Hebrew verb · H5065
נָגַשׂ
nagasnaw-gas'
to oppress
23 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: nâgas
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5065is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 8 of 39Old Testament books
- 21spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H5065
to drive (an animal, a workman, a debtor, an army); by implication, to tax, harass, tyrannize
The King James renders it: distress, driver, exact(-or), oppress(-or), [idiom] raiser of taxes, taskmaster.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
nagas is rendered "to oppress". It stands 23 times in the Hebrew text, across eight books.
- Eight of the uses stand in Isaiah, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 3:7The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.
- The Greek text spells it twenty-one different ways.
The first use
The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.
Exodus 3:7נֹֽגְשָׂ֔יו
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Eight of the word's twenty-three uses are in Isaiah.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- an oppressor2
- taskmasters of2
- a driver1
- a taskmaster1
- and it will oppress1
- and taskmasters your1
- and the taskmasters1
- he exacted1
- he was hard pressed1
- he was oppressed1
- he will press1
- it was hard pressed1
and 9 more, 23 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 23, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
21 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- נִגַּ֖שׂ2
- נוֹגֵ֖שׂ2
- בְּנֹגְשֵׂיהֶֽם׃ ס1
- הַנֹּגֵ֣שׂ1
- הַנֹּגְשִׂ֣ים1
- וְהַנֹּגְשִׂ֖ים1
- וְנִגַּ֣שׂ1
- וְנֹגְשַׂ֖יִךְ1
- יִגֹּ֤שׂ1
- נִגַּ֨שׂ1
- נָגַ֞שׂ1
- נֹגֵ֔שׂ1
and 9 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular6HVqrmsa
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular3HVNp3ms
- verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)2HVqrmpc
- verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2HVqrmpc/Sp3ms
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural1HC/Td/Vqrmpa
- Hc/VNq3ms1Hc/VNq3ms
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular1HC/Vqrmpc/Sp2fs
- preposition + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1HR/Vqrmpc/Sp3mp
- the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural1HTd/Vqrmpa
- the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular1HTd/Vqrmsa
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine plural1HVqi2mp
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular1HVqi2ms
Exodus
five uses
The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.
- נֹֽגְשָׂ֔יוnogesavverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: taskmasters its
That same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their foremen:
- הַנֹּגְשִׂ֣יםhanogesimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: the taskmasters
So the taskmasters and foremen of the people went out and said to them, “This is what Pharaoh says: ‘I am no longer giving you straw.
- נֹגְשֵׂ֤יnogeseiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: taskmasters of
The taskmasters kept pressing them, saying, “Fulfill your quota each day, just as you did when straw was provided.”
- וְהַנֹּגְשִׂ֖יםvehanogesimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: and the taskmasters
Then the Israelite foremen, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over the people, were beaten and asked, “Why have you not fulfilled your quota of bricks yesterday or today, as you did before?”
- נֹגְשֵׂ֥יnogeseiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: taskmasters of
Deuteronomy
two uses
This is the manner of remission: Every creditor shall cancel what he has loaned to his neighbor. He is not to collect anything from his neighbor or brother, because the LORD’s time of release has been proclaimed.
- יִגֹּ֤שׂyigosverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will press
You may collect something from a foreigner, but you must forgive whatever your brother owes you.
- תִּגֹּ֑שׂtigosverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will press
1 Samuel
two uses
Seeing that they were in danger because their troops were hard-pressed, the men of Israel hid in caves and thickets, among the rocks, and in cellars and cisterns.
- נִגַּ֖שׂnigasverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it was hard pressed
Now the men of Israel were in distress that day, for Saul had placed the troops under an oath, saying, “Cursed is the man who eats any food before evening, before I have taken vengeance on my enemies.” So none of the troops tasted any food.
- נִגַּ֖שׂnigasverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he was hard pressed
2 Kings
one use
So Jehoiakim paid the silver and gold to Pharaoh Neco, but to meet Pharaoh’s demand he taxed the land and exacted the silver and the gold from the people, each according to his wealth.
- נָגַ֞שׂnagasverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he exacted
Job
two uses
The captives enjoy their ease; they do not hear the voice of the oppressor.
- נֹגֵֽשׂ׃nogesverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: a taskmaster
He scorns the tumult of the city and never hears the shouts of a driver.
- נ֝וֹגֵ֗שׂnogesverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: a driver
Isaiah
eight uses
The people will oppress one another, man against man, neighbor against neighbor; the young will rise up against the old, and the base against the honorable.
- וְנִגַּ֣שׂvenigasHc/VNq3mstagged: and it will oppress
Youths oppress My people, and women rule over them. O My people, your guides mislead you; they turn you from your paths.
- נֹגְשָׂ֣יוnogesavverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: oppressors its
For as in the day of Midian You have shattered the yoke of their burden, the bar across their shoulders, and the rod of their oppressor.
- הַנֹּגֵ֣שׂhanogesthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: the oppresses
The nations will escort Israel and bring it to its homeland. Then the house of Israel will possess the nations as menservants and maidservants in the LORD’s land. They will make captives of their captors and rule over their oppressors.
- בְּנֹגְשֵׂיהֶֽם׃ סbenogeseihempreposition + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: over oppressors their
you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended!
- נֹגֵ֔שׂnogesverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: oppressor
He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so He did not open His mouth.
- נִגַּ֨שׂnigasverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he was oppressed
“Why have we fasted, and You have not seen? Why have we humbled ourselves, and You have not noticed?” “Behold, on the day of your fast, you do as you please, and you oppress all your workers.
- תִּנְגֹּֽשׂוּ׃tingosuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you drive hard
Instead of bronze I will bring you gold; I will bring silver in place of iron, bronze instead of wood, and iron instead of stones. I will appoint peace as your governor and righteousness as your ruler.
- וְנֹגְשַׂ֖יִךְvenogesayikhconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: and taskmasters your
Daniel
one use
In his place one will arise who will send out a tax collector for the glory of the kingdom; but within a few days he will be destroyed, though not in anger or in battle.
- נוֹגֵ֖שׂnogesverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: an oppressor
Zechariah
two uses
But I will camp around My house because of an army, because of those who march to and fro, and never again will an oppressor overrun My people, for now I keep watch with My own eyes.
- נֹגֵ֑שׂnogesverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: an oppressor
The cornerstone will come from Judah, the tent peg from him, as well as the battle bow and every ruler together.
- נוֹגֵ֖שׂnogesverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: ruler
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.