brick H3835 both H1571 yesterday H8543 and H1571 to day, H3117 as heretofore? H8032

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:2 - And this H2088 is the manner H1697 of the release: H8059 Every H3605 creditor H1167 H4874 that H834 lendeth H5383 ought unto his neighbour H7453 shall release H8058 it; he shall H5065➔ not H3808 exact ➔ H5065 it of his neighbour, H7453 or H853 of his brother; H251 because H3588 it is called H7121 the LORD'S H3068 release. H8059

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:3 - Of a foreigner H5237 thou mayest exact H5065 it again: but that which H834 is H1961 thine with H854 thy brother H251 thine hand H3027 shall release; H8058

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:6 - When the men H376 of Israel H3478 saw H7200 that H3588 they were in a strait, H6862 (for H3588 the people H5971 were distressed,) H5065 then H2244➔ the people H5971 did hide themselves ➔H2244 in caves, H4631 and in thickets, H2337 and in rocks, H5553 and in high places, H6877 and in pits. H953

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:24 - And the men H376 of Israel H3478 were distressed H5065 that H1931 day: H3117 for H422➔ Saul H7586 had adjured ➔H422 the people, H5971 saying, H559 Cursed H779 be the man H376 that H834 eateth H398 any food H3899 until H5704 evening, H6153 that I may be avenged H5358 on mine enemies. H341 So none H3808 of the people H5971 tasted H2938 any food. H3899

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:35 - And H3701➔ Jehoiakim H3079 gave H5414 the silver ➔H3701 and the gold H2091 to Pharaoh; H6547 but H389 he taxed H6186 the land H776 to give H5414 the money H3701 according to H5921 the commandment H6310 of Pharaoh: H6547 he exacted H5065 the silver H3701 and H853 the gold H2091 of the people H5971 of the land, H776 of every one H376 according to his taxation, H6187 to give H5414 it unto Pharaohnechoh. H6549

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:18 - There the prisoners H615 rest H7599 together; H3162 they hear H8085 not H3808 the voice H6963 of the oppressor. H5065

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:7 - He scorneth H7832 the multitude H1995 of the city, H7151 neither H3808 regardeth he H8085 the crying H8663 of the driver. H5065

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:5 - And H5065➔ the people H5971 shall be oppressed, ➔ H5065 every one H376 by another, H376 and every one H376 by his neighbour: H7453 the child H5288 shall behave himself proudly H7292 against the ancient, H2205 and the base H7034 against the honourable. H3513

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:12 - As for my people, H5971 children H5953 are their oppressors, H5065 and women H802 rule H4910 over them. O my people, H5971 they which lead thee H833 cause H8582➔ thee to err, ➔H8582 and H1870➔ destroy H1104 the way ➔H1870 of thy paths. H734

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:4 - For H3588 thou hast broken H2865 the yoke H5923 of his burden, H5448 and H853 the staff H4294 of his shoulder, H7926 the rod H7626 of H5065➔ his oppressor, ➔ H5065 as in the day H3117 of Midian. H4080

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:2 - And H3947➔ the people H5971 shall take them, ➔H3947 and bring them H935 to H413 their place: H4725 and H5157➔ the house H1004 of Israel H3478 shall possess them ➔H5157 in H5921 the land H127 of the LORD H3068 for servants H5650 and handmaids: H8198 and they shall H1961 take them captives, H7617 whose captives they were; H7617 and they shall rule H7287 over their oppressors. H5065

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:4 - That thou shalt take up H5375 this H2088 proverb H4912 against H5921 the king H4428 of Babylon, H894 and say, H559 How H349 hath H7673➔ the oppressor H5065 ceased! ➔H7673 the golden city H4062 ceased! H7673

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:7 - He was oppressed, H5065 and he H1931 was afflicted, H6031 yet H3808➔ he opened H6605 not ➔H3808 his mouth: H6310 he is brought H2986 as a lamb H7716 to the slaughter, H2874 and as a sheep H7353 before H6440 her shearers H1494 is dumb, H481 so H3808➔ he openeth H6605 not ➔H3808 his mouth. H6310

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:3 - Wherefore H4100 have we fasted, H6684 say they, and H3808➔ thou seest H7200 not? ➔H3808 wherefore have we afflicted H6031 our soul, H5315 and H3808➔ thou takest H3045➔ no ➔H3808 knowledge? ➔H3045 Behold, H2005 in the day H3117 of your fast H6685 ye find H4672 pleasure, H2656 and H3605➔ exact H5065 all ➔H3605 your labours. H6092

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:17 - For H8478 brass H5178 I will bring H935 gold, H2091 and for H8478 iron H1270 I will bring H935 silver, H3701 and for H8478 wood H6086 brass, H5178 and for H8478 stones H68 iron: H1270 I will also make H7760 thy officers H6486 peace, H7965 and thine exactors H5065 righteousness. H6666

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:20 - Then shall stand up H5975 in H5921 his estate H3653 a raiser H5674 of taxes H5065 in the glory H1925 of the kingdom: H4438 but within H3117➔ few H259 days ➔H3117 he shall be destroyed, H7665 neither H3808 in anger, H639 nor H3808 in battle. H4421

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:8 - And I will encamp H2583 about mine house H1004 because of the army, H4675 because of him that passeth by, H5674 and because of him that returneth: H7725 and no H3808 oppressor H5065 shall pass H5674 through them H5921 any more: H5750 for H3588 now H6258 have I seen H7200 with mine eyes. H5869

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:4 - Out of him H4480 came forth H3318 the corner, H6438 out of him H4480 the nail, H3489 out of him H4480 the H7198➔ battle H4421 bow, ➔H7198 out of him H4480 every H3605 oppressor H5065 together. H3162
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