Word Study · Strong's H5063 · Hebrew
נֶגֶף
negeph
neh'-ghef
“a trip (of the foot)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a trip (of the foot); figuratively, an infliction (of disease)
Rendered in the KJV as
plague, stumbling.
- 7occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 6inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 7 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 6
- הַנֶּ֖גֶף2
- הַנָּֽגֶף׃1
- נֶ֙גֶף֙1
- נֶ֖גֶף1
- נֶ֔גֶף1
- נֶ֠גֶף1
How it is rendered · 3
- a plague3
- the plague3
- striking1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- noun · masculine singular4
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular3
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsa · 4
- HTd/Ncmsa · 3
All 7, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Numbers carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Exodus2 occurrences
- Exodus 12:13נֶ֙גֶף֙negefnoun · masculine singularThe blood on the houses where you are staying will distinguish them; when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No plague will fall on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.here: a plague
- Exodus 30:12נֶ֖גֶףnegefnoun · masculine singular“When you take a census of the Israelites to number them, each man must pay the LORD a ransom for his life when he is counted. Then no plague will come upon them when they are numbered.here: a plague
Numbers3 occurrences
- Numbers 8:19נֶ֔גֶףnegefnoun · masculine singularAnd I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the Israelites, to perform the service for the Israelites at the Tent of Meeting and to make atonement on their behalf, so that no plague will come against the Israelites when they approach the sanctuary.”here: a plague
- Numbers 16:46הַנָּֽגֶף׃hanagefthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularMoses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, place fire from the altar in it, and add incense. Go quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, because wrath has come out from the LORD; the plague has begun.”here: the plague
- Numbers 16:47הַנֶּ֖גֶףhanegefthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularSo Aaron took the censer as Moses had ordered and ran into the midst of the assembly. And seeing that the plague had begun among the people, he offered the incense and made atonement for the people.here: the plague