נָגַע

na.ga · to touch

Hebrew · Strong's H5060 · Verb · Sounds like: naw-gah' · 150 occurrences

Word meanings

Strong's dictionary

a primitive root; properly, to touch, i.e. lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive, acquire); violently, to strike (punish, defeat, destroy, etc.); beat, ([idiom] be able to) bring (down), cast, come (nigh), draw near (nigh), get up, happen, join, near, plague, reach (up), smite, strike, touch.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
נָגַע 150 vb. touch, reach, strike
Qal
1.
a. touch
b. of י׳ touching earth, mountains, etc.
2. nearly = strike, pass. stricken
3. touch = harm
4. reach, extend to
Niph. be stricken, defeated (in battle), i.e. feign to be so
Pi. strike (with leprosy, 2 acc.)
Pu. be stricken by diseases
Hiph. cause to touch; reach, approach, arrive

Every occurrence

  1. Genesis 3:3 תִגְּע֖וּ ti.ge.'U · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by all of you

    but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

  2. Genesis 12:17 וַיְנַגַּ֨ע vay.na.Ga' · An action: strong action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Jehovah plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram's wife.

  3. Genesis 20:6 לִנְגֹּ֥עַ lin.Go.a' · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And God said unto him in the dream, Yea, I know that in the integrity of thy heart thou has done this, and I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.

  4. Genesis 26:11 הַנֹּגֵ֜עַ ha.no.Ge.a' · An -ing word: simple action

    And Abimelech charged all the people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.

  5. Genesis 26:29 נְגַֽעֲנ֔וּךָ ne.ga.'a.Nu.kha · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by us

    that thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of Jehovah.

  6. Genesis 28:12 מַגִּ֣יעַ ma.Gi.a' · An -ing word: causing it

    And he dreamed; and behold, a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven; and, behold, the angels of God ascending and descending on it.

  7. Genesis 32:25 וַיִּגַּ֖ע vai.yi.Ga' · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was strained, as he wrestled with him.

  8. Genesis 32:32 נָגַע֙ na.Ga' · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Therefore the children of Israel eat not the sinew of the hip which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew of the hip.

  9. Exodus 4:25 וַתַּגַּ֖ע va.ta.Ga' · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    Then Zipporah took a flint, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet; and she said, Surely a bridegroom of blood art thou to me.

  10. Exodus 12:22 וְהִגַּעְתֶּ֤ם ve.hi.ga'.Tem · An action: causing it, and then it will happen, done by all of you

    And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two side-posts with the blood that is in the basin; and none of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning.

  11. Exodus 19:12 וּנְגֹ֣עַ u.ne.Go.a' · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death:

  12. Exodus 19:12 הַנֹּגֵ֥עַ ha.no.Ge.a' · An -ing word: simple action

    And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death:

  13. Exodus 19:13 תִגַּ֨ע ti.Ga' · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    no hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, he shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.

  14. Exodus 29:37 הַנֹּגֵ֥עַ ha.no.Ge.a' · An -ing word: simple action

    Seven days thou shalt make atonement for the altar, and sanctify it: and the altar shall be most holy; whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy.

  15. Exodus 30:29 הַנֹּגֵ֥עַ ha.no.Ge.a' · An -ing word: simple action

    And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.

  16. Leviticus 5:2 תִּגַּע֮ ti.Ga' · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Or if any one touch any unclean thing, whether it be the carcass of an unclean beast, or the carcass of unclean cattle, or the carcass of unclean creeping things, and it be hidden from him, and he be unclean, then he shall be guilty.

  17. Leviticus 5:3 יִגַּע֙ yi.Ga' · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Or if he touch the uncleanness of man, whatsoever his uncleanness be wherewith he is unclean, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty.

  18. Leviticus 5:7 תַגִּ֣יע ta.Gi' · An action: causing it, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And if his means suffice not for a lamb, then he shall bring his trespass-offering for that wherein he hath sinned, two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, unto Jehovah; one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering.

  19. Leviticus 6:18 יִגַּ֥ע yi.Ga' · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Every male among the children of Aaron shall eat of it, as his portion for ever throughout your generations, from the offerings of Jehovah made by fire: whosoever toucheth them shall be holy.

  20. Leviticus 6:27 יִגַּ֥ע yi.Ga' · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy; and when there is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any garment, thou shalt wash that whereon it was sprinkled in a holy place.

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