H5065 נָגַשׂ
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 23 KJV occurrences
נָגַשׂ
nâgas · naw-gas'
Definition
to drive (an animal, a workman, a debtor, an army); by implication, to tax, harass, tyrannize
KJV Renderings
distress, driver, exact(-or), oppress(-or), [idiom] raiser of taxes, taskmaster.
Derivation / Etymology
a primitive root;
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 23)
- 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 sorrows;
- Exodus 5:10¶ And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw.
- Deuteronomy 15:2And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the LORD’s release.
- 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 avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted any food.
- Job 39:7He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.
- Isaiah 9:4For 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 53:7He 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 he openeth not his mouth.
- Daniel 11:20Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes in the glory of the kingdom: but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle.