Hebrew word study

נָגַעnâgaʻ — properly, to touch, i.e. lay the hand upon (for any purpose

Pronounced “naw-gah'”

properly, to touch, i.e. lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive, acquire); violently, to strike (punish, defeat, destroy, etc.)

Translated in the King James as: beat, (be able to) bring (down), cast, come (nigh), draw near (nigh), get up, happen, join, near, plague, reach (up), smite, strike, touch.

Appears 147 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive root;

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Where it appears

Genesis — 8×

Genesis 3:3 Genesis 12:17 Genesis 20:6 Genesis 26:11 Genesis 26:29 Genesis 28:12 Genesis 32:25 Genesis 32:32

Exodus — 7×

Exodus 4:25 Exodus 12:22 Exodus 19:12 Exodus 19:13 Exodus 29:37 Exodus 30:29+ 1 more in Exodus

Leviticus — 28×

Leviticus 5:2 Leviticus 5:3 Leviticus 5:7 Leviticus 6:18 Leviticus 6:27 Leviticus 7:19 Leviticus 7:21 Leviticus 11:8 Leviticus 11:24 Leviticus 11:26 Leviticus 11:27 Leviticus 11:31 Leviticus 11:36 Leviticus 11:39 Leviticus 12:4 Leviticus 15:5 Leviticus 15:7 Leviticus 15:10 Leviticus 15:11 Leviticus 15:12 Leviticus 15:19 Leviticus 15:21 Leviticus 15:22 Leviticus 15:23 Leviticus 15:27+ 3 more in Leviticus

Numbers — 10×

Numbers 4:15 Numbers 16:26 Numbers 19:11 Numbers 19:13 Numbers 19:16 Numbers 19:18 Numbers 19:21 Numbers 19:22 Numbers 31:19+ 1 more in Numbers

Deuteronomy — 1×

Deuteronomy 14:8

Joshua — 2×

Joshua 8:15 Joshua 9:19

Judges — 3×

Judges 6:21 Judges 20:34 Judges 20:41

Ruth — 1×

Ruth 2:9

1 Samuel — 3×

1 Sam 6:9 1 Sam 10:26 1 Sam 14:9

2 Samuel — 3×

2 Sam 5:8 2 Sam 14:10 2 Sam 23:7

1 Kings — 5×

1 Ki 6:27 1 Ki 19:5 1 Ki 19:7+ 2 more in 1 Kings

2 Kings — 2×

2 Ki 13:21 2 Ki 15:5

1 Chronicles — 1×

1 Chr 16:22

2 Chronicles — 5×

2 Chr 3:11 2 Chr 3:12 2 Chr 26:20 2 Chr 28:9+ 1 more in 2 Chronicles

Ezra — 1×

Ezra 3:1

Esther — 8×

Esther 2:12 Esther 2:15 Esther 4:3 Esther 4:14 Esther 5:2 Esther 6:14 Esther 8:17 Esther 9:26

Job — 8×

Job 1:11 Job 1:19 Job 2:5 Job 4:5 Job 5:19 Job 6:7 Job 19:21 Job 20:6

Psalms — 8×

Psalms 32:6 Psalms 73:5 Psalms 73:14 Psalms 88:3 Psalms 104:32 Psalms 105:15 Psalms 107:18 Psalms 144:5

Proverbs — 1×

Proverbs 6:29

Ecclesiastes — 3×

Eccles 8:14 Eccles 12:1+ 1 more in Ecclesiastes

Song of Solomon — 1×

Song 2:12

Isaiah — 10×

Isaiah 5:8 Isaiah 6:7 Isaiah 8:8 Isaiah 16:8 Isaiah 25:12 Isaiah 26:5 Isaiah 30:4 Isaiah 52:11 Isaiah 53:4+ 1 more in Isaiah

Jeremiah — 5×

Jeremiah 1:9 Jeremiah 4:18 Jeremiah 12:14 Jeremiah 48:32 Jeremiah 51:9

Lamentations — 3×

Lam 2:2 Lam 4:14 Lam 4:15

Ezekiel — 3×

Ezekiel 7:12 Ezekiel 13:14 Ezekiel 17:10

Daniel — 8×

Daniel 8:5 Daniel 8:7 Daniel 8:18 Daniel 9:21 Daniel 10:10 Daniel 10:16 Daniel 10:18 Daniel 12:12

Hosea — 1×

Amos — 1×

Jonah — 1×

Micah — 1×

Haggai — 2×

Haggai 2:12 Haggai 2:13

Zechariah — 3×

Zech 2:8 Zech 14:5+ 1 more in Zechariah

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