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Lexicon :: Strong's H5065 - nāḡaś

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נָגַשׂ
Transliteration
nāḡaś
Pronunciation
naw-gas'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1296

Strong’s Definitions

נָגַשׂ nâgas, naw-gas'; a primitive root; to drive (an animal, a workman, a debtor, an army); by implication, to tax, harass, tyrannize:—distress, driver, exact(-or), oppress(-or), × raiser of taxes, taskmaster.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x

The KJV translates Strong's H5065 in the following manner: oppressor (7x), taskmasters (5x), exact (4x), distressed (2x), oppressed (2x), driver (1x), exactors (1x), taxes (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x
The KJV translates Strong's H5065 in the following manner: oppressor (7x), taskmasters (5x), exact (4x), distressed (2x), oppressed (2x), driver (1x), exactors (1x), taxes (1x).

  1. to press, drive, oppress, exact, exert demanding pressure

    1. (Qal)

      1. to press, drive

      2. to exact

      3. driver, taskmaster, ruler, oppressor, tyrant, lord, exactor of tribute (participle)

    2. (Niphal) to be hard pressed

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נָגַשׂ nâgas, naw-gas'; a primitive root; to drive (an animal, a workman, a debtor, an army); by implication, to tax, harass, tyrannize:—distress, driver, exact(-or), oppress(-or), × raiser of taxes, taskmaster.
STRONGS H5065: Abbreviations
† [נָגַשׂ verb press, drive, oppress, exact (Assyrian nagâšu, throw down, overthrow, DlHWB 448; Arabic bdb062002 rouse and drive game, drive vehemently; Ethiopic bdb062003 reign, wield power, bdb062004 king); —
Qal Perfect נ׳ 2 Kings 23:25; Imperfect יִגּשֹׁ Deuteronomy 15:2; 2nd person masculine singular תִּגּשֹׁ Deuteronomy 15:3; 2nd person masculine plural תִּנְגּ֑שֹׁוּ Isaiah 58:3; — Participle נֹגֵשׂ Isaiah 9:3 +, etc.; —
1. press, drive to work (object עַצְּבֵיכֶם your workmen), Isaiah 58:3 (GesComm., De Di Du; exact [changing ע׳, which see]. Che, etc.); see 2.
2. exact with accusative כֶּסֶף, 2 Kings 23:35; followed by accusative of person only Deuteronomy 15:2, 13.
3. Participle (= substantive) driver, task-master Exodus 3:7; Exodus 5:6, 10, 13, 14; Job 3:18; (ass-) driver Job 39:7; of (arbitrary) ruler Isaiah 3:12, ruler (good sense) Zechariah 10:4; = foreign oppressor, tyrant Isaiah 9:3 (with בְּ) Isaiah 14:2, 4; Zechariah 9:8; exactor of tribute, Daniel 11:20; plural abstract lordship = lord, ruler, figurative of צְדָקָה (personified) Isaiah 60:17 (|| שָׁלוֺם פְּקֻדָּתֵךְ).
Niph. Perfect נִגַּשׂ 1 Samuel 13:6 + 2 times + Isaiah 3:5 (וְ consecutive); — hard pressed by enemy 1 Samuel 13:6, and so 1 Samuel 14:24 (but omitted by emendation, after Greek Version of the LXX, Th We Dr Kit Bu HPS); treated harshly, of suffering servant of י׳ Isaiah 53:7; reciprocal tyrannize over (ב׳) each other Isaiah 35.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

3:7; 5:6; 5:10; 5:13; 5:14

Deuteronomy

15:2; 15:2; 15:3; 15:13

1 Samuel

13:6; 13:6; 14:24

2 Kings

23:25; 23:35

Job

3:18; 39:7

Isaiah

3:5; 3:12; 9:3; 9:3; 14:2; 14:4; 35; 53:7; 58:3; 58:3; 60:17

Daniel

11:20

Zechariah

9:8; 10:4

H5065

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5065 matches the Hebrew נָגַשׂ (nāḡaś),
which occurs 23 times in 23 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:7 - Then the LORD said, “I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters. I know their sufferings,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:6 - The same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their foremen,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:10 - So the taskmasters and the foremen of the people went out and said to the people, “Thus says Pharaoh, ‘I will not give you straw.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:13 - The taskmasters were urgent, saying, “Complete your work, your daily task each day, as when there was straw.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:14 - And the foremen of the people of Israel, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten and were asked, “Why have you not done all your task of making bricks today and yesterday, as in the past?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:2 - And this is the manner of the release: every creditor shall release what he has lent to his neighbor. He shall not exact it of his neighbor, his brother, because the LORD’s release has been proclaimed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:3 - Of a foreigner you may exact it, but whatever of yours is with your brother your hand shall release.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:6 - When the men of Israel saw that they were in trouble (for the people were hard pressed), the people hid themselves in caves and in holes and in rocks and in tombs and in cisterns,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:24 - And the men of Israel had been hard pressed that day, so Saul had laid an oath on the people, saying, “Cursed be the man who eats food until it is evening and I am avenged on my enemies.” So none of the people had tasted food.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:35

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:35 - And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh, but he taxed the land to give the money according to the command of Pharaoh. He exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, from everyone according to his assessment, to give it to Pharaoh Neco.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:18 - There the prisoners are at ease together;
they hear not the voice of the taskmaster.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:7 - He scorns the tumult of the city;
he hears not the shouts of the driver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:5 - And the people will oppress one another,
every one his fellow
and every one his neighbor;
the youth will be insolent to the elder,
and the despised to the honorable.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:12 - My people—infants are their oppressors,
and women rule over them.
O my people, your guides mislead you
and they have swallowed up[fn] the course of your paths.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:4 - For the yoke of his burden,
and the staff for his shoulder,
the rod of his oppressor,
you have broken as on the day of Midian.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:2 - And the peoples will take them and bring them to their place, and the house of Israel will possess them in the LORD’s land as male and female slaves.[fn] They will take captive those who were their captors, and rule over those who oppressed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:4 - you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon:
“How the oppressor has ceased,
the insolent fury[fn] ceased!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 53:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:7 - He was oppressed, and he was afflicted,
yet he opened not his mouth;
like a lamb that is led to the slaughter,
and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent,
so he opened not his mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 58:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:3 - ‘Why have we fasted, and you see it not?
Why have we humbled ourselves, and you take no knowledge of it?’
Behold, in the day of your fast you seek your own pleasure,[fn]
and oppress all your workers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:17 - Instead of bronze I will bring gold,
and instead of iron I will bring silver;
instead of wood, bronze,
instead of stones, iron.
I will make your overseers peace
and your taskmasters righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:20 - “Then shall arise in his place one who shall send an exactor of tribute for the glory of the kingdom. But within a few days he shall be broken, neither in anger nor in battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:8 - Then I will encamp at my house as a guard,
so that none shall march to and fro;
no oppressor shall again march over them,
for now I see with my own eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 10:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:4 - From him shall come the cornerstone,
from him the tent peg,
from him the battle bow,
from him every ruler—all of them together.
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