H5065 נָגַשׂ

נָגַשׂ (nâgas), Strong’s H5065: 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…

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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.

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 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/3?v=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 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/5?v=6) — The same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their officers, saying,
- Exodus 5:10 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/5?v=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 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/5?v=13) — The taskmasters were urgent saying, “Fulfill your work quota daily, as when there was straw!”
- Exodus 5:14 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/5?v=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 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/15?v=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 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/15?v=3) — Of a foreigner you may require it; but whatever of yours is with your brother, your hand shall release.
- 1 Samuel 13:6 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/13?v=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 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/14?v=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 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/23?v=35) — Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment…