נָגַשׂ nagas

Hebrew word for “to oppress” · Strong’s H5065 · used 23 times in 23 verses

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Meaning

1) to press, drive, oppress, exact, exert demanding pressure;

How it is translated

Glosses given for nagas in context, with how often each is used:

• taskmasters 6
• oppressor 3
• will press 2
• hard pressed 2
• exacted 1
• taskmaster 1
• driver 1
• will oppress 1
• oppressors 1
• one who oppresses 1
• over oppressors 1
• oppressed 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Exodus 5 (4), Deuteronomy 15 (2), Isaiah 3 (2), Isaiah 14 (2), Exodus 3 (1), 1 Samuel 13 (1), 1 Samuel 14 (1), 2 Kings 23 (1), Job 3 (1), Job 39 (1)

Forms

• נגשׂ 7
• נוגשׂ 3
• נגשׂיו 2
• נגשׂי 2
• הנגשׂים 1
• והנגשׂים 1
• יגשׂ 1
• תגשׂ 1
• ונגשׂ 1
• הנגשׂ 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with nagas more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• שֹׁטֵר shoter “official” 3
• פַּרְעֹה paroh “Pharaoh” 4
• שָׁמַט shamat “to release” 2
• תֶּבֶן teven “straw” 2
• רָאָה raah “to see” 4
• עָנָה anah “to afflict” 2
• יָחְדָּו yachdav “together” 2
• רֵעַ rea “neighbor” 2
• כָּלָה kalah “to end” 2
• שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 3
• מִלְחָמָה milchamah “battle” 2
• זָהָב zahav “gold” 2

Key verses

The verses using nagas that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 3:7 — 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 taskmasters; for I know their…
• 1 Samuel 13:6 — When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in…
• 1 Samuel 14:24 — And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food until evening, that I may be…
• Isaiah 3:5 — And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the…
• Isaiah 3:12 — As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy…
• Isaiah 9:4 — For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.
• Isaiah 14:2 — And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and handmaids:…
• Isaiah 14:4 — That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
• Isaiah 53:7 — He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so…
• Isaiah 58:3 — Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye…
• Zechariah 9:8 — And I will encamp about mine house because of the army, because of him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and no oppressor shall pass through…
• Zechariah 10:4 — Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.