נָסַג
nâçag · naw-sag'
to retreat
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to retreat
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: departing away, remove, take (hold), turn away.
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- 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 support and uphold › to carry, to lift up
The seed, life continuing that works to support and uphold that works to carry, to lift up.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נָסַג 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
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- remove2 · 22%
- thou shalt not remove1 · 11%
- be he that removeth1 · 11%
- and departing away1 · 11%
- is turned away1 · 11%
- were like them that remove1 · 11%
- to them, that they shall not take1 · 11%
- of thee; and thou shalt take hold1 · 11%
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.