Strong’s definition
to drive (an animal, a workman, a debtor, an army); by implication, to tax, harass, tyrannize
KJV gloss list in the source
distress, driver, exact(-or), oppress(-or), [idiom] raiser of taxes, taskmaster.
Source pronunciation notation: naw-gas'
Derivation recorded by Strong
a primitive root;
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