5142. nezaq

Lexicon

nezaq: Damage, harm, injury

Original Word: נְזַק
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: nzaq
Pronunciation: nay-zahk
Phonetic Spelling: (nez-ak')
Definition: Damage, harm, injury
Meaning: to suffer, loss

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

have damage, hurtful

(Aramaic) corresponding to the root of nezeq; to suffer (causatively, inflict) loss -- have (en-)damage, hurt(-ful).

see HEBREW nezeq

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
(Aramaic) corresponding to the root of nezeq
Definition
to suffer injury
NASB Translation
damage (1), damaging (1), detriment (1), suffer loss (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[נְזַק] verb suffer injury (ᵑ7 id.; Assyrian nazâ‡u, injure; on combination with Arabic impair, see Ba^{ES 51} Frä^{BAS iii. 81}); —

Pe`al Participle נָזִ֑ק Daniel 6:3.

Haph`el injure: Imperfect3feminine singular תְּהַנְזִ֑ק (K^{§ 33, 2}) Ezra 4:13 (accusative of person). Participle active f. construct מְהַנְזְקַת מַלְכְין Ezra 4:15; Infinitive construct ׳לְהַנְזָתַ מ Ezra 4:22 (K^ib. d); M^{§ 48} c קֻת-).

Topical Lexicon

Word Origin: Aramaic root

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: • G2554 (κακοποιέω, kakopoieō): This Greek term means to do harm or to do evil. It shares a thematic connection with נְזַק in the sense of causing or experiencing harm or loss. While נְזַק focuses on the experience of loss, κακοποιέω emphasizes the act of causing harm or doing evil, often used in the New Testament to describe wrongful actions against others.

Usage: This Aramaic verb is used in the context of experiencing loss or damage. It appears in the Aramaic portions of the Old Testament, specifically in the book of Daniel.

Context: • The term נְזַק (nezaq) is an Aramaic verb found in the Old Testament, primarily in the book of Daniel, which contains sections written in Aramaic. The word conveys the idea of suffering loss or damage, often in a physical or material sense. In the context of Daniel, it is used to describe the potential harm or loss that could befall individuals or groups.
• In Daniel 6:2 (BSB), the term is used to describe the king's concern that he might suffer loss due to the actions of his administrators: "And over them three administrators, including Daniel, to whom these satraps were accountable so that the king would not suffer loss."
• The usage of נְזַק highlights the vulnerability of individuals or entities to external threats or mismanagement, emphasizing the need for vigilance and wise governance to prevent such losses.

Forms and Transliterations

וּֽמְהַנְזְקַ֤ת ומהנזקת לְהַנְזָקַ֖ת להנזקת נָזִֽק׃ נזק׃ תְּהַנְזִֽק׃ תהנזק׃ lə·han·zā·qaṯ lehanzaKat ləhanzāqaṯ nā·ziq naZik nāziq tə·han·ziq tehanZik təhanziq ū·mə·han·zə·qaṯ umehanzeKat ūməhanzəqaṯ

Englishman's Concordance

Ezra 4:13
HEB: וְאַפְּתֹ֥ם מַלְכִ֖ים תְּהַנְזִֽק׃
NAS: or toll, and it will damage the revenue
KJV: and custom, and [so] thou shalt endamage the revenue
INT: the revenue of the kings will damage

Ezra 4:15
HEB: קִרְיָ֣א מָֽרָדָ֗א וּֽמְהַנְזְקַ֤ת מַלְכִין֙ וּמְדִנָ֔ן
NAS: city and damaging to kings
KJV: city, and hurtful unto kings
INT: city rebellious and damaging to kings and provinces

Ezra 4:22
HEB: יִשְׂגֵּ֣א חֲבָלָ֔א לְהַנְזָקַ֖ת מַלְכִֽין׃ ס
NAS: increase to the detriment of the kings?
KJV: grow to the hurt of the kings?
INT: increase damage to the detriment king

Daniel 6:2
HEB: לָֽא־ לֶהֱוֵ֥א נָזִֽק׃
NAS: to them, and that the king might not suffer loss.
KJV: should have no damage.
INT: no have suffer

4 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 5142
4 Occurrences

lə·han·zā·qaṯ — 1 Occ.
nā·ziq — 1 Occ.
tə·han·ziq — 1 Occ.
ū·mə·han·zə·qaṯ — 1 Occ.