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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #5169 - נָחַץ
Transliteration
nâchats
Phonetics
naw-khats'
Origin
a primitive root
Parts of Speech
verb
TWOT
1345
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition
- (Qal) to urge
- to be urgent (participle)
Greek Equivalent Words:
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Verse Results

ASV (1)
1 Samuel
1
BSB (1)
1 Samuel
1
CSB (1)
1 Samuel
1
ESV (1)
1 Samuel
1
KJV (1)
1 Samuel
1
LEB (1)
1 Samuel
1
LSB (1)
1 Samuel
1
N95 (1)
1 Samuel
1
NAS (1)
1 Samuel
1
NLT (0)
The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (1)
1 Samuel
1
Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
[נָחַץ] verb urge (?), whence (si vera lectio); —
Qal Passive participle ( active Participle in u, according to Ba NB 175), דְּבַד הַמֶּל֛ח נָחוּץ 1 Samuel 21:9 the king's business was urgent (ᵐ5 κατὰ σπουδήν, A κατασπεῦδον). (Thes compare Arabic ursit instititgue rogando [Kam Frey]); text dubious; HPS נָאוֺץ (from אוץ), > נחושׁ.
נחר (probably onomatopoetic √ of following; compare Assyrian na—îru, nostril; Arabic snort,
nostril; Ethiopic
snort; Syriac
id.,
nostril; ᵑ7נְחִירָא id.; also Late Hebrew Pi`el snort). — נָחַר Jeremiah 6:29 etc., see I. חרר.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
נָחַץ i.q. לָחַץ to urge on, to press (see the letter ). Part. pass. urgent, pressing, hasty, 1 Samuel 21:9. (Arab. خض id.).
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List of Word Forms
נָחֽוּץ׃ נחוץ׃ nā·ḥūṣ naChutz nāḥūṣ