Hebrew Study
Strong’s Concordance H5065
A readable Hebrew dictionary entry from Strong’s Concordance. Definitions help with word study; the meaning in a verse still depends on context.
Word study
- Source
- Strong’s Concordance
- Transliteration
- nagas
- Pronunciation
- naw-gas'
- Occurrences
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- Strong’s number
- H5065
- Brief meaning
- To drive (an animal, a workman, a debtor, an army), by implication
- Source renderings
- distress, driver, exact(-or), oppress(-or), raiser of taxes, taskmaster
- Root word
- a primitive root
- Full definition from the source
- To drive (an animal, a workman, a debtor, an army); by implication, to tax, harass, tyrannize. Root word: a primitive root.
Source info
Source and edition
James Strong, Strong's Hebrew Bible Dictionary (1890); Bible Foundation text source; Michael Grier's 1996 ASCII e-text; CrossWire module 1.2.
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05065\ 5065 nagas naw-gas' a primitive root; to drive (an animal, a workman, a debtor, an army); by implication, to tax, harass, tyrannize:--distress, driver, exact(-or), oppress(-or), X raiser of taxes, taskmaster.