H5065 נָגַשׂ
nâgas — to drive (an animal, a workman, a debtor, an army); by implication, to tax, harass, tyrannize
KJV: distress, driver, exact(-or), oppress(-or), [idiom] raiser of taxes, taskmaster.
Occurs 23 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [נָגַשׂ] vb. press, drive, oppress, exact
- Qal
- 1 press, drive to work
- 2 exact
- 3 Pt. (= subst.) driver, taskmaster
- Niph. hard pressed by enemy; treated harshly of suffering servant of י׳; recipr. tyrannize over each other
Where it occurs
- Exodus 3:7 — The LORD said, “I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of…
- Exodus 5:6 — The same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their officers, saying,
- Exodus 5:10 — The taskmasters of the people went out with their officers, and they spoke to the people, saying, “This is what Pharaoh…
- Exodus 5:13 — The taskmasters were urgent saying, “Fulfill your work quota daily, as when there was straw!”
- Exodus 5:14 — The officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and were asked, “Why…
- Deuteronomy 15:2 — This is the way it shall be done: every creditor shall release that which he has lent to his neighbor. He shall not…
- Deuteronomy 15:3 — Of a foreigner you may require it; but whatever of yours is with your brother, your hand shall release.
- 1 Samuel 13:6 — When the men of Israel saw that they were in trouble (for the people were distressed), then the people hid themselves…
- 1 Samuel 14:24 — The men of Israel were distressed that day; for Saul had adjured the people, saying, “Cursed is the man who eats any…
- 2 Kings 23:35 — Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment…