H5065 · נָגַשׂ
nâgas · naw-gas' · oppressor, distress, exact
H5065 (nâgas, pronounced naw-gas') is the Hebrew word נָגַשׂ in Strong’s dictionary: to drive (an animal, a workman, a debtor, an army). It appears 23 times in 23 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- נָגַשׂ (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- nâgas
- Pronunciation
- naw-gas'
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- Definition
- to drive (an animal, a workman, a debtor, an army); by implication, to tax, harass, tyrannize
- Rendered in the KJV
- distress, driver, exact(-or), oppress(-or), [idiom] raiser of taxes, taskmaster.
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
23 occurrences in 23 verses.
How the BSB renders it
- “He was oppressed” ×1
- “So the taskmasters” ×1
- “The taskmasters” ×1
- “You may collect” ×1
- “a tax collector” ×1
- “and exacted” ×1
- “and you oppress” ×1
- “as your ruler” ×1
By book
Exodus 5 · Deuteronomy 2 · 1 Samuel 2 · 2 Kings 1 · Job 2 · Isaiah 8 · Daniel 1 · Zechariah 2