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Hebrew verb · H5090

נָהַג

nahagnaw-hag'

to lead; to moan

31 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: nâhag

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5090is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 15 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 28
    spellings
  • 2
    meanings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H5090

to drive forth (a person, an animal or chariot), i.e. lead, carry away; reflexively, to proceed (i.e. impel or guide oneself); also (from the panting induced by effort), to sigh

The King James renders it: acquaint, bring (away), carry away, drive (away), lead (away, forth), (be) guide, lead (away, forth).

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

nahag is rendered "to lead; to moan". It stands 31 times in the Hebrew text, across fifteen books.

  • Five of the uses stand in Isaiah, more than in any other book.
  • The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to lead".
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 31:18and he drove all his livestock before him, along with all the possessions he had acquired in Paddan-aram, to go to his father Isaac in the land in Canaan.
  • The Greek text spells it twenty-eight different ways.

The first use

and he drove all his livestock before him, along with all the possessions he had acquired in Paddan-aram, to go to his father Isaac in the land in Canaan.

Genesis 31:18וַיִּנְהַ֣ג

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

The word stands in fifteen of the 39 Old Testament books.

The other 24 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

The word carries two meanings: to lead, and to moan.

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

The English STEP Bible gives each use, word by word, and how many times.
to leadStrong's entry ATagged aslisted under the tableWhereGenesis 31:18and he drove all his livestock before him…
to moanStrong's entry BTagged aslisted under the tableWherein the ledger below

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • leading3
  • and he drove2
  • and he caused to drive it1
  • and he drove away1
  • and he lead out1
  • and he led forth1
  • and he led out1
  • and he led them1
  • and they had driven them away1
  • and you have led away1
  • guiding1
  • he drives1

and 16 more, 31 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.

נָהַלnahalto guideUses10
נָהַרnaharto flowUses6
נָהַםnahamto groanUses5
נָהַקnahaqto brayUses2

The words it stands beside

All 31, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

28 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

  • וַיִּנְהַ֣ג2
  • וַיִּנְהַג֙2
  • נֹהֲגִ֖ים2
  • אֶנְהָֽגֲךָ֗1
  • וַיְנַהֵ֖ג1
  • וַיִּנְהַ֤ג1
  • וַֽיְנַהֲגֵ֖הוּ1
  • וְיִנְהֲג֖וּ1
  • וַיִּֽנְהֲג֔וּ1
  • וַֽיְנַהֲגֵ֥ם1
  • וַתְּנַהֵג֙1
  • יְנַהֵ֧ג1

and 16 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • Hc/Vqw3ms5Hc/Vqw3ms
  • verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular3HVqrmsa
  • verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular2HVqi3ms
  • verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural2HVqrmpa
  • Hc/Vpw2ms1Hc/Vpw2ms
  • Hc/Vpw3ms1Hc/Vpw3ms
  • Hc/Vpw3ms/Sp3mp1Hc/Vpw3ms/Sp3mp
  • Hc/Vpw3ms/Sp3ms1Hc/Vpw3ms/Sp3ms
  • HC/Vqu3mp1HC/Vqu3mp
  • Hc/Vqw3mp1Hc/Vqw3mp
  • verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVpi3ms
  • verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine plural1HVpi3ms/Sp1bp

Genesis

two uses
  • and he drove all his livestock before him, along with all the possessions he had acquired in Paddan-aram, to go to his father Isaac in the land in Canaan.

    Genesis 31:18

    • וַיִּנְהַ֣גvaiyinhagHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he drove
  • Then Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done? You have deceived me and carried off my daughters like captives of war!

    Genesis 31:26

    • וַתְּנַהֵג֙vatenahegHc/Vpw2mstagged: and you have led away

Exodus

three uses
  • Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.

    Exodus 3:1

    • וַיִּנְהַ֤גvaiyinhagHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he drove
  • So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and throughout that day and night the LORD sent an east wind across the land. By morning the east wind had brought the locusts.

    Exodus 10:13

    • נִהַ֤גnihagverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he drove
  • He caused their chariot wheels to wobble, so that they had difficulty driving. “Let us flee from the Israelites,” said the Egyptians, “for the LORD is fighting for them against Egypt!”

    Exodus 14:25

    • וַֽיְנַהֲגֵ֖הוּvaynahagehuHc/Vpw3ms/Sp3mstagged: and he caused to drive it

Deuteronomy

two uses
  • Then the LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the LORD will drive you.

    Deuteronomy 4:27

    • יְנַהֵ֧גyenahegverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will drive away
  • You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations to which the LORD will drive you.

    Deuteronomy 28:37

    • יְנַהֶגְךָ֥yenahegkhaverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: he will drive away you

1 Samuel

four uses
  • Then David and his men went to Keilah, fought against the Philistines, and carried off their livestock, striking them with a mighty blow. So David saved the people of Keilah.

    1 Samuel 23:5

    • וַיִּנְהַג֙vaiyinhagHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he drove away
  • They had taken captive the women and all who were there, both young and old. They had not killed anyone, but had carried them off as they went on their way.

    1 Samuel 30:2

    • וַיִּֽנְהֲג֔וּvaiyinhaguHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they had driven them away
  • And he recovered all the flocks and herds, which his men drove ahead of the other livestock, calling out, “This is David’s plunder!”

    1 Samuel 30:20

    • נָהֲג֗וּnahaguverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they drove
  • but all the wicked and worthless men among those who had gone with David said, “Because they did not go with us, we will not share with them the plunder we recovered, except for each man’s wife and children. They may take them and go.”

    1 Samuel 30:22

    • וְיִנְהֲג֖וּveyinhaguHC/Vqu3mptagged: so they may lead away

2 Samuel

one use
  • They set the ark of God on a new cart and brought it from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were guiding the new cart,

    2 Samuel 6:3

    • נֹהֲגִ֖יםnohagimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: leading

2 Kings

two uses
  • Then she saddled the donkey and told her servant, “Drive onward; do not slow the pace for me unless I tell you.”

    2 Kings 4:24

    • נְהַ֣גnehagverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: lead on
  • Again the watchman reported, “He reached them, but he is not coming back. And the charioteer is driving like Jehu son of Nimshi—he is driving like a madman!”

    2 Kings 9:20

    • יִנְהָֽג׃yinhagverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he drives

1 Chronicles

two uses
  • So they carried the ark of God from the house of Abinadab on a new cart, with Uzzah and Ahio guiding the cart.

    1 Chronicles 13:7

    • נֹהֲגִ֖יםnohagimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: leading
  • In the spring, at the time when kings march out to war, Joab led out the army and ravaged the land of the Ammonites. He came to Rabbah and besieged it, but David remained in Jerusalem. And Joab attacked Rabbah and demolished it.

    1 Chronicles 20:1

    • וַיִּנְהַ֣גvaiyinhagHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lead out

2 Chronicles

one use
  • Amaziah, however, summoned his strength and led his troops to the Valley of Salt, where he struck down 10,000 men of Seir,

    2 Chronicles 25:11

    • וַיִּנְהַג֙vaiyinhagHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he led out

Job

one use
  • They drive away the donkey of the fatherless and take the widow’s ox in pledge.

    Job 24:3

    • יִנְהָ֑גוּyinhaguverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they drive away

Psalms

four uses
  • For this God is our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even till death.

    Psalms 48:14

    • יְנַהֲגֵ֣נוּyenahagenuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: he will guide us
  • He stirred the east wind from the heavens and drove the south wind by His might.

    Psalms 78:26

    • וַיְנַהֵ֖גvaynahegHc/Vpw3mstagged: and he led forth
  • He led out His people like sheep and guided them like a flock in the wilderness.

    Psalms 78:52

    • וַֽיְנַהֲגֵ֥םvaynahagemHc/Vpw3ms/Sp3mptagged: and he led them
  • Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel, who leads Joseph like a flock; You who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth

    Psalms 80:1

    • נֹהֵ֣גnohegverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: O lead

Ecclesiastes

one use
  • I sought to cheer my body with wine and to embrace folly—my mind still guiding me with wisdom—until I could see what was worthwhile for men to do under heaven during the few days of their lives.

    Ecclesiastes 2:3

    • נֹהֵ֤גnohegverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: guiding

Song of Solomon

one use
  • I would lead you and bring you to the house of my mother who taught me. I would give you spiced wine to drink, the nectar of my pomegranates.

    Song of Solomon 8:2

    • אֶנְהָֽגֲךָ֗ʾenhagakhaverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: I will lead you

Isaiah

five uses
  • The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the goat; the calf and young lion and fatling will be together, and a little child will lead them.

    Isaiah 11:6

    • נֹהֵ֥גnohegverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: leading
  • so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, naked and barefoot, with bared buttocks—to Egypt’s shame.

    Isaiah 20:4

    • יִנְהַ֣גyinhagverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will lead away
  • They will not hunger or thirst, nor will scorching heat or sun beat down on them. For He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them beside springs of water.

    Isaiah 49:10

    • יְנַהֲגֵ֔םyenahagemverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: he will guide them
  • Your gates will always stand open; they will never be shut, day or night, so that the wealth of the nations may be brought into you, with their kings being led in procession.

    Isaiah 60:11

    • נְהוּגִֽים׃nehugimverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine pluraltagged: led
  • Like cattle going down to the valley, the Spirit of the LORD gave them rest. You led Your people this way to make for Yourself a glorious name.

    Isaiah 63:14

    • נִהַ֣גְתָּnihagtaverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you led

Lamentations

one use
  • He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness instead of light.

    Lamentations 3:2

    • נָהַ֛גnahagverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has driven

Nahum

one use
  • It is decreed that the city be exiled and carried away; her maidservants moan like doves, and beat upon their breasts.

    Nahum 2:7

    • מְנַֽהֲגוֹת֙menahagoytverb · intensive (piel), participle · feminine pluraltagged: moaning

The letters

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 words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

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.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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