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Lexicon :: Strong's H5090 - nāhaḡ

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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 Box Gen 31:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:18 - He drove away all his livestock, all his property that he had gained, the livestock in his possession that he had acquired in Paddan-aram, to go to the land of Canaan to his father Isaac.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:26 - And Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done, that you have tricked me and driven away my daughters like captives of the sword?

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:1 - Now Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:13 - So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day and all that night. When it was morning, the east wind had brought the locusts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:25 - clogging[fn] their chariot wheels so that they drove heavily. And the Egyptians said, “Let us flee from before Israel, for the LORD fights for them against the Egyptians.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:27 - And the LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where the LORD will drive you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:37

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:37 - And you shall become a horror, a proverb, and a byword among all the peoples where the LORD will lead you away.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:5 - And David and his men went to Keilah and fought with the Philistines and brought away their livestock and struck them with a great blow. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:2 - and taken captive the women and all[fn] who were in it, both small and great. They killed no one, but carried them off and went their way.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:20 - David also captured all the flocks and herds, and the people drove the livestock before him,[fn] and said, “This is David’s spoil.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:22 - Then all the wicked and worthless fellows among the men who had gone with David said, “Because they did not go with us, we will not give them any of the spoil that we have recovered, except that each man may lead away his wife and children, and depart.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:3 - And they carried the ark of God on a new cart and brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. And Uzzah and Ahio,[fn] the sons of Abinadab, were driving the new cart,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:24 - Then she saddled the donkey, and she said to her servant, “Urge the animal on; do not slacken the pace for me unless I tell you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:20 - Again the watchman reported, “He reached them, but he is not coming back. And the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi, for he drives furiously.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 13:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:7 - And they carried the ark of God on a new cart, from the house of Abinadab, and Uzzah and Ahio[fn] were driving the cart.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 20:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:1 - In the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to battle, Joab led out the army and ravaged the country of the Ammonites and came and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem. And Joab struck down Rabbah and overthrew it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 25:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:11 - But Amaziah took courage and led out his people and went to the Valley of Salt and struck down 10,000 men of Seir.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:3 - They drive away the donkey of the fatherless;
they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 48:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:14 - that this is God,
our God forever and ever.
He will guide us forever.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:26 - He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens,
and by his power he led out the south wind;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:52

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:52 - Then he led out his people like sheep
and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 80:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:1 - To the choirmaster: according to Lilies. A Testimony. Of Asaph, a Psalm.
Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel,
you who lead Joseph like a flock.
You who are enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:3 - I searched with my heart how to cheer my body with wine—my heart still guiding me with wisdom—and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was good for the children of man to do under heaven during the few days of their life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:2 - I would lead you and bring you
into the house of my mother—
she who used to teach me.
I would give you spiced wine to drink,
the juice of my pomegranate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:6 - The wolf shall dwell with the lamb,
and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat,
and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together;
and a little child shall lead them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:4 - so shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptian captives and the Cushite exiles, both the young and the old, naked and barefoot, with buttocks uncovered, the nakedness of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:10 - they shall not hunger or thirst,
neither scorching wind nor sun shall strike them,
for he who has pity on them will lead them,
and by springs of water will guide them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:11 - Your gates shall be open continually;
day and night they shall not be shut,
that people may bring to you the wealth of the nations,
with their kings led in procession.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 63:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:14 - Like livestock that go down into the valley,
the Spirit of the LORD gave them rest.
So you led your people,
to make for yourself a glorious name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:2 - he has driven and brought me
into darkness without any light;

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:7 - its mistress[fn] is stripped;[fn] she is carried off,
her slave girls lamenting,
moaning like doves
and beating their breasts.
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