נָשַׂג nasag

Hebrew word for “to overtake” · Strong’s H5381 · used 50 times in 47 verses

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Meaning

1) to reach, overtake, take hold upon;

How it is translated

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

• will overtake 12
• will reach 12
• overtook 7
• have overtaken 2
• have reached 1
• reaching 1
• has reached 1
• one who reached 1
• ¿ will i overtake 1
• certainly 1
• overtaking 1
• people reach 1

Where it is used

Also in 7 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Leviticus 14 (5), Leviticus 25 (3), Deuteronomy 28 (3), Genesis 44 (2), Genesis 31 (1), Genesis 47 (1), Exodus 14 (1), Exodus 15 (1), Leviticus 5 (1), Leviticus 26 (1)

Forms

• תשׂיג 12
• ישׂיגו 3
• וישׂג 2
• השׂיגו 2
• וישׂיגו 2
• והשׂיגוך 2
• וישׂגו 2
• והשׂגתם 1
• וישׂגם 1
• אשׂיג 1

Words used with it

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

• רָדַף radaph “to pursue” 14
• אַחַר achar “after” 9
• אוֹ o “or” 5
• שׁוּב shuv “to return” 7
• תֹּר tor “turtledove” 3
• חֶרֶב cherev “sword” 5
• יוֹנָה yonah “dove” 3
• חַיִל chayil “strength” 4
• יְרִיחוֹ yericho “Jericho” 3
• עֲרָבָה aravah “Arabah” 3
• אֹיֵב oyev “enemy” 4
• כַּשְׂדִּים kasdi “Chaldea” 3

Key verses

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

• Genesis 47:9 — And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been,…
• Exodus 15:9 — The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
• Leviticus 26:5 — And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your…
• Deuteronomy 28:15 — But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command…
• 1 Samuel 30:8 — And David enquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake…
• 1 Chronicles 21:12 — Either three years’ famine; or three months to be destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days the…
• Psalms 40:12 — For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine…
• Isaiah 35:10 — And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and…
• Isaiah 51:11 — Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and…
• Jeremiah 39:5 — But the Chaldeans’ army pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar…
• Hosea 2:7 — And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find then shall she say, I will go and return to…
• Zechariah 1:6 — But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the LORD…

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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.