Biblica Analytica
H5381 Hebrew

נָשַׂג

na.sag

to overtake

Lexicon Entry

Definition
to overtake
Transliteration
na.sag
Strong's Number
H5381
Occurrences
50
Semantic Domain
Physical Action

Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

What Original Readers Understood

Explored

The Hebrew word "na.sag" (H5381) means "to overtake." This verb is used in various contexts within the Bible, involving physical actions such as catching up to someone or something, or even taking control of a situation. The 50 occurrences of this word demonstrate its significance in conveying the idea of pursuit, capture, or seizure. The range of usage for "na.sag" is quite broad, encompassing both positive and negative connotations. For instance, it may describe a righteous pursuit, such as God's pursuit of the wicked (Psalm 64:2), or a negative pursuit, like the thief who is caught by the victim (Job 18:10). This versatility highlights the complexity of human experience, where the same action can be viewed from different perspectives. The significance of "na.sag" lies in its capacity to convey the dynamic nature of human relationships and interactions. It underscores the idea that actions have consequences and that individuals can be held accountable for their pursuits. By intimidating or seizing control, "na.sag" emphasizes the power dynamics at play in human relationships, making it a crucial concept for understanding the complexities of human experience within the biblical narrative.

Source data & methodology
Strong's
H5381
Lemma
נָשַׂג
Transliteration
na.sag
Definition
to overtake
Occurrences
50
Model
workers-ai
Prompt version
1

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Occurrences in Scripture

50 total occurrences across the text

Ezekiel 46:7

He shall prepare a meal offering, an ephah for the bull, and an ephah for the ram, and for the lambs according as he is able, and a hin of oil to an ephah.

Job 24:2

There are people who remove the landmarks. They violently take away flocks, and feed them.

Job 27:20

Terrors overtake him like waters. A storm steals him away in the night.

Job 41:26

If one attacks him with the sword, it can’t prevail; nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft.

Psalms 7:5

let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; yes, let him tread my life down to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust.

Psalms 18:37

I will pursue my enemies, and overtake them. I won’t turn away until they are consumed.

Psalms 40:12

For innumerable evils have surrounded me. My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up. They are more than the hairs of my head. My heart has failed me.

Psalms 69:24

Pour out your indignation on them. Let the fierceness of your anger overtake them.

Proverbs 2:19

None who go to her return again, neither do they attain to the paths of life.

Isaiah 35:10

Then Yahweh’s ransomed ones will return, and come with singing to Zion; and everlasting joy will be on their heads. They will obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.”

Isaiah 51:11

Those ransomed by Yahweh will return, and come with singing to Zion. Everlasting joy shall be on their heads. They will obtain gladness and joy. Sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

Isaiah 59:9

Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness doesn’t overtake us. We look for light, but see darkness; for brightness, but we walk in obscurity.

Jeremiah 39:5

But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. When they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; and he pronounced judgment on him.

Jeremiah 42:16

then it will happen that the sword, which you fear, will overtake you there in the land of Egypt; and the famine, about which you are afraid, will follow close behind you there in Egypt; and you will die there.

Jeremiah 52:8

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

Lamentations 1:3

Judah has gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude. She dwells among the nations. She finds no rest. All her persecutors overtook her within the straits.

Hosea 2:7

She will follow after her lovers, but she won’t overtake them; and she will seek them, but won’t find them. Then she will say, ‘I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.’

Hosea 10:9

“Israel, you have sinned from the days of Gibeah. There they remained. The battle against the children of iniquity doesn’t overtake them in Gibeah.

Zechariah 1:6

But my words and my decrees, which I commanded my servants the prophets, didn’t they overtake your fathers? “Then they repented and said, ‘Just as Yahweh of Armies determined to do to us, according to our ways, and according to our practices, so he has dealt with us.’ ”

Genesis 31:25

Laban caught up with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mountain, and Laban with his relatives encamped in the mountain of Gilead.

Genesis 44:4

When they had gone out of the city, and were not yet far off, Joseph said to his steward, “Up, follow after the men. When you overtake them, ask them, ‘Why have you rewarded evil for good?

Genesis 44:6

He overtook them, and he spoke these words to them.

Genesis 47:9

Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The years of my pilgrimage are one hundred thirty years. The days of the years of my life have been few and evil. They have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.”

Exodus 14:9

The Egyptians pursued them. All the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, his horsemen, and his army overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baal Zephon.

Exodus 15:9

The enemy said, ‘I will pursue. I will overtake. I will divide the plunder. My desire will be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword. My hand will destroy them.’

Leviticus 5:11

“ ‘But if he can’t afford two turtledoves or two young pigeons, then he shall bring as his offering for that in which he has sinned, one tenth of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering. He shall put no oil on it, and he shall not put any frankincense on it, for it is a sin offering.

Leviticus 14:21

“If he is poor, and can’t afford so much, then he shall take one male lamb for a trespass offering to be waved, to make atonement for him, and one tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering, and a log of oil;

Leviticus 14:22

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

Leviticus 14:30

He shall offer one of the turtledoves, or of the young pigeons, which ever he is able to afford,

Leviticus 14:31

of the kind he is able to afford, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, with the meal offering. The priest shall make atonement for him who is to be cleansed before Yahweh.”

Leviticus 14:32

This is the law for him in whom is the plague of leprosy, who is not able to afford the sacrifice for his cleansing.

Leviticus 25:26

If a man has no one to redeem it, and he becomes prosperous and finds sufficient means to redeem it,

Leviticus 25:47

“ ‘If an alien or temporary resident with you becomes rich, and your brother beside him has grown poor, and sells himself to the stranger or foreigner living among you, or to a member of the stranger’s family,

Leviticus 25:49

or his uncle, or his uncle’s son, may redeem him, or any who is a close relative to him of his family may redeem him; or if he has grown rich, he may redeem himself.

Leviticus 26:5

Your threshing shall continue until the vintage, and the vintage shall continue until the sowing time. You shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.

Leviticus 26:5

Your threshing shall continue until the vintage, and the vintage shall continue until the sowing time. You shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.

Leviticus 27:8

But if he is poorer than your valuation, then he shall be set before the priest, and the priest shall assign a value to him. The priest shall assign a value according to his ability to pay.

Numbers 6:21

“ ‘This is the law of the Nazirite who vows and of his offering to Yahweh for his separation, in addition to that which he is able to afford. According to his vow which he vows, so he must do after the law of his separation.’ ”

Deuteronomy 19:6

Otherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue the man slayer while hot anger is in his heart and overtake him, because the way is long, and strike him mortally, even though he was not worthy of death, because he didn’t hate him in time past.

Deuteronomy 28:2

All these blessings will come upon you, and overtake you, if you listen to Yahweh your God’s voice.

Deuteronomy 28:15

But it shall come to pass, if you will not listen to Yahweh your God’s voice, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command you today, that all these curses will come on you and overtake you.

Deuteronomy 28:45

All these curses will come on you, and will pursue you and overtake you, until you are destroyed, because you didn’t listen to Yahweh your God’s voice, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded you.

Joshua 2:5

About the time of the shutting of the gate, when it was dark, the men went out. Where the men went, I don’t know. Pursue them quickly. You may catch up with them.”

1 Samuel 14:26

When the people had come to the forest, behold, honey was dripping, but no one put his hand to his mouth; for the people feared the oath.

1 Samuel 30:8

David inquired of Yahweh, saying, “If I pursue after this troop, will I overtake them?” He answered him, “Pursue; for you will surely overtake them, and will without fail recover all.”

1 Samuel 30:8

David inquired of Yahweh, saying, “If I pursue after this troop, will I overtake them?” He answered him, “Pursue; for you will surely overtake them, and will without fail recover all.”

1 Samuel 30:8

David inquired of Yahweh, saying, “If I pursue after this troop, will I overtake them?” He answered him, “Pursue; for you will surely overtake them, and will without fail recover all.”

2 Samuel 15:14

David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, “Arise! Let’s flee; or else none of us will escape from Absalom. Hurry to depart, lest he overtake us quickly, and bring down evil on us, and strike the city with the edge of the sword.”

2 Kings 25:5

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

1 Chronicles 21:12

either three years of famine; or three months to be consumed before your foes, while the sword of your enemies overtakes you; or else three days the sword of Yahweh, even pestilence in the land, and Yahweh’s angel destroying throughout all the borders of Israel. Now therefore consider what answer I shall return to him who sent me.’ ”