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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