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Strong's H5381 נָשַׂג (nasag)

Nasag means “reach” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G5381 — philonexia (“entertain stranger”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H5381
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 47
Books 19

Strong's H5381 Quick Answer

Strong's H5381 נָשַׂג (nasag) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. nasag (naw-sag') v. 1. to reach (literally or figuratively) [a primitive root] It has 47 linked Bible usages across 19 books. Visible English usage signals include unto, able, overtook, overtake, and have. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
nasag (naw-sag') v. 1. to reach (literally or figuratively) [a primitive root]
Usage
47 linked usages
Books
19 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
unto, able, overtook, overtake, and have

Meaning and Definition

nasag (naw-sag') v. 1. to reach (literally or figuratively) [a primitive root] KJV: 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).

Original Word
נָשַׂג
Transliteration
nasag
Derivation
Root: נשׂג
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H5381. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

to overtake

Usage: 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

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How Strong's H5381 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render nasag, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

How Strong's H5381 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 47 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H5381 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H5381 in the Old Testament

47 indexed usages in Old Testament.

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.

Usage Excerpts

First 47 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H5381.

Genesis 31:25 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, KJV
And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words.
Genesis 47:9 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 14:30 Old Testament, KJV
And he shall offer the one of the turtledoves, or of the young pigeons, such as he can get;
Leviticus 14:31 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, KJV
And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to redeem it;
Leviticus 25:47 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 28:15 Old Testament, KJV
But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:
Deuteronomy 28:45 Old Testament, 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:
Joshua 2:5 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.
1 Samuel 14:26 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, KJV
Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.
Job 27:20 Old Testament, KJV
Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
Job 41:26 Old Testament, KJV
The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.
Psalms 7:5 Old Testament, 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.
Psalms 18:37 Old Testament, KJV
I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.
Psalms 40:12 Old Testament, 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.
Psalms 69:24 Old Testament, KJV
Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.
Proverbs 2:19 Old Testament, KJV
None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
Isaiah 35:10 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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.
Hosea 2:7 Old Testament, KJV
And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.
Hosea 10:9 Old Testament, KJV
O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them.
Zechariah 1:6 Old Testament, KJV
But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H5381, grouped by book.

Genesis 4 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 2 usages, Old Testament
Leviticus 11 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 1 usage, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 4 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Samuel 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
Job 3 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 4 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 3 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 3 usages, Old Testament
Lamentations 1 usage, Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Old Testament
Hosea 2 usages, Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H5381 FAQ

What does nasag (נָשַׂג) mean?

Nasag (Strong's H5381) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "reach". nasag (naw-sag') v. 1. to reach (literally or figuratively) [a primitive root]

How many times is nasag (נָשַׂג) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 47 linked usages for Strong's H5381 across 19 books.

Where can I study nasag (נָשַׂג) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H5381 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate nasag (נָשַׂג)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as unto, able, overtook, overtake, have, and get. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.