◄ H5065 ►
נגשׂ
Transliteration
nagas;
Pronunciation
naw-gas'
Parts of Speech
v
Root Word (Etymology)
a primitive root
Dictionary Aids
TWOT Reference: 1296
KJV Translation Count — 23x
The KJV translates Strongs H1 in the following manner: oppressor (7), taskmasters (5), exact (4), distressed (2), oppressed (2), driver (1), exactors (1), taxes (1)
Outline of Biblical Usage
1. to press, drive, oppress, exact, exert demanding pressure
a. (Qal)
1. to press, drive
2. to exact
3. driver, taskmaster, ruler, oppressor, tyrant, lord, exactor of tribute (participle)
b. (Niphal) to be hard pressed
Strong's Definitions
nagas, 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), X raiser of taxes, taskmaster.
Concordance Results Using KJV
And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their H5065; for I know their sorrows;
And Pharaoh commanded the same day the H5065 of the people, and their officers, saying,
And the H5065 of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw.
And the H5065 hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.
And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh's H5065 had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore?
And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not H5065 it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the LORD'S release.
Of a foreigner thou mayest H5065 it again: but that which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release;
When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were H5065,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.
And the men of Israel were H5065 that day: for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food until evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted any food.
And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh: he H5065ed the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of every one according to his taxation, to give it unto Pharaohnechoh.