נָסַג
na.sag
“to remove”
Definition
to retreat
a primitive root;
- to move away, backslide, move, go, turn back 1a) (Qal) to backslide, prove recreant to 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to displace, move back 1b2) to remove, carry away 1d) (Hophal) to be driven back, be moved back
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Grammar & Morphology
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Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
נָסַג appears 9 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
You must not move your neighbor’s boundary marker, which was set up by your ancestors to mark the inheritance you shall receive in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.
‘Cursed is he who moves his neighbor’s boundary stone.’And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
The princes of Judahare like those who move boundary stones;I will pour out My furyupon them like water.
rebelling and denying the LORD,turning away from our God,speaking oppression and revolt,conceiving and uttering lies from the heart.
So justice is turned away,and righteousness stands at a distance.For truth has stumbled in the public square,and honesty cannot enter.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.