Biblical Hebrew

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hebrew #5253 - נָסַג nasag (departing away)


Original Word:נָסַג
Transliteration: nasag
Definition:departing away, remove, take hold, turn away
Part of Speech:Verb
Phonetic Spelling:(naw-sag')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

departing away, remove, take hold, turn away

A primitive root; to retreat -- departing away, remove, take (hold), turn away.


Englishman's Concordance

1) to move away, backslide, move, go, turn back
1a) (Qal) to backslide, prove recreant to
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to displace, move back
1b2) to remove, carry away
1d) (Hophal) to be driven back, be moved back
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1469

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. [סוּג, seldom שׂוּג] verbmove away, backslide (׳שׂ erroneous; Arabic go and come Lane1459, abitus et adventus Frey (Kam)); —

QalPerfect3masculine singular סָגPsalm 53:4; Imperfect1plural נָסוֺגPsalm 80:19; Participle active construct סוּגProverbs 14:14 (BaNB § 124c Ges§§ 50f, 72p); — backslide, prove recreant to׳י, with מִןPsalm 80:19; so absolute Psalm 53:4; סוּג לֵבProverbs 14:14a backslider in heart.

Niph`alPerfect3masculine singular נָסוֺגPsalm 44:19, נָשׂוֺג2 Samuel 1:20 (שׂ for ס); 1 singular נְסוּגֹּ֫תִיIsaiah 50:5; 3plural נָסֹ֫גוּIsaiah 42:17; Jeremiah 38:22; Imperfect3masculine singular יִסַּגMicah 2:6 (Ges§ 72dd, but see below); 3 masculine plural יִמֹּ֫גוּPsalm 35:4 3t., וַיִּסֹּ֫גוּPsalm 78:57; Infinitive absoluteנָסוֺגIsaiah 59:13; Participle plural נְסוֺגִיםZephaniah 1:6; Jeremiah 46:5; —

1 reflexive turn oneself away, turn back :

a. literally of Jonathan's bow 2 Samuel 1:22, with מִן (see HPS).

b. figurative=prove faithless (as

Qal): (1) of human friends, אָחוֺר׳נסJeremiah 38:22 (absolute); usually (2) ׳מֵאַחֲרֵי י׳נסZephaniah 1:6 compare Isaiah 59:13; so absolute Psalm 78:57 (+ בָּגַד), with אָחוֺרIsaiah 50:5 ("" מָרִיתִי), Psalm 44:19 ("" נָטָה מִן). — לֹא יִסַּג כְּלִמּוֺתMicah 2:6 could mean reproaches do not depart, i.e. cease (Hi-St Che GASm Now RV); Now proposes also (emending following see) shall not disgrace depart from Jacob's house ? BuhlLex 13 conjecture, plausibly, יַשִּׂיג (√ נשׂג) disgrace shall not overtake us.

2be truned or driven back, be repulsed, of ׳נs foes: + אָחוֺדJeremiah 46:5; Isaiah 42:17; Psalm 35:4; Psalm 40:15=Psalm 70:3Psalm 5.

Hiph`il 1. usually of displacing, moving back a boundary mark (גְּבוּ), Imperfect2masculine singular תַּסִּיגDeuteronomy 19:14, jussive תַּסֵגProverbs 22:10; 3masculine plural יַשִּׂיגוּJob 24:2 (שׂ for ס); Participle׳מַסִּיג גDeuteronomy 27:17, ׳מַסִּיגֵי גHosea 5:10.

2remove carry away, valuables, to rescue them, jussive, 2masculine singular תַּסֵּגMicah 6:14 si vera lectio (on synt.see Dr§§ 152, 1. 2; 155 Obs.)

Hoph`alPerfect3masculine singular וְהֻסַּג אָחוֺר מִשְׁמָּטIsaiah 59:14and justice is driven back ("" צְדָקָה מֵרָחוֺקתַּעֲמֹד).

סוגEzekiel 22:18 see following.


Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 5253. נָסַג (nasag) — 9 Occurrences

Deuteronomy 19:14
HEB: לֹ֤א תַסִּיג֙ גְּב֣וּל רֵֽעֲךָ֔
KJV:Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's
INT: not remove boundary your neighbor's

Deuteronomy 27:17
HEB: אָר֕וּר מַסִּ֖יג גְּב֣וּל רֵעֵ֑הוּ
KJV: Cursed [be] he that removeth his neighbour's
INT: Cursed removeth boundary his neighbor's

Proverbs 22:28
HEB: אַל־ תַּ֭סֵּג גְּב֣וּל עוֹלָ֑ם
KJV:Remove not the ancient landmark,
INT: nay Remove boundary the ancient

Proverbs 23:10
HEB: אַל־ תַּ֭סֵּג גְּב֣וּל עוֹלָ֑ם
KJV:Remove not the old landmark;
INT: nay Remove boundary the ancient

Isaiah 59:13
HEB:וְכַחֵשׁ֙ בַּֽיהוָ֔ה וְנָס֖וֹג מֵאַחַ֣ר אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ
KJV: against the LORD, and departing away from
INT: and denying the LORD away from our God

Isaiah 59:14
HEB: וְהֻסַּ֤ג אָחוֹר֙ מִשְׁפָּ֔ט
KJV: And judgment is turned away backward,
INT:away back Justice

Hosea 5:10
HEB:שָׂרֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה כְּמַסִּיגֵ֖י גְּב֑וּל עֲלֵיהֶ֕ם
KJV: of Judah were like them that remove the bound:
INT: the princes of Judah remove A boundary on

Micah 2:6
HEB:לָאֵ֔לֶּה לֹ֥א יִסַּ֖ג כְּלִמּֽוֹת׃
KJV: they shall not prophesy to them, [that] they shall not take shame.
INT: these shall not take Reproaches

Micah 6:14
HEB:וְיֶשְׁחֲךָ֖ בְּקִרְבֶּ֑ךָ וְתַסֵּג֙ וְלֹ֣א תַפְלִ֔יט
KJV: [shall be] in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take hold, but shalt not deliver;
INT: and your vileness your midst hold you will not preserve

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