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Strong H5381נָשַׂג

to overtake

Transliteration
nâώag
Pronunciation
naw-sag'
Morphology
Hebrew Verb

Definition

A primitive root; to reach (literally or figuratively): - {ability} be {able} attain ({unto}) (be able {to} can) {get} lay {at} {put} {reach} {remove} wax {rich} X {surely} (over-) take (hold {of} {on} upon).

Detailed definition

1) to reach, overtake, take hold upon
1a) (Hiphil)
1a1) to overtake
1a2) to reach, attain to, cause to reach
1a3) to be able to secure, reach, have enough

In the Bible

Strong H5381 appears in 47 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • overtake15
  • get6
  • hold5
  • overtook5
  • attain2
  • be2
  • obtain2
  • ability1
  • bring1
  • layeth1
  • overtaken1
  • overtaketh1

First verses

  1. Genesis 31:25
    Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead.
  2. Genesis 44:4
    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?
  3. Genesis 44:6
    And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words.
  4. Genesis 47:9
    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.
  5. Exodus 14:9
    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 Pi–hahiroth, before Baal–zephon.
  6. Exodus 15:9
    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.
  7. Leviticus 5:11
    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.
  8. Leviticus 14:21
    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;
  9. Leviticus 14:22
    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.
  10. Leviticus 14:30
    And he shall offer the one of the turtledoves, or of the young pigeons, such as he can get;
  11. Leviticus 14:31
    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.
  12. Leviticus 14:32
    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.
  13. Leviticus 25:26
    And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to redeem it;
  14. Leviticus 25:47
    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:
  15. Leviticus 25:49
    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.
  16. Leviticus 26:5
    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.
  17. Leviticus 27:8
    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.
  18. Numbers 6:21
    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.
  19. Deuteronomy 19:6
    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.
  20. Deuteronomy 28:2
    And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God.
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