Lexical Definition

‎נָגַשׂ‎ nâgas (naw-gas') to oppress ^H:V
a primitive root

distress, driver, exact(-or), oppress(-or), [idiom] raiser of taxes, taskmaster.

• to drive (an animal, a workman, a debtor, an army)
• by implication, to tax, harass, tyrannize

1) 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

See Greek: ἀπαιτέω · δίδωμι · ἐλαύνω · ἐπίσκοπος · ἐπιστάτης · πράσσω · προσάγω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎נָגַשׂ‎ verb press, drive, oppress, exact (Assyrian naga&198;šu, throw down, overthrow, Dl^{HWB 448}; Arabic rouse and drive game, drive vehemently; Ethiopic reign, wield power, king); —

Qal Perfect ‎׳‎‎נ‎ 2Kgs 23:25 Imperfect ‎יִגּשֹׁ‎ Deut 15:2 2 masculine singular ‎תִּגּשֹׁ‎ Deut 15:3 2 masculine plural ‎תִּנְגּ֑שֹׁוּ‎ Isa 58:3 — Participle ‎נֹגֵשׂ‎ Isa 9:3* +, etc.; —

1. press, drive to work (object ‎עַצְּבֵיכֶם‎ your workmen), Isa 58:3 (Ges^Comm., De Di Du; exact [changing ‎׳‎‎ע‎, q. v.] Che, etc.); see

3. 2. exact with accusative ‎כֶּסֶף‎, 2Kgs 23:35 followed by accusative of person only Deut 15:2; Deut 15:13.

3. Participle (= substantive) driver, task-master Exod 3:7; Exod 5:6; Exod 5:10; Exod 5:13; Exod 5:14; Job 3:18 (ass-) driver Job 39:7 of (arbitrary) ruler Isa 3:12, ruler (good sense) Zech 10:4 = foreign oppressor, tyrant Isa 9:3* (with ‎בְּ‎) Isa 14:2; Isa 14:4; Zech 9:8 exactor of tribute, Dan 11:20 plural abstract lordship = lord, ruler, figurative of ‎צְדָקָה‎ (personified) Isa 60:17 (|| ‎פְּקֻדָּתֵךְ שָׁלוֺם‎). Niph`al Perfect ‎נִגַּשׂ‎ 1Sam 13:6 + 2 t. + Isa 3:5 (‎וְ‎ consecutive); — hard pressed by enemy 1Sam 13:6, and so 1Sam 14:24 (but omitted by emendation, after ᵐ5, Th We Dr Kit Bu HPS); treated harshly, of suffering servant of ‎׳‎‎י‎ Isa 53:7 reciprocal tyrannize over (‎׳‎‎ב‎) each other Isa 35.

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