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נָשַׂג H5381

H5381 is the Hebrew word נָשַׂג, transliterated nâsag and said naw-sag'. The King James Version most often renders it overtake.

Word: נָשַׂגTransliteration: nâsagSaid: naw-sag'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 42 verses

What it means

to reach (literally or figuratively).

Where it comes from

a primitive root.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 31 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

overtake 9×overtook 7×able to get 3×reach 2×take hold 2×obtain 2×dost overtake 1×attained 1×able to bring 1×cannot get 1×able 1×wax rich 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: ability, be able, attain (unto), (be able to, can) get, lay at, put, reach, remove, wax rich, [idiom] surely, (over-) take (hold of, on, upon).

Verses using נָשַׂג

The first 40 of 42 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 31:25 · KJV

Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead.

Genesis 44:4 · KJV

And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?

Genesis 44:6 · KJV

And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words.

Genesis 47:9 · KJV

And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.

Exodus 14:9 · KJV

But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baalzephon.

Exodus 15:9 · KJV

The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.

Leviticus 5:11 · KJV

But if he be not able to bring two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, then he that sinned shall bring for his offering the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering; he shall put no oil upon it, neither shall he put any frankincense thereon: for it is a sin offering.

Leviticus 14:21 · KJV

And if he be poor, and cannot get so much; then he shall take one lamb for a trespass offering to be waved, to make an atonement for him, and one tenth deal of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering, and a log of oil;

Leviticus 14:22 · KJV

And two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, such as he is able to get; and the one shall be a sin offering, and the other a burnt offering.

Leviticus 14:31 · KJV

Even such as he is able to get, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, with the meat offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed before the LORD.

Leviticus 14:32 · KJV

This is the law of him in whom is the plague of leprosy, whose hand is not able to get that which pertaineth to his cleansing.

Leviticus 25:26 · KJV

And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to redeem it;

Leviticus 25:47 · KJV

And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother that dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger’s family:

Leviticus 25:49 · KJV

Either his uncle, or his uncle’s son, may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or if he be able, he may redeem himself.

Leviticus 26:5 · KJV

And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.

Leviticus 27:8 · KJV

But if he be poorer than thy estimation, then he shall present himself before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to his ability that vowed shall the priest value him.

Numbers 6:21 · KJV

This is the law of the Nazarite who hath vowed, and of his offering unto the LORD for his separation, beside that that his hand shall get: according to the vow which he vowed, so he must do after the law of his separation.

Deuteronomy 19:6 · KJV

Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past.

Deuteronomy 28:2 · KJV

And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.

Deuteronomy 28:45 · KJV

Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee:

1 Samuel 14:26 · KJV

And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath.

1 Samuel 30:8 · KJV

And David enquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all.

2 Samuel 15:14 · KJV

And David said unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not else escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.

2 Kings 25:5 · KJV

And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from him.

1 Chronicles 21:12 · KJV

Either three years’ famine; or three months to be destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword of the LORD, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the LORD destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me.

Job 24:2 · KJV

Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.

Job 27:20 · KJV

Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.

Job 41:26 · KJV

The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.

Psalm 7:5 · KJV

Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.

Psalm 18:37 · KJV

I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.

Psalm 40:12 · KJV

For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.

Proverbs 2:19 · KJV

None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.

Isaiah 35:10 · KJV

And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

Isaiah 51:11 · KJV

Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.

Isaiah 59:9 · KJV

Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.

Jeremiah 39:5 · KJV

But the Chaldeans’ army pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gave judgment upon him.

Jeremiah 42:16 · KJV

Then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye feared, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye were afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die.

Jeremiah 52:8 · KJV

But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.

Lamentations 1:3 · KJV

Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest: all her persecutors overtook her between the straits.

Ezekiel 46:7 · KJV

And he shall prepare a meat offering, an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and for the lambs according as his hand shall attain unto, and an hin of oil to an ephah.

Common questions

What does Strong's H5381 mean?

H5381 is the Hebrew word נָשַׂג (nâsag), meaning to reach (literally or figuratively).

How is H5381 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it overtake (9 times), overtook (7 times), able to get (3 times), reach (2 times), take hold (2 times), among others.

How many times does H5381 appear in the Bible?

נָשַׂג (nâsag) is tagged in 42 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H5381 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.

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