# נָגַשׂ (nagas) Israeli respelling: na-gas. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew. Strong’s H5065. 23 Old Testament occurrences. to drive (an animal, a workman, a debtor, an army); by implication, to tax, harass, tyrannize King James renderings: distress, driver, exact(-or), oppress(-or), [idiom] raiser of taxes, taskmaster. Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/nagas-h5065 ## Occurrences - [Exodus 3:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/3/7) — And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmaste… - [Exodus 5:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/5/6) — And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying, - [Exodus 5:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/5/10) — And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give y… - [Exodus 5:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/5/13) — And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw. - [Exodus 5:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/5/14) — And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not… - [Deuteronomy 15:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/15/2) — And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his… - [Deuteronomy 15:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/15/3) — Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release; - [1 Samuel 13:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/13/6) — When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and… - [1 Samuel 14:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/14/24) — And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food until eveni… - [2 Kings 23:35](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/23/35) — And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh: he… - [Job 3:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/3/18) — There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor. - [Job 39:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/39/7) — He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver. - [Isaiah 3:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/3/5) — And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the… - [Isaiah 3:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/3/12) — As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy… - [Isaiah 9:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/9/4) — For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian. - [Isaiah 14:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/14/2) — And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for serva… - [Isaiah 14:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/14/4) — That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased! - [Isaiah 53:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/53/7) — He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her sh… - [Isaiah 58:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/58/3) — Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the… - [Isaiah 60:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/60/17) — For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace… - [Daniel 11:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/11/20) — Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes in the glory of the kingdom: but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in ange… - [Zechariah 9:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zechariah/9/8) — And I will encamp about mine house because of the army, because of him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and no oppressor… - [Zechariah 10:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zechariah/10/4) — Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together.