נָגַףnâgaph
strike, smite
Pronunciation: naw-gaf' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5062
Meanings
Qal: strike, smite, of serious (even fatal) injury (2 Chronicles 13:15; Isaiah 19:22; 2 Chronicles 21:18)
Niph`al: be smitten (2 Samuel 10:15; 2 Samuel 10:19; 2 Chronicles 6:24)
Hithpa`el: = stumble (Jeremiah 13:16; Psalms 91:12)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 49 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 8:2 If you refuse to let them go, I will send a plague of frogs across your entire land.
- Exodus 12:23 For the Lord will pass through the land to strike down the Egyptians. But when he sees the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe, the Lord will pass over your home. He will not permit his death angel to enter your house and strike you down.
- Exodus 12:27 And you will reply, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the Lord, for he passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt. And though he struck the Egyptians, he spared our families.’” When Moses had finished speaking, all the people bowed down to the ground and worshiped.
- Exodus 21:22 “Now suppose two men are fighting, and in the process they accidentally strike a pregnant woman so she gives birth prematurely. If no further injury results, the man who struck the woman must pay the amount of compensation the woman’s husband demands and the judges approve.
- Exodus 21:35 “If someone’s ox injures a neighbor’s ox and the injured ox dies, then the two owners must sell the live ox and divide the price equally between them. They must also divide the dead animal.
- Exodus 32:35 Then the Lord sent a great plague upon the people because they had worshiped the calf Aaron had made.
See every passage
- Exodus 8:2, 12:23, 12:27, 21:22, 21:35, 32:35
- Leviticus 26:17
- Numbers 14:42
- Deuteronomy 1:42, 28:7, 28:25
- Joshua 24:5
- Judges 20:32, 20:35, 20:36, 20:39
- 1 Samuel 4:2, 4:3, 4:10, 7:10, 25:38, 26:10
- 2 Samuel 2:17, 10:15, 10:19, 12:15, 18:7
- 1 Kings 8:33
- 2 Kings 14:12
- 1 Chronicles 19:16, 19:19
- 2 Chronicles 6:24, 13:15, 13:20, 14:12, 20:22, 21:14, 21:18, 25:22
- Psalms 89:23, 91:12
- Proverbs 3:23
- Isaiah 19:22
- Jeremiah 13:16
- Zechariah 14:12, 14:18
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).