נָגַשׂ

nâgas · Hebrew · Strong's H5065 · 23 occurrences

The KJV renders 8 different Hebrew and Greek words as “distress”

What it means

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

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

distress, driver, exact, oppress, taskmaster

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

“distress”

also renders synochḗ (G4928), stenochōréō (G4729), stenochōría (G4730), anánkē (G318), tsûwq (H6693), tsârâh (H6869), raʻ (H7451)

“oppress”

also renders kataponéō (G2669), katadynasteúō (G2616), lâchats (H3905), ʻâshaq (H6231), tsûwq (H6693), tsârar (H6887), shâdad (H7703)

“exact”

also renders prássō (G4238), nâshâʼ (H5378), nâshâh (H5383)

Where it appears

23 occurrences in the Hebrew text.

1 Samuel 13:6 HVNp3ms1 Samuel 14:24 HVNp3ms2 Kings 23:35 HVqp3msDaniel 11:20 HVqrmsaDeuteronomy 15:2 HVqi3msDeuteronomy 15:3 HVqi2msExodus 3:7 HVqrmpc/Sp3msExodus 5:6 HTd/VqrmpaExodus 5:10 HVqrmpcExodus 5:13 HC/Td/VqrmpaExodus 5:14 HVqrmpcIsaiah 3:5 HC/VNq3msIsaiah 3:12 HVqrmpc/Sp3msIsaiah 9:4 HTd/VqrmsaIsaiah 14:2 HR/Vqrmpc/Sp3mpIsaiah 14:4 HVqrmsaIsaiah 53:7 HVNp3msIsaiah 58:3 HVqi2mpIsaiah 60:17 HC/Vqrmpc/Sp2fsJob 3:18 HVqrmsaJob 39:7 HVqrmsaZechariah 9:8 HVqrmsaZechariah 10:4 HVqrmsa

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.