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Hebrew verb · H5062

נָגַף

nagaphnaw-gaf'

to strike

49 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: nâgaph

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5062is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 17 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 43
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H5062

to push, gore, defeat, stub (the toe), inflict (a disease)

The King James renders it: beat, dash, hurt, plague, slay, smite (down), strike, stumble, [idiom] surely, put to the worse.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

nagaph is rendered "to strike". It stands 49 times in the Hebrew text, across seventeen books.

  • Eight of the uses stand in 2 Chronicles, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 8:2But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs.
  • The Greek text spells it forty-three different ways.

The first use

But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs.

Exodus 8:2נֹגֵ֛ף

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

The word stands in seventeen of the 39 Old Testament books.

The other 22 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • and it was defeated4
  • defeated4
  • and he struck3
  • and they were defeated3
  • about to strike2
  • and he defeated2
  • he will strike2
  • it will strike2
  • they had been defeated2
  • they were defeated2
  • to strike2
  • you will be defeated2

and 19 more, 49 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

נָגַדnagadto tellUses370
נָגַעnagato touchUses150
נָגַשׁnagashto approach: approachUses125
נָגַשׂnagasto oppressUses23
נָגַןnaganto playUses15
נָגַחnagachto goreUses11
נָגַרnagarto pourUses10
נָגַהּnagahhto shineUses6

The words it stands beside

All 49, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

43 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • וַיִּנָּ֥גֶף3
  • וַיִּנָּ֤גֶף2
  • יִגֹּ֤ף2
  • נֹגֵ֛ף2
  • נִגְּפוּ֙2
  • אֶגּֽוֹף׃1
  • בְּֽהִנָּגֵ֞ף1
  • בְּנָגְפּ֥וֹ1
  • וָאֶגֹּ֣ף1
  • וַיִּגֹּ֥ף1
  • וַיִּגֹּ֨ף1
  • וַיִּגֹּ֧ף1

and 31 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • Hc/VNw3ms5Hc/VNw3ms
  • Hc/Vqw3ms5Hc/Vqw3ms
  • verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural4HVNp3cp
  • Hc/VNw3mp3Hc/VNw3mp
  • verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular3HVqi3ms
  • preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)2HR/Vqcc
  • verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine plural2HVNi2mp
  • verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine plural2HVNrmpa
  • verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine singular2HVNrmsa
  • verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singular2HVqi3fs
  • verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular2HVqrmsa
  • Hc/VNq2mp1Hc/VNq2mp

Exodus

seven uses
  • But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs.

    Exodus 8:2

    • נֹגֵ֛ףnogefverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: about to strike
  • When the LORD passes through to strike down the Egyptians, He will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway; so He will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down.

    Exodus 12:23

    • לִנְגֹּ֣ףlingofpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to strike
    • לִנְגֹּֽף׃lingofpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to strike
  • you are to reply, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when He struck down the Egyptians and spared our homes.’” Then the people bowed down and worshiped.

    Exodus 12:27

    • בְּנָגְפּ֥וֹbenagepopreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: when struck he
  • If men who are fighting strike a pregnant woman and her child is born prematurely, but there is no further injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman’s husband demands and as the court allows.

    Exodus 21:22

    • וְנָ֨גְפ֜וּvenagefuHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will strike
  • If a man’s ox injures his neighbor’s ox and it dies, they must sell the live one and divide the proceeds; they also must divide the dead animal.

    Exodus 21:35

    • יִגֹּ֧ףyigofverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will strike
  • And the LORD sent a plague on the people because of what they had done with the calf that Aaron had made.

    Exodus 32:35

    • וַיִּגֹּ֥ףvaiyigofHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he struck

Leviticus

one use
  • And I will set My face against you, so that you will be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one pursues you.

    Leviticus 26:17

    • וְנִגַּפְתֶּ֖םvenigaftemHc/VNq2mptagged: and you will be defeated

Numbers

one use
  • Do not go up, lest you be struck down by your enemies, because the LORD is not among you.

    Numbers 14:42

    • תִּנָּ֣גְפ֔וּtinagefuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will be defeated

Deuteronomy

three uses
  • But the LORD said to me, “Tell them not to go up and fight, for I am not with you to keep you from defeat by your enemies.”

    Deuteronomy 1:42

    • תִּנָּֽגְפ֔וּtinagefuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will be defeated
  • The LORD will cause the enemies who rise up against you to be defeated before you. They will march out against you in one direction but flee from you in seven.

    Deuteronomy 28:7

    • נִגָּפִ֖יםnigafimverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: defeated
  • The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

    Deuteronomy 28:25

    • נִגָּף֮nigafverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine singulartagged: defeated

Joshua

one use
  • Then I sent Moses and Aaron, and I afflicted the Egyptians by what I did there, and afterward I brought you out.

    Joshua 24:5

    • וָאֶגֹּ֣ףvaegofHc/Vqw1cstagged: and I struck

Judges

five uses
  • “We are defeating them as before,” said the Benjamites. But the Israelites said, “Let us retreat and draw them away from the city onto the roads.”

    Judges 20:32

    • נִגָּפִ֥יםnigafimverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: defeated
  • The LORD defeated Benjamin in the presence of Israel, and on that day the Israelites slaughtered 25,100 Benjamites, all armed with swords.

    Judges 20:35

    • וַיִּגֹּ֨ףvaiyigofHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he defeated
  • Then the Benjamites realized they had been defeated. Now the men of Israel had retreated before Benjamin because they were relying on the ambush they had set against Gibeah.

    Judges 20:36

    • נִגָּ֑פוּnigafuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were defeated
  • the men of Israel would turn in the battle. When the Benjamites had begun to strike them down, killing about thirty men of Israel, they said, “They are defeated before us as in the first battle.”

    Judges 20:39

    • נִגּ֨וֹףnigofverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive absolutetagged: certainly to defeated
    • נִגָּ֥ףnigafverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine singulartagged: defeated

1 Samuel

six uses
  • The Philistines arrayed themselves against Israel, and as the battle spread, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who struck down about four thousand men on the battlefield.

    1 Samuel 4:2

    • וַיִּנָּ֥גֶףvaiyinagefHc/VNw3mstagged: and it was defeated
  • When the troops returned to the camp, the elders of Israel asked, “Why has the LORD brought defeat on us before the Philistines today? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Shiloh, so that it may go with us to save us from the hand of our enemies.”

    1 Samuel 4:3

    • נְגָפָ֧נוּnegafanuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: has he defeated us
  • So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and each man fled to his tent. The slaughter was very great—thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell.

    1 Samuel 4:10

    • וַיִּנָּ֤גֶףvaiyinagefHc/VNw3mstagged: and it was defeated
  • As the Philistines drew near to fight against Israel, Samuel was sacrificing the burnt offering. But that day the LORD thundered loudly against the Philistines and threw them into such confusion that they fled before Israel.

    1 Samuel 7:10

    • וַיִּנָּגְפ֖וּvaiyinagefuHc/VNw3mptagged: and they were defeated
  • About ten days later, the LORD struck Nabal dead.

    1 Samuel 25:38

    • וַיִּגֹּ֧ףvaiyigofHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he struck
  • David added, “As surely as the LORD lives, the LORD Himself will strike him down; either his day will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish.

    1 Samuel 26:10

    • יִגָּפֶ֑נּוּyigafenuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will strike him

2 Samuel

five uses
  • The battle that day was intense, and Abner and the men of Israel were defeated by the servants of David.

    2 Samuel 2:17

    • וַיִּנָּ֤גֶףvaiyinagefHc/VNw3mstagged: and he was defeated
  • When the Arameans saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they regrouped.

    2 Samuel 10:15

    • נִגַּ֖ףnigafverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it was defeated
  • When all the kings who were subject to Hadadezer saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel and became subject to them. So the Arameans were afraid to help the Ammonites anymore.

    2 Samuel 10:19

    • נִגְּפוּ֙nigefuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were defeated
  • After Nathan had gone home, the LORD struck the child that Uriah’s wife had borne to David, and he became ill.

    2 Samuel 12:15

    • וַיִּגֹּ֣ףvaiyigofHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he struck
  • There the people of Israel were defeated by David’s servants, and the slaughter was great that day—twenty thousand men.

    2 Samuel 18:7

    • וַיִּנָּ֤גְפוּvaiyinagefuHc/VNw3mptagged: and they were defeated

1 Kings

one use
  • When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they return to You and confess Your name, praying and pleading with You in this temple,

    1 Kings 8:33

    • בְּֽהִנָּגֵ֞ףbehinagefpreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: when are defeated

2 Kings

one use
  • And Judah was routed before Israel, and every man fled to his home.

    2 Kings 14:12

    • וַיִּנָּ֥גֶףvaiyinagefHc/VNw3mstagged: and it was defeated

1 Chronicles

two uses
  • When the Arameans saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they sent messengers to bring more Arameans from beyond the Euphrates, with Shophach the commander of Hadadezer’s army leading them.

    1 Chronicles 19:16

    • נִגְּפוּ֮nigefuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they had been defeated
  • When Hadadezer’s subjects saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with David and became subject to him. So the Arameans were unwilling to help the Ammonites anymore.

    1 Chronicles 19:19

    • נִגְּפוּ֙nigefuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they had been defeated

2 Chronicles

eight uses
  • When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they return to You and confess Your name, praying and pleading before You in this temple,

    2 Chronicles 6:24

    • יִנָּגֵ֞ףyinagefverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be defeated
  • and the men of Judah raised the battle cry. And when they raised the cry, God routed Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.

    2 Chronicles 13:15

    • נָגַ֤ףnagafverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he defeated
  • Jeroboam did not again recover his power during the days of Abijah, and the LORD struck him down and he died.

    2 Chronicles 13:20

    • וַיִּגְּפֵ֥הוּvaiyigefehuHc/Vqw3ms/Sp3mstagged: and he struck him
  • So the LORD struck down the Cushites before Asa and Judah, and the Cushites fled.

    2 Chronicles 14:12

    • וַיִּגֹּ֤ףvaiyigofHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he defeated
  • The moment they began their shouts and praises, the LORD set ambushes against the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir who had come against Judah, and they were defeated.

    2 Chronicles 20:22

    • וַיִּנָּגֵֽפוּ׃vaiyinagefuHc/VNw3mptagged: and they were defeated
  • So behold, the LORD is about to strike your people, your sons, your wives, and all your possessions with a serious blow.

    2 Chronicles 21:14

    • נֹגֵ֛ףnogefverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: about to strike
  • After all this, the LORD afflicted Jehoram with an incurable disease of the bowels.

    2 Chronicles 21:18

    • נְגָפ֨וֹnegafoverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he struck him
  • And Judah was routed before Israel, and every man fled to his own home.

    2 Chronicles 25:22

    • וַיִּנָּ֥גֶףvaiyinagefHc/VNw3mstagged: and it was defeated

Psalms

two uses
  • I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.

    Psalms 89:23

    • אֶגּֽוֹף׃ʾegofverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will strike down
  • They will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.

    Psalms 91:12

    • תִּגֹּ֖ףtigofverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: you should strike

Proverbs

one use
  • Then you will go on your way in safety, and your foot will not stumble.

    Proverbs 3:23

    • תִגּֽוֹף׃tigofverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will strike

Isaiah

two uses
  • And the LORD will strike Egypt with a plague; He will strike them but heal them. They will turn to the LORD, and He will hear their prayers and heal them.

    Isaiah 19:22

    • וְנָגַ֧ףvenagafHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will strike
    • נָגֹ֣ףnagofverb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: striking

Jeremiah

one use
  • Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.

    Jeremiah 13:16

    • יִֽתְנַגְּפ֥וּyitnagefuverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will stumble

Zechariah

two uses
  • And this will be the plague with which the LORD strikes all the peoples who have warred against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.

    Zechariah 14:12

    • יִגֹּ֤ףyigofverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will strike
  • And if the people of Egypt will not go up and enter in, then the rain will not fall on them; this will be the plague with which the LORD strikes the nations who do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.

    Zechariah 14:18

    • יִגֹּ֤ףyigofverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will strike

The letters

Gematria 133· 853 mispar gadol

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

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Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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