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Lexicon :: Strong's H5090 - nāhaḡ

Aa
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

H5090

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:18 - And sending on before him all his cattle and his property which he had got together in Paddan-aram, he made ready to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:26 - And Laban said to Jacob, Why did you go away secretly, taking my daughters away like prisoners of war?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:1 - Now Moses was looking after the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and he took the flock to the back of the waste land and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:13 - And Moses' rod was stretched out over the land of Egypt, and the Lord sent an east wind over the land all that day and all the night; and in the morning the locusts came up with the east wind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:25 - And made the wheels of their war-carriages stiff, so that they had hard work driving them: so the Egyptians said, Let us go in flight from before the face of Israel, for the Lord is fighting for them against the Egyptians.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:27 - And the Lord will send you wandering among the peoples; only a small band of you will be kept from death among the nations where the Lord will send you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:37

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:37 - And you will become a wonder and a name of shame among all the nations where the Lord will take you.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:5 - So David and his men went to Keilah, and had a fight with the Philistines, and took away their cattle, and put them to the sword with great destruction. So David was the saviour of the people of Keilah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:2 - And had made the women and all who were there, small and great, prisoners: they had not put any of them to death, but had taken them all away.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:20 - And they took all the flocks and herds, and driving them in front of him, said, These are David's.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:22 - Then the bad and good-for-nothing men among those who went with David said, Because they did not go with us, we will give them nothing of the goods which we have got back, but only to every man his wife and children, so that he may take them and go.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:3 - And they put the ark of God on a new cart and took it out of the house of Abinadab which was on the hill: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were the drivers of the cart.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:24 - Then she made the ass ready and said to her servant, Keep driving on; do not make a stop without orders from me.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:20 - And the watchman gave them word, saying, He went up to them and has not come back again; and the driving is like the driving of Jehu, son of Nimshi, for he is driving violently.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:7 - And they put the ark of God on a new cart, and took it out of the house of Abinadab; and Uzza and Ahio were the drivers of the cart.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:1 - Now in the spring, at the time when kings go out to war, Joab went out at the head of the armed forces and made waste all the land of the Ammonites and put his men in position before Rabbah, shutting it in. But David was still at Jerusalem. And Joab took Rabbah and made it waste.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:11 - Then Amaziah took heart, and went out at the head of his people and came to the Valley of Salt, where he put to death ten thousand of the children of Seir;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:3 - They send away the ass of him who has no father, they take the widow's ox for debt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:14 - Because this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:26 - He sent an east wind from heaven, driving on the south wind by his power.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:52

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:52 - But he took his people out like sheep, guiding them in the waste land like a flock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:1 - <To the chief music-maker; put to Shoshannim-eduth. Of Asaph. A Psalm.> Give ear, O Keeper of Israel, guiding Joseph like a flock; you who have your seat on the winged ones, let your glory be seen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:3 - I made a search with my heart to give pleasure to my flesh with wine, still guiding my heart with wisdom, and to go after foolish things, so that I might see what was good for the sons of men to do under the heavens all the days of their life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:2 - I would take you by the hand into my mother's house, and she would be my teacher. I would give you drink of spiced wine, drink of the pomegranate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:6 - And the wolf will be living with the lamb, and the leopard will take his rest with the young goat; and the lion will take grass for food like the ox; and the young lion will go with the young ones of the herd; and a little child will be their guide.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:4 - So will the king of Assyria take away the prisoners of Egypt and those forced out of Ethiopia, young and old, unclothed and without shoes, and with backs uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:10 - They will not be in need of food or drink, or be troubled by the heat or the sun: for he who has mercy on them will be their guide, taking them by the springs of water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:11 - Your doors will be open at all times; they will not be shut day or night; so that men may come into you with the wealth of the nations, with their kings at their head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:14 - Like the cattle which go down into the valley, they went without falling, the spirit of the Lord guiding them: so you went before your people, to make yourself a great name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:2 - By him I have been made to go in the dark where there is no light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:7 - And the queen is uncovered, she is taken away and her servant-girls are weeping like the sound of doves, hammering on their breasts.
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