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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

H5381

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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:25 - Laban overtook Jacob, and when Jacob pitched his tent in the hill country of Gilead, Laban and his relatives set up camp there too.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:4 - They had not gone very far from the city when Joseph said to the servant who was over his household, "Pursue the men at once! When you overtake them, say to them, 'Why have you repaid good with evil?

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:6 - When the man overtook them, he spoke these words to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:9 - Jacob said to Pharaoh, "All the years of my travels are 130. All the years of my life have been few and painful; the years of my travels are not as long as those of my ancestors."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:9 - The Egyptians chased after them, and all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh and his horsemen and his army overtook them camping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, before Baal-Zephon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:9 - The enemy said, 'I will chase, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my desire will be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword, my hand will destroy them.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:11 - "'If he cannot afford two turtledoves or two young pigeons, he must bring as his offering for his sin which he has committed a tenth of an ephah of choice wheat flour for a sin offering. He must not place olive oil on it and he must not put frankincense on it, because it is a sin offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:21 - "If the person is poor and does not have sufficient means, he must take one male lamb as a guilt offering for a wave offering to make atonement for himself, one-tenth of an ephah of choice wheat flour mixed with olive oil for a grain offering, a log of olive oil,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:22 - and two turtledoves or two young pigeons, which are within his means. One will be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:30 - "He will then make one of the turtledoves or young pigeons, which are within his means,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:31 - a sin offering and the other a burnt offering along with the grain offering. So the priest is to make atonement for the one being cleansed before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:32

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:32 - This is the law of the one in whom there is a diseased infection, who does not have sufficient means for his purification."

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:26 - If a man has no redeemer, but he prospers and gains enough for its redemption,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:47

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:47 - "'If a resident foreigner who is with you prospers and your brother becomes impoverished with regard to him so that he sells himself to a resident foreigner who is with you or to a member of a foreigner's family,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:49

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:49 - or his uncle or his cousin may redeem him, or anyone of the rest of his blood relatives - his family - may redeem him, or if he prospers he may redeem himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:5 - Threshing season will extend for you until the season for harvesting grapes, and the season for harvesting grapes will extend until sowing season, so you will eat your bread until you are satisfied, and you will live securely in your land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:8 - If he is too poor to pay the conversion value, he must stand the person before the priest and the priest will establish his conversion value; according to what the man who made the vow can afford, the priest will establish his conversion value.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 6:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:21 - "This is the law of the Nazirite who vows to the LORD his offering according to his separation, as well as whatever else he can provide. Thus he must fulfill his vow that he makes, according to the law of his separation."

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:6 - Otherwise the blood avenger will chase after the killer in the heat of his anger, eventually overtake him, and kill him, though this is not a capital case since he did not hate him at the time of the accident.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:2 - All these blessings will come to you in abundance if you obey the LORD your God:

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:15 - "But if you ignore the LORD your God and are not careful to keep all his commandments and statutes I am giving you today, then all these curses will come upon you in full force:

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:45

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:45 - All these curses will fall on you, pursuing and overtaking you until you are destroyed, because you would not obey the LORD your God by keeping his commandments and statutes that he has given you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:5 - When it was time to shut the city gate for the night, the men left. I don't know where they were heading. Chase after them quickly, for you have time to catch them!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:26 - When the army entered the forest, they saw the honey flowing, but no one ate any of it, for the army was afraid of the oath.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:8 - David inquired of the LORD, saying, "Should I pursue this raiding band? Will I overtake them?" He said to him, "Pursue, for you will certainly overtake them and carry out a rescue!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:14 - So David said to all his servants who were with him in Jerusalem, "Come on! Let's escape! Otherwise no one will be delivered from Absalom! Go immediately, or else he will quickly overtake us and bring disaster on us and kill the city's residents with the sword."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:5 - But the Babylonian army chased after the king. They caught up with him in the plains of Jericho, and his entire army deserted him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:12 - three years of famine, or three months being chased by your enemies and struck down by their swords, or three days being struck down by the LORD, during which a plague will invade the land and the LORD's messenger will destroy throughout Israel's territory.' Now, decide what I should tell the one who sent me."

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:2 - Men move boundary stones; they seize the flock and pasture them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:20 - Terrors overwhelm him like a flood; at night a whirlwind carries him off.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:26 - Whoever strikes it with a sword will have no effect, nor with the spear, arrow, or dart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:5 - may an enemy relentlessly chase me and catch me; may he trample me to death and leave me lying dishonored in the dust. (Selah)

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:37

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:37 - I chase my enemies and catch them; I do not turn back until I wipe them out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 40:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:12 - For innumerable dangers surround me. My sins overtake me so I am unable to see; they outnumber the hairs of my head so my strength fails me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:24 - Pour out your judgment on them! May your raging anger overtake them!

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:19 - None who go in to her will return, nor will they reach the paths of life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 35:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:10 - those whom the LORD has ransomed will return that way. They will enter Zion with a happy shout. Unending joy will crown them, happiness and joy will overwhelm them; grief and suffering will disappear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:11 - Those whom the LORD has ransomed will return; they will enter Zion with a happy shout. Unending joy will crown them, happiness and joy will overwhelm them; grief and suffering will disappear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:9 - For this reason deliverance is far from us and salvation does not reach us. We wait for light, but see only darkness; we wait for a bright light, but live in deep darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 39:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:5 - But the Babylonian army chased after them. They caught up with Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho and captured him. They took him to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon at Riblah in the territory of Hamath and Nebuchadnezzar passed sentence on him there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 42:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:16 - the wars you fear will catch up with you there in the land of Egypt. The starvation you are worried about will follow you there to Egypt. You will die there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 52:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:8 - But the Babylonian army chased after the king. They caught up with Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho, and his entire army deserted him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:3 - Judah has departed into exile under affliction and harsh oppression. She lives among the nations; she has found no resting place. All who pursued her overtook her in narrow straits. ד (Dalet)

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 46:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:7 - He will provide a grain offering: an ephah with the bull and an ephah with the ram, and with the lambs as much as he wishes, and a gallon of olive oil with each ephah of grain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:7 - Then she will pursue her lovers, but she will not catch them; she will seek them, but she will not find them. Then she will say, "I will go back to my husband, because I was better off then than I am now."

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:9 - O Israel, you have sinned since the time of Gibeah, and there you have remained. Did not war overtake the evildoers in Gibeah?

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:6 - But have my words and statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, not outlived your fathers? Then they paid attention and confessed, 'The LORD who rules over all has indeed done what he said he would do to us, because of our sinful ways.'"
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