King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H5253
Transliteration: nasag
Phonetic Spelling: (naw-sag')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: departing away, remove, take hold, turn away
Meaning: departing away, remove, take hold, turn away
Word Summary
nasag: departing away, remove, take hold, turn away
Original Word: נָסַגTransliteration: nasag
Phonetic Spelling: (naw-sag')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: departing away, remove, take hold, turn away
Meaning: departing away, remove, take hold, turn away
Strong's Concordance
departing away, remove, take hold, turn away A primitive root; to retreat -- departing away, remove, take (hold), turn away.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H5253. nasag
I. [סוּג, seldom שׂוּג] verb move away, backslide (׳שׂ erroneous; Arabic go and come Lane1459, abitus et adventus Frey (Kam)); —
Qal Perfect3masculine singular סָג Psalm 53:4; Imperfect1plural נָסוֺג 80:19; Participle active construct סוּג Proverbs 14:14 (BaNB § 124c Ges§§ 50f, 72p); — backslide, prove recreant to ׳י, with מִן Psalm 80:19; so absolute 53:4; לֵב סוּג Proverbs 14:14 a backslider in heart.
Niph`al Perfect3masculine singular נָסוֺג Psalm 44:19, נָשׂוֺג 2 Samuel 1:20 (שׂ for ס); 1 singular נְסוּגֹּ֫תִי Isaiah 50:5; 3plural נָסֹ֫גוּ 42:17; Jeremiah 38:22; Imperfect3masculine singular יִסַּג Micah 2:6 (Ges§ 72dd, but see below); 3 masculine plural יִמֹּ֫גוּ Psalm 35:4 3t., וַיִּסֹּ֫גוּ 78:57; Infinitive absolute נָסוֺג Isaiah 59:13; Participle plural נְסוֺגִים Zephaniah 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, ׳נס אָחוֺר Jeremiah 38:22 (absolute); usually (2) ׳נס י ׳מֵאַחֲרֵי Zephaniah 1:6 compare Isaiah 59:13; so absolute Psalm 78:57 (+ בָּגַד), with אָחוֺר Isaiah 50:5 ("" מָרִיתִי), Psalm 44:19 ("" מִן נָטָה). — כְּלִמּוֺת יִסַּג לֹא Micah 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.
2 be truned or driven back, be repulsed, of ׳נs foes: + אָחוֺד Jeremiah 46:5; Isaiah 42:17; Psalm 35:4; 40:15 = 70:3Psalm 5.
Hiph`il 1. usually of displacing, moving back a boundary mark (גְּבוּ), Imperfect2masculine singular תַּסִּיג Deuteronomy 19:14, jussive תַּסֵג Proverbs 22:10; 3masculine plural יַשִּׂיגוּ Job 24:2 (שׂ for ס); Participle ג ׳מַסִּיג Deuteronomy 27:17, ג ׳מַסִּיגֵי Hosea 5:10.
2 remove carry away, valuables, to rescue them, jussive, 2masculine singular תַּסֵּג Micah 6:14 si vera lectio (on synt.see Dr§§ 152, 1. 2; 155 Obs.)
Hoph`al Perfect3masculine singular מִשְׁמָּט אָחוֺר וְהֻסַּג Isaiah 59:14 and justice is driven back ("" תַּעֲמֹד מֵרָחוֺק צְדָקָה).
סוג Ezekiel 22:18 see following.