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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
Dictionary Aids

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 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:7 - The LORD H3068 said, H559 “I have surely H7200 seen H7200 the affliction H6040 of My people H5971 who H834 are in Egypt, H4714 and have given H8085 heed H8085 to their cry H6818 because H4480 H6440 of their taskmasters, H5065 for I am aware H3045 of their sufferings. H4341

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:6 - So the same H1931 day H3117 Pharaoh H6547 commanded H6680 the taskmasters H5065 over the people H5971 and their foremen, H7860 saying, H559

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:10 - So the taskmasters H5065 of the people H5971 and their foremen H7860 went H3318 out and spoke H559 to the people, H5971 saying, H559 “Thus H3541 says H559 Pharaoh, H6547 ‘I am not going to give H5414 you any straw. H8401

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:13 - The taskmasters H5065 pressed H213 them, saying, H559 “Complete H3615 your [fn]work H4639 quota, H4639 [fn]your daily H3117 amount, H1697 H3117 just H834 as when [fn]you had H1961 straw.” H8401

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:14 - Moreover, the foremen H7860 of the sons H1121 of Israel, H3478 whom H834 Pharaoh’s H6547 taskmasters H5065 had set H7760 over H5921 them, were beaten H5221 [fn]and were asked, H559 “Why H4069 have you not completed H3615 your required H2706 amount H2706 either H1571 yesterday H8543 or H1571 today H3117 in making H3835 brick H3835 as previously?” H8543 H8032

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:2 - “This H2088 is the manner H1697 of remission: H8059 every H3605 creditor H1167 H4874 H3027 shall release H8058 what H834 he has loaned H5383 to his neighbor; H7453 he shall not exact H5065 it of his neighbor H7453 and his brother, H251 because H3588 the LORD’S H3068 remission H8059 has been proclaimed. H7121

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:3 - “From a foreigner H5237 you may exact H5065 it, but your hand H3027 shall release H8058 whatever H834 of yours is with your brother. H251

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:6 - When the men H376 of Israel H3478 saw H7200 that they were in a strait H6862 (for the people H5971 were hard-pressed), H5065 then the people H5971 hid H2244 themselves in caves, H4631 in thickets, H2336 in cliffs, H5553 in cellars, H6877 and in pits. H953

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:24 - Now the men H376 of Israel H3478 were hard-pressed H5065 on that day, H3117 for Saul H7586 had put H422 the people H5971 under H422 oath, H422 saying, H559 “Cursed H779 be the man H376 who H834 eats H398 food H3899 [fn]before H5704 evening, H6153 and until H5704 I have avenged H5358 myself on my enemies.” H340 So none H3808 H3605 of the people H5971 tasted H2938 food. H3899

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:35 - So Jehoiakim H3079 gave H5414 the silver H3701 and gold H2091 to Pharaoh, H6547 but he taxed H6186 the land H776 in order to give H5414 the money H3701 at the [fn]command H6310 of Pharaoh. H6547 He exacted H5065 the silver H3701 and gold H2091 from the people H5971 of the land, H776 each H376 according to his valuation, H6187 to give H5414 it to Pharaoh H6549 Neco. H6549

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:18 - “The prisoners H615 are at ease H7599 together; H3162
They do not hear H8085 the voice H6963 of the taskmaster. H5065

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:7 - “He scorns H7832 the tumult H1995 of the city, H7151
The shoutings H8663 of the driver H5065 he does not hear. H8085

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:5 - And the people H5971 will be oppressed, H5065
Each H376 one H376 by another, H376 and each H376 one H376 by his neighbor; H7453
The youth H5288 will storm H7292 against the elder H2205
And the inferior H7034 against the honorable. H3513

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:12 - O My people! H5971 Their oppressors H5065 [fn]are children, H5953
And women H802 rule H4910 over them.
O My people! H5971 Those who guide H833 you lead H8582 you astray H8582
And confuse H1104 the direction H1870 of your paths. H734

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:4 - For You shall break H2865 the yoke H5923 of their burden H5448 and the staff H4294 on their shoulders, H7926
The rod H7626 of their oppressor, H5065 as [fn]at the battle H3117 of Midian. H4080

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:2 - The peoples H5971 will take H3947 them along and bring H935 them to their place, H4725 and the house H1004 of Israel H3478 will possess H5157 them as an inheritance H5157 in the land H127 of the LORD H3068 as male H5650 servants H5650 and female H8198 servants; H5650 H8198 and [fn]they will take H1961 their captors H7617 captive H7617 and will rule H7287 over their oppressors. H5065

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:4 - that you will take H5375 up this H2088 [fn]taunt H4912 against H5921 the king H4428 of Babylon, H894 and say, H559
“How H349 the oppressor H5065 has ceased, H7673
And how [fn]fury H4062 has ceased! H7673

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:7 - He was oppressed H5065 and He was afflicted, H6031
Yet He did not open H6605 His mouth; H6310
Like a lamb H7716 that is led H2986 to slaughter, H2874
And like a sheep H7353 that is silent H481 before H6440 its shearers, H1494
So He did not open H6605 His mouth. H6310

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:3 - ‘Why H4100 have we fasted H6684 and You do not see? H7200
Why have we humbled H6031 ourselves H5315 and You do not [fn]notice?’ H3045
Behold, H2005 on the day H3117 of your fast H6685 you find H4672 your desire, H2656
And drive H5065 hard H5065 all H3605 your workers. H6092

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:17 - “Instead H8478 of bronze H5178 I will bring H935 gold, H2091
And instead H8478 of iron H1270 I will bring H935 silver, H3701
And instead H8478 of wood, H6086 bronze, H5178
And instead H8478 of stones, H68 iron. H1270
And I will make H7760 peace H7965 your administrators H6486
And righteousness H6666 your overseers. H5065

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:20 - “Then in his place H3653 one will arise H5975 who will send H5674 an [fn]oppressor H5065 through H5674 the [fn]Jewel H1925 of his kingdom; H4438 yet within a few H259 days H3117 he will be shattered, H7665 though not in anger H639 nor H3808 in battle. H4421

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:8 - But I will camp H2583 around My house H1004 [fn]because H4480 of an army, H4675
Because H4480 of him who passes H5674 by and returns; H7725
And no H3808 oppressor H5065 will pass H5674 over H5921 them anymore, H5750
For now H6258 I have seen H7200 with My eyes. H5869

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:4 - “From [fn]them will come H3318 the cornerstone, H6438
From [fn]them the tent H3489 peg, H3489
From [fn]them the bow H7198 of battle, H4421
From [fn]them every H3605 [fn]ruler, H5065 all of them together. H3162
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