נָהַג nahag
Hebrew word for “to lead” · Strong’s H5090 · used 31 times in 31 verses
Meaning
1) to drive, lead, guide, conduct;
Senses in the lexicon
- to lead (30)
- to moan (1)
How it is translated
Glosses given for nahag in context, with how often each is used:
- drove 4
- will drive away 2
- leading 2
- will guide 2
- led 2
- have led away 1
- caused to drive 1
- drove away 1
- had driven them away 1
- may lead them away 1
- lead on 1
- drives 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isaiah | 5 | 0.3 | |
| 1 Samuel | 4 | 0.3 | |
| Psalms | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Exodus | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Genesis | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Deuteronomy | 2 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Kings | 2 | 0.2 | |
| 1 Chronicles | 2 | 0.2 | |
| 2 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Job | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Ecclesiastes | 1 | 0.3 |
Also in 3 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
1 Samuel 30 (3), Genesis 31 (2), Psalms 78 (2), Exodus 3 (1), Exodus 10 (1), Exodus 14 (1), Deuteronomy 4 (1), Deuteronomy 28 (1), 1 Samuel 23 (1), 2 Samuel 6 (1)
Forms
- וינהג 6
- נהג 6
- ינהג 3
- וינהגו 2
- נהגים 2
- ותנהג 1
- וינהגהו 1
- ינהגך 1
- נהגו 1
- ינהגו 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with nahag more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- צֹאן tson “flock” 4
- מִקְנֶה miqneh “livestock” 3
- רָכַב rakhav “to ride” 3
- הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 6
- אַחְיוֹ achyo “Ahio” 2
- נָכָה nakhah “to smite” 4
- אֲבִינָדָב avinadav “Abinadab” 2
- עֻזָּא uzza “Uzzah” 2
- עֲגָלָה agalah “cart” 2
- נַעַר naar “youth” 3
- דָּוִד david “David” 4
- שָׁבָה shavah “to take captive” 2
Key verses
The verses using nahag that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Exodus 3:1 — Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of…
- Exodus 14:25 — And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fighteth for…
- Deuteronomy 4:27 — And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you.
- Deuteronomy 28:37 — And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.
- Psalms 48:14 — For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.
- Psalms 78:52 — But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
- Psalms 80:1 — [To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim-eduth, A Psalm of Asaph.] Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest…
- Ecclesiastes 2:3 — I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the…
- Song of Solomon 8:2 — I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother’s house, who would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.
- Isaiah 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 fatling together; and a little…
- Isaiah 20:4 — So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks…
- Isaiah 49:10 — They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall…
See all 31 verses in the Word Atlas
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.