To suffer injury
נְזַקStrong’s H5142nezaq (ne-zaq)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Nezaq is the Aramaic word usually translated “it will injure”, “injuring” and “injury”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage.”
Meaning
- To suffer injury(P'al) to suffer injury · (Aphel) to injure
How it's translated
- it will injure 1
- and injuring 1
- to injury 1
- suffering injury 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezra 3
- Daniel 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Ezra 4:13Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls set up again, then will they not pay toll, tribute, and custom, and so thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings.
- Ezra 4:15That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time: for which cause was this city destroyed.
- Ezra 4:22Take heed now that ye fail not to do this: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?
Aramaic dictionary
נְזַק nezaq · to suffer injury
1) to suffer injury 1a) (P'al) to suffer injury 1b) (Aphel) to injure
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “injure” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
IN'JURE, verb transitive
[Latin injuria, injury.]
- To hurt or wound, as the person; to impair soundness, as of health.
- To damage or lessen the value of, as goods or estate.
- To slander, tarnish or impair, as reputation or character.
- To impair or diminish; to annoy; as happiness.
All definitions
- To give pain to; to grieve; as sensibility or feelings.
- To hurt or weaken; as, to injure a good cause.
- To impair; to violate; as, to injure rights.
- To make worse; as, great rains injure the roads.
- In general, to wrong the person, to damage the property, or to lessen the happiness of ourselves or others.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Aramaic, not from any one translation.