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Lexicon :: Strong's H5381 - nāśaḡ

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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5381 matches the Hebrew נָשַׂג (nāśaḡ),
which occurs 50 times in 47 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:25 -

So Laban caught H5381 up H5381 with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country, and Laban with his [fn]relatives camped in the hill country of Gilead.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:4 - Now they had just gone out of the city and were not far off when Joseph said to his house steward, “Arise, pursue the men; you shall overtake H5381 them and say to them, ‘Why have you repaid evil for good?
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:6 -

So he overtook H5381 them and spoke these words to them.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:9 - So Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The days of the years of my sojourning are [fn]130; few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not [fn]attained H5381 to the days of the years [fn]that my fathers lived during the days of their sojourning.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:9 - Then the Egyptians pursued them with all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, his horsemen and his army, and they overtook H5381 them camping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, in front of Baal-zephon.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:9 -

“The enemy said, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake H5381, I will divide the spoil;

My [fn]desire shall be fulfilled against them;

I will draw out my sword, my hand will dispossess them.’

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:11 -

‘But if his [fn]means are H5381 insufficient H5381 for two turtledoves or two young pigeons, then for his offering for that which he has sinned, he shall bring the tenth of an [fn]ephah of fine flour for a sin offering; he shall not place oil on it or put frankincense on it, for it is a sin offering.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:21 -

“But if he is poor and his [fn]means are insufficient H5381, then he is to take one male lamb for a guilt offering as a wave offering to make atonement for him, and one-tenth of an [fn]ephah of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering, and a [fn]log of oil,

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:22 - and two turtledoves or two young pigeons which [fn]are H5381 within H5381 his means, the one shall be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:30 - “He shall then offer one of the turtledoves or young pigeons, [fn]which are H5381 within H5381 his means.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:31 - He shall offer what [fn]he can afford H5381, the one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering, together with the grain offering. So the priest shall make atonement before Yahweh on behalf of the one to be cleansed.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:32 - “This is the law for him in whom there is an infection of leprosy, whose [fn]means are H5381 limited H5381 for his cleansing.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:26 - ‘Or in case a man has no kinsman redeemer, but [fn]recovers H5381 his means and finds sufficient payment for its redemption,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:47 -

‘Now if the [fn]means of a sojourner or of a foreign resident with you becomes H5381 sufficient H5381, and a brother of yours becomes so poor with regard to him as to sell himself to a sojourner who resides with you or to the descendants of a sojourner’s family,

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:49 - or his uncle or his uncle’s son may redeem him, or one of his blood relatives from his family may redeem him; or [fn]if he prospers H5381, he may redeem himself.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:5 - ‘Indeed, your threshing will last H5381 for you until H5381 grape gathering, and grape gathering will last H5381 until H5381 sowing time. You will thus eat your [fn]food to the full and live securely in your land.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:8 - ‘But if he is poorer than your valuation, then he shall be [fn]presented before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to [fn]the means H5381 of the one who vowed, the priest shall value him.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:21 -

“This is the law of the Nazirite who vows his offering to Yahweh according to his Nazirite vow, in addition to what else [fn]he can afford H5381; according to his vow which he takes, so he shall do according to the law of his Nazirite vow.”

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:6 - lest the avenger of blood pursue the manslayer when his heart is [fn]angry, and overtake H5381 him, because the way is long, and [fn]strike down his life, though he was not deserving of death, since he had not hated him previously.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:2 - “And all these blessings will come upon you and overtake H5381 you if you listen to the voice of Yahweh your God:
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:15 -

“But it will be, if you do not listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, to keep and to do all His commandments and His statutes with which I am commanding you today, that all these curses will come upon you and overtake H5381 you:

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:45 -

“So all these curses shall come on you and pursue you and overtake H5381 you until you are destroyed, because you would not listen to the voice of Yahweh your God to keep His commandments and His statutes which He commanded you.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:5 - “Now it happened when it was time to shut the gate at dark, that the men went out; I do not know where the men went. Pursue them quickly, for you may overtake H5381 them.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:26 - So the people entered the forest, and behold, there was a flow of honey; but no man put H5381 his hand to his mouth, for the people feared the sworn oath.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:8 - And David asked of Yahweh, saying, “Shall I pursue this band? Shall I overtake H5381 them?” And He said to him, “Pursue, for you will surely H5381 overtake H5381 them, and you will surely deliver all.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:14 - So David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, “Arise and let us flee, for otherwise there will be no escape for us from Absalom. Go in haste, lest he overtake H5381 us hastily and drive calamity on us and strike the city with the edge of the sword.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:5 - But the military force of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook H5381 him in the plains of Jericho and all his military force was scattered from him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:12 - either three years of famine, or three months to be swept away before your adversaries, while the sword of your enemies overtakes H5381 you, or else three days of the sword of Yahweh, even pestilence in the land, and the angel of Yahweh destroying throughout all the territory of Israel.’ So now, see what word I should return to Him who sent me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:2 -

[fn]Some move H5381 the boundaries;

They seize and [fn]devour flocks.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:20 -

“Terrors overtake H5381 him like many waters;

A tempest steals him away in the night.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:26 -

“The sword that reaches H5381 it cannot avail,

Nor the spear, the dart, or the javelin.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:5 -

Let the enemy pursue [fn]my soul and overtake H5381 [fn]it;

And let him trample my life down to the ground

And cause my glory to dwell in the dust. [fn]Selah.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:37 -

I pursued my enemies and overtook H5381 them,

And I did not turn back until they were consumed.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:12 -

For evils beyond number have surrounded me;

My iniquities have overtaken H5381 me, so that I am not able to see;

They are more numerous than the hairs of my head,

And my heart has [fn]failed me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:24 -

Pour out Your indignation on them,

And may Your burning anger overtake H5381 them.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:19 -

All who go to her will not return,

And they will not reach H5381 the paths of life.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:10 -

And the ransomed of Yahweh will return

And come with joyful shouting to Zion,

With everlasting gladness upon their heads.

They will [fn]attain H5381 delight and gladness,

And sorrow and sighing will flee away.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:11 -

So the ransomed of Yahweh will return

And come with joyful shouting to Zion,

And everlasting gladness will be on their heads.

They will obtain H5381 joy and gladness,

And sorrow and sighing will flee away.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:9 -

Therefore justice is far from us,

And righteousness does not overtake H5381 us;

We hope for light, but behold, darkness,

For brightness, but we walk in thick darkness.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:5 - But the military force of the Chaldeans pursued them and overtook H5381 Zedekiah in the [fn]plains of Jericho; and they took him and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, and he spoke judgment on him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:16 - then the sword, which you are afraid of, will overtake H5381 you there in the land of Egypt; and the famine, about which you are anxious, will [fn]follow closely after you there in Egypt, and you will die there.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:8 - But the military force of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook H5381 Zedekiah in the [fn]plains of Jericho, and all his military force was scattered from him.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:3 -

Gimel

Judah has gone into exile because of affliction

And because of great slavery;

She sits among the nations,

But she has found no rest;

All her pursuers have overtaken H5381 her

In the midst of [fn]distress.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:7 - “And he shall [fn]provide a grain offering, an ephah with the bull and an ephah with the ram, and with the lambs as [fn]much as he is able H5381, and a hin of oil with an ephah.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:7 -

“So she will pursue her lovers, but she will not overtake H5381 them;

And she will seek them, but will not find them.

Then she will say, ‘I will go, and I will return to my first husband,

For it was better for me then than now!’

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:9 -

From the days of Gibeah you have sinned, O Israel;

There they stand!

Will not the battle against the sons of injustice overtake H5381 them in Gibeah?

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:6 - “But did not My words and My statutes, which I commanded My slaves the prophets, overtake H5381 your fathers? Then they [fn]returned and said, ‘As Yahweh of hosts purposed to do to us in accordance with our ways and our deeds, so He has done with us.’”’”
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