Know the Word.

Hebrew word

nâgas

naw-gas'

נָגַשׂ

What it means

to drive

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

Where it comes from

a primitive root

How the King James translates it

  • taskmasters5
  • oppressor4
  • exact3
  • distressed2
  • oppressed2
  • exacted1
  • oppressors1
  • exactors1

Every place it appears 20

Deuteronomy15:215:3
1 Samuel13:614:24
2 Kings23:35
Daniel11:20
Zechariah9:810:4