נָהַג
nâhag · naw-hag'
to drive forth (a person, an animal or chariot), i.e. lead, carry away; reflexively, to proceed (i.e. impel or guide oneself); also (from the panting induced by effort), to sigh
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to drive forth (a person, an animal or chariot), i.e. lead, carry away; reflexively, to proceed (i.e. impel or guide oneself); also (from the panting induced by effort), to sigh
- to drive forth (a person, an animal or chariot), i.e. lead, carry away
- reflexively, to proceed (i.e. impel or guide oneself)
- also, (from the panting induced by effort), to sigh
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: acquaint, bring (away), carry away, drive (away), lead (away, forth), (be) guide, lead (away, forth).
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › to reveal, behold › to carry, to lift up
The seed, life continuing that works to reveal, behold that works to carry, to lift up.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נָהַג above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
31 occurrences · 31 OT · 0 NT · 28 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- shall lead4 · 14%
- drave2 · 7%
- and he carried away1 · 3%
- to me, and carried away1 · 3%
- and he led1 · 3%
- brought1 · 3%
- that they drave1 · 3%
- and brought away1 · 3%
- but carried them away1 · 3%
- which they drave1 · 3%
- that they may lead them away1 · 3%
- drive1 · 3%
- for he driveth1 · 3%
- led forth1 · 3%
- himself, and led forth1 · 3%
- they drive away1 · 3%
- he will be our guide1 · 3%
- he brought in1 · 3%
- and guided1 · 3%
- thou that leadest1 · 3%
- yet acquainting1 · 3%
- i would lead1 · 3%
- lead away1 · 3%
- on them shall lead1 · 3%
- may be brought1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.