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Hebrew · Strong's H5253

נָסַג

nasagnaw-sag'

to retreat

1890 spelling: nâçag

Strong's Dictionary · 1890

to retreat

Rendered in the KJV as

departing away, remove, take (hold), turn away.

  • 9
    occurrencesin the Old Testament
  • 5 of 39
    Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
  • 8
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 9 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 8

  • תַּ֭סֵּג2
  • וְהֻסַּ֤ג1
  • וְנָס֖וֹג1
  • וְתַסֵּג֙1
  • יִסַּ֖ג1
  • כְּמַסִּיגֵ֖י1
  • מַסִּ֖יג1
  • תַסִּיג֙1

How it is rendered · 8

  • you displace2
  • [one who] displaces1
  • and it has been driven back1
  • and we have turned back1
  • and you will carry away1
  • it will be turned back1
  • like [those who] displace1
  • you will displace1

The sense the word carries at each spot: how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 8

  • verb · causative (hiphil), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singular2
  • conjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singular1
  • Hc/VHq3ms1
  • conjunction (“and”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive absolute1
  • preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
  • verb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singular1
  • verb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular1
  • verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • HVhj2ms · 2
  • HC/Vhj2ms · 1
  • Hc/VHq3ms · 1
  • HC/VNaa · 1
  • HR/Vhrmpc · 1
  • HVhi2ms · 1
  • HVhrmsa · 1
  • HVNi3ms · 1

All 9, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Deuteronomy carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Deuteronomy2 occurrences
Proverbs2 occurrences
Isaiah2 occurrences
Hosea1 occurrence
Micah2 occurrences
Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0: their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).