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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 - and carried away all his cattle, and all his property that he had acquired -- the cattle of his possessions that he had acquired in Padan-Aram, to go to Isaac his father, into the land of Canaan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:26 - And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast deceived me, and hast carried away my daughters as captives of war?

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:1 - And Moses tended the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian. And he led the flock behind the wilderness, and came to the mountain of God -- to Horeb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:13

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:25 - And he took off their chariot wheels, and caused them to drive with difficulty; and the Egyptians said, Let us flee before Israel, for Jehovah is fighting for them against the Egyptians!

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:27 - And Jehovah will scatter you among the peoples, and ye shall be left a small company among the nations to which Jehovah will lead you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:37

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:37 - And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples whither Jehovah shall lead thee.

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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 against the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:2 - and had taken the women captives that were in it; both great and small: they had put none to death, but had carried them off, and went on their way.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:20 - And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drove before the other cattle, and said, This is David's spoil.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:22 - And all the wicked men, and men of Belial, of those that had gone with David, answered and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them aught of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away and depart.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:3 - And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was upon the hill; and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drove the new cart.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:24 - Then she saddled the ass, and said to her servant, Drive and go forward; slack not the riding for me, except I bid thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:20 - And the watchman told saying, He came to them, and does not return. 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 out of the house of Abinadab; and Uzza and Ahio drove the cart.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 20:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:1 - And it came to pass at the time of the return of the year, at the time when kings go forth, that Joab led forth the power of the army, and laid waste the land of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David abode at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and overthrew it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 25:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:11 - But Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:3 - They drive away the ass 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 - For this God is our God for ever and ever; he will be our guide until death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:26 - He caused the east wind to rise in the heavens, and by his strength he brought the south wind;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:52

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:52 - And he made his own people to go forth 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 chief Musician. On Shoshannim-Eduth. Of Asaph. A Psalm.} Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that sittest between the cherubim, shine forth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:3 - I searched in my heart how to cherish my flesh with wine, while practising my heart with wisdom; and how to lay hold on folly, till I should see what was that good for the children of men which they should do under the heavens all the days of their life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:2 - I would lead thee, bring thee into my mother's house; Thou wouldest instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine, Of the juice of my pomegranate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:6 - The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid, and the calf and the young lion and the fatted beast 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 captives of Egypt and the exiles of Ethiopia, young and old, naked and barefoot, and with buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:10 - They shall not hunger nor thirst, neither shall the heat nor sun smite them; for he that hath mercy on them will lead them, and by the springs of water will he guide them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:11 - And thy gates shall stand open continually: (they shall not be shut day nor night,) that the wealth of the nations may be brought unto thee, and that their kings may be led to thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 63:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:14 - As cattle go down into the valley, the Spirit of Jehovah gave them rest; so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:2 - Me hath he led, and brought into darkness, and not into light.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:7 - And it is decreed: she shall be uncovered, she shall be led away, and her maids shall moan as with the voice of doves, drumming upon their breasts.
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