Hebrew word study
נָגַשׂ H5065
- Transliteration
- nâgas
- Pronunciation
- naw-gas'
- KJV glosses
- distress, driver, exact(-or), oppress(-or), [idiom] raiser of taxes, taskmaster.
Lexical summary
to drive (an animal, a workman, a debtor, an army)
by implication, to tax, harass, tyrannize
Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance
to drive (an animal, a workman, a debtor, an army)
by implication, to tax, harass, tyrannize
A word’s possible definitions do not determine its meaning in every passage. Meaning is established by grammar, syntax, literary context, and usage.
Source: Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon. Data source information