נָגַחnâgach

push, thrust, gore

Pronunciation: naw-gakh' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5055

Meanings

Qal: gore (Exodus 21:28; Exodus 21:31; Exodus 21:32)

Pi`el: push or thrust at (Deuteronomy 33:17; 1 Kings 22:11; 2 Chronicles 18:10)

Hithpa`el: engage in thrusting, wage war (Daniel 11:40)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 11 times in the Bible.

  • Exodus 21:28 “If an ox gores a man or woman to death, the ox must be stoned, and its flesh may not be eaten. In such a case, however, the owner will not be held liable.
  • Exodus 21:31 “The same regulation applies if the ox gores a boy or a girl.
  • Exodus 21:32 But if the ox gores a slave, either male or female, the animal’s owner must pay the slave’s owner thirty silver coins, and the ox must be stoned.
  • Deuteronomy 33:17 Joseph has the majesty of a young bull; he has the horns of a wild ox. He will gore distant nations, even to the ends of the earth. This is my blessing for the multitudes of Ephraim and the thousands of Manasseh.”
  • 1 Kings 22:11 One of them, Zedekiah son of Kenaanah, made some iron horns and proclaimed, “This is what the Lord says: With these horns you will gore the Arameans to death!”
  • 2 Chronicles 18:10 One of them, Zedekiah son of Kenaanah, made some iron horns and proclaimed, “This is what the Lord says: With these horns you will gore the Arameans to death!”
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).