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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 -

And Laban caught H5381 up H5381 with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country, and Laban with his kinsmen camped in the hill country of Gilead.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:4 - They had just left the city, and were not far away, when Joseph said to his house steward, “Up, follow the men; and when you overtake H5381 them, say to them, ‘Why have you repaid evil for good?
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:6 -

So [fn]he overtook H5381 them and spoke these words to them.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:9 - So Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The [fn]years of my living abroad are [fn]130; few and [fn]unpleasant have been the [fn]years of my life, nor have they [fn]attained H5381 the [fn]years [fn]that my fathers lived during the days of their living abroad.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:9 - Then the Egyptians chased after 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 spoils;

[fn]I shall [fn]be satisfied against them;

I will draw my sword, my hand will [fn]destroy them.’

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:11 -

‘But if his [fn]means are H5381 insufficient H5381 for two turtledoves or two young doves, then for his offering for that which he has sinned, he shall bring the tenth of an [fn]ephah of fine flour as a sin offering; he shall not put oil on it or place incense 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 a tenth of an [fn]ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering, and a [fn]log of oil,

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:22 - and two turtledoves or two young doves, which [fn]are H5381 within H5381 his means. The one shall be a [fn]sin offering, and the other a burnt offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:30 - “He shall then offer one of the turtledoves or young doves, [fn]which are H5381 within H5381 his means.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:31 - He shall offer what [fn]he can afford H5381, the one as a [fn]sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, together with the grain offering. So the priest shall make atonement before the LORD 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 someone has no redeemer, but [fn]recovers H5381 to find sufficient means for its redemption,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:47 -

‘Now if the [fn]means of a stranger or of a foreign resident with you becomes H5381 sufficient H5381, and a countryman of yours becomes poor in relation to him and sells himself to a stranger who is residing with you, or to the descendants of a stranger’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 season will last H5381 for you until H5381 grape gathering, and grape gathering will last H5381 until H5381 sowing time. So you will 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 assessment, then he shall be presented before the priest, and the priest shall assess him; according to [fn]the means H5381 of the one who vowed, the priest shall assess him.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:21 -

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

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:6 - “Otherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue [fn]him [fn]in the heat of his anger, and overtake H5381 him because the way is long, and [fn]take his life, though he was not sentenced to death since he had not hated him previously.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:2 - “And all these blessings will come to you and reach H5381 you if you [fn]obey the LORD your God:
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:15 -

“But it shall come about, if you do not [fn]obey the LORD your God, to be careful to [fn]follow all His commandments and His statutes 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 upon you and pursue you and overtake H5381 you until you are destroyed, because you would not [fn]obey the LORD your God by keeping His commandments and His statutes which He commanded you.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:5 - “It came about, 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 will overtake H5381 them.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:26 - When the people entered the forest, behold, there was honey dripping; but no man put H5381 his hand to his mouth, because the people feared the oath.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:8 - And David inquired of the LORD, saying, “Shall I pursue this band of raiders? Will I overtake H5381 them?” And He said to him, “Pursue, for you will certainly H5381 overtake H5381 them, and you will certainly rescue everyone.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:14 - So David said to all his servants who were with him in Jerusalem, “Arise and let’s flee, for otherwise none of us will escape from Absalom. Go quickly, or he will hurry and overtake H5381 us, and bring disaster on us and strike the city with the edge of the sword.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:5 - But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook H5381 him in the plains of Jericho, and all his army was scattered from him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:12 - three years of famine, or three months to be swept away before your foes while the sword of your enemies overtakes H5381 you, or else three days of the sword of the LORD: a plague in the land, and the angel of the LORD destroying throughout the territory of Israel.’ Now, therefore, consider what answer I shall bring back to Him who sent me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:2 -

People remove landmarks;

They seize and [fn]devour flocks.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:20 -

“Terrors overtake H5381 him like a flood;

A storm steals him away in the night.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:26 -

“The sword that reaches H5381 him cannot [fn]prevail,

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 to the ground

And lay my glory in the dust. 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 guilty deeds 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 -

None who go to her return,

Nor do they reach H5381 the paths of life.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:10 -

And the redeemed of the LORD will return

And come to Zion with joyful shouting,

And everlasting joy will be on their heads.

They will obtain H5381 gladness and joy,

And sorrow and sighing will flee away.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:11 -

And the redeemed of the LORD will return

And come to Zion with joyful shouting,

And everlasting joy will be on their heads.

They will obtain H5381 gladness and joy,

And sorrow and sighing will flee away.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:9 -

Therefore justice is far from us,

And righteousness does not reach H5381 us;

We hope for light, but there is darkness,

For brightness, but we walk in gloom.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:5 - But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them and overtook H5381 Zedekiah in the 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 [fn]passed sentence on him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:16 - then the sword, of which you are afraid, will overtake H5381 you there in the land of Egypt; and the famine, about which you are anxious, will follow closely after you there in Egypt, and you will die there.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:8 - But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook H5381 Zedekiah in the [fn]desert plains of Jericho, and all his army was scattered from him.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:3 -

Judah has gone into exile out of affliction

And [fn]harsh servitude;

She lives among the nations,

But she has not found a resting place;

All those who pursued her have overtaken H5381 her

In the midst of [fn]distress.

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

“And she will pursue her lovers, but she will not reach H5381 them;

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

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

Because it was better for me then than now!’

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:9 -

Since the days of Gibeah you have sinned, Israel;

There they stand!

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

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:6 - “But did My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, not [fn]overtake H5381 your fathers? Then they repented and said, ‘Just as the LORD of armies planned to do to us in accordance with our ways and our deeds, so He has dealt with us.’”’”
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