Strong's Hebrew · H5065
נָגַשׂ
nâgas · naw-gas'
Definitionto drive (an animal, a workman, a debtor, an army); by implication, to tax, harass, tyrannize
Derivationa primitive root;
KJV usagedistress, driver, exact(-or), oppress(-or), [idiom] raiser of taxes, taskmaster.
Occurrences23 in the KJV · 23 verses
נָגַשׂ in Scripture
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 5:6
And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,
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.
Exodus 5:13
And the taskmasters hasted them , saying, Fulfill your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.
Exodus 5:14
And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh' s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and today, as heretofore?
Deuteronomy 15:2
And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth aught unto his neighbor shall release it ; he shall not exact it of his neighbor, or of his brother; because it is called the LORD' s release.
Deuteronomy 15:3
Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release;
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 rocks, and in high places, and in pits.
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.
2 Kings 23:35
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 exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of every one according to his taxation, to give it unto Pharaoh Necho.
Job 3:18
There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.
Job 39:7
He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.
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