נָגַשׁnâgash
draw near, approach
Pronunciation: naw-gash' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5066
Meanings
Qal: draw or come near (Exodus 24:14; Psalms 91:7; Genesis 18:23)
1. human subject (Genesis 27:22; Genesis 43:19; Genesis 44:18)
2. inanimate subject (Job 41:8)
Niph`al: draw near, = Qal (Genesis 33:7; Deuteronomy 25:9; Exodus 34:32)
Hiph`il: cause to approach, bring near, bring (Exodus 21:6; Leviticus 2:8; 2 Samuel 17:29)
Hoph`al: been brought near (2 Samuel 3:34; Malachi 1:11)
Hithpa`el: draw near! (Isaiah 45:20)
Where it appears
Appears 125 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 18:23 Abraham approached him and said, “Will you sweep away both the righteous and the wicked?
- Genesis 19:9 “Stand back!” they shouted. “This fellow came to town as an outsider, and now he’s acting like our judge! We’ll treat you far worse than those other men!” And they lunged toward Lot to break down the door.
- Genesis 27:21 Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Come closer so I can touch you and make sure that you really are Esau.”
- Genesis 27:22 So Jacob went closer to his father, and Isaac touched him. “The voice is Jacob’s, but the hands are Esau’s,” Isaac said.
- Genesis 27:25 Then Isaac said, “Now, my son, bring me the wild game. Let me eat it, and then I will give you my blessing.” So Jacob took the food to his father, and Isaac ate it. He also drank the wine that Jacob served him.
- Genesis 27:26 Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come a little closer and kiss me, my son.”
See every passage
- Genesis 18:23, 19:9, 27:21, 27:22, 27:25, 27:26, 27:27, 29:10, 33:3, 33:6, 33:7, 43:19, 44:18, 45:4, 48:10, 48:13
- Exodus 19:15, 19:22, 20:21, 21:6, 24:2, 24:14, 28:43, 30:20, 32:6, 34:30, 34:32
- Leviticus 2:8, 8:14, 21:21, 21:23
- Numbers 4:19, 8:19, 32:16
- Deuteronomy 20:2, 21:5, 25:1, 25:9
- Joshua 3:9, 8:11, 14:6, 21:1
- Judges 6:19, 9:52, 20:23
- Ruth 2:14
- 1 Samuel 7:10, 9:18, 13:9, 14:18, 14:34, 14:38, 15:32, 17:16, 17:40, 23:9, 28:25, 30:7, 30:21
- 2 Samuel 1:15, 3:34, 10:13, 11:20, 11:21, 13:11, 17:29
- 1 Kings 4:21, 18:21, 18:30, 18:36, 20:13, 20:22, 20:28, 22:24
- 2 Kings 2:5, 4:5, 4:6, 4:27, 5:13
- 1 Chronicles 19:14
- 2 Chronicles 18:23, 29:23, 29:31
- Ezra 4:2, 9:1
- Job 40:19, 41:16
- Psalms 91:7
- Isaiah 29:13, 41:1, 41:21, 41:22, 45:20, 45:21, 49:20, 50:8, 65:5
- Jeremiah 30:21, 42:1, 46:3
- Ezekiel 9:6, 44:13
- Joel 3:9
- Amos 5:25, 6:3, 9:10, 9:13
- Malachi 1:7, 1:8, 1:11, 2:12, 3:3
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).