נָגַשׂ
na.ga.s
“to oppress”
Definition
to drive (an animal, a workman, a debtor, an army); by implication, to tax, harass, tyrannize
a primitive root;
- to press, drive, oppress, exact, exert demanding pressure 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to press, drive 1a2) to exact 1a3) driver, taskmaster, ruler, oppressor, tyrant, lord, exactor of tribute (participle) 1b) (Niphal) to be hard pressed
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Occurrences
נָגַשׂ appears 22 times in the Old Testament.
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Key Passages
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.
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.
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.
you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon:How the oppressor has ceased,and how his fury has ended!
“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.
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