Hebrew word study

נָגַשׁnâgash to be or come (causatively, bring) near (for any purpose)

Pronounced “naw-gash'

to be or come (causatively, bring) near (for any purpose); euphemistically, to lie with a woman; as an enemy, to attack; religious to worship; causatively, to present; figuratively, to adduce an argument; by reversal, to stand back

Translated in the King James as: (make to) approach (nigh), bring (forth, hither, near), (cause to) come (hither, near, nigh), give place, go hard (up), (be, draw, go) near (nigh), offer, overtake, present, put, stand.

Appears 125 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive root;

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Where it appears

Genesis 20×
Genesis 18:23Genesis 19:9Genesis 27:21Genesis 27:22Genesis 27:25Genesis 27:26Genesis 27:27Genesis 29:10Genesis 33:3Genesis 33:6Genesis 33:7Genesis 43:19Genesis 44:18Genesis 45:4Genesis 48:10Genesis 48:13+ 4 more in Genesis
Exodus 13×
Exodus 19:15Exodus 19:22Exodus 20:21Exodus 21:6Exodus 24:2Exodus 24:14Exodus 28:43Exodus 30:20Exodus 32:6Exodus 34:30Exodus 34:32+ 2 more in Exodus
Leviticus 5×
Leviticus 2:8Leviticus 8:14Leviticus 21:21Leviticus 21:23+ 1 more in Leviticus
Numbers 3×
Numbers 4:19Numbers 8:19Numbers 32:16
Deuteronomy 4×
Deuteronomy 20:2Deuteronomy 21:5Deuteronomy 25:1Deuteronomy 25:9
Joshua 4×
Joshua 3:9Joshua 8:11Joshua 14:6Joshua 21:1
Judges 3×
Judges 6:19Judges 9:52Judges 20:23
Ruth 1×
Ruth 2:14
1 Samuel 15×
1 Sam 7:101 Sam 9:181 Sam 13:91 Sam 14:181 Sam 14:341 Sam 14:381 Sam 15:321 Sam 17:161 Sam 17:401 Sam 23:91 Sam 28:251 Sam 30:71 Sam 30:21+ 2 more in 1 Samuel
2 Samuel 7×
2 Sam 1:152 Sam 3:342 Sam 10:132 Sam 11:202 Sam 11:212 Sam 13:112 Sam 17:29
1 Kings 9×
1 Ki 4:211 Ki 18:211 Ki 18:301 Ki 18:361 Ki 20:131 Ki 20:221 Ki 20:281 Ki 22:24+ 1 more in 1 Kings
2 Kings 5×
2 Ki 2:52 Ki 4:52 Ki 4:62 Ki 4:272 Ki 5:13
1 Chronicles 1×
1 Chr 19:14
2 Chronicles 3×
2 Chr 18:232 Chr 29:232 Chr 29:31
Ezra 2×
Ezra 4:2Ezra 9:1
Job 2×
Job 40:19Job 41:16
Psalms 1×
Psalms 91:7
Isaiah 9×
Isaiah 29:13Isaiah 41:1Isaiah 41:21Isaiah 41:22Isaiah 45:20Isaiah 45:21Isaiah 49:20Isaiah 50:8Isaiah 65:5
Jeremiah 4×
Jeremiah 30:21Jeremiah 42:1Jeremiah 46:3+ 1 more in Jeremiah
Ezekiel 3×
Ezekiel 9:6Ezekiel 44:13+ 1 more in Ezekiel
Joel 1×
Joel 3:9
Amos 4×
Amos 5:25Amos 6:3Amos 9:10Amos 9:13
Malachi 6×
Malachi 1:7Malachi 1:8Malachi 1:11Malachi 2:12Malachi 3:3+ 1 more in Malachi

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