Definition
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.)
Traditional renderings: beat, (× be able to) bring (down), cast, come (nigh), draw near (nigh), get up, happen, join, near, plague, reach (up), smite, strike, touch.
Traditional renderings: beat, (× be able to) bring (down), cast, come (nigh), draw near (nigh), get up, happen, join, near, plague, reach (up), smite, strike, touch.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders נָגַע:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
150 total
- Psalm 73:14נָ֭גוּעַ · afflictedFor I am afflicted all day long and punished every morning.
- Psalm 88:3הִגִּֽיעוּ׃ · draws nearFor my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.
- Psalm 104:32יִגַּ֖ע · He touchesHe looks on the earth, and it trembles; He touches the mountains, and they smolder.
- Psalm 105:15תִּגְּע֥וּ · touch“Do not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!”
- Psalm 107:18וַ֝יַּגִּ֗יעוּ · and drew nearThey loathed all food and drew near to the gates of death.
- Psalm 144:5גַּ֖ע · touchPart Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, that they may smoke.
- Proverbs 6:29הַנֹּגֵ֥עַ · who touchesSo is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.
- Ecclesiastes 8:14מַגִּ֤יעַ · get; שֶׁמַּגִּ֥יעַ · getThere is a futility that is done on the earth: There are righteous men who get what the actions of the wicked deserve, and there are wicked men who get what the actions of the righteous deserve. I say that this too is futile.
- Ecclesiastes 12:1וְהִגִּ֣יעוּ · approachRemember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of adversity come and the years approach of which you will say, “I find no pleasure in them,”
- Song of Solomon 2:12הִגִּ֑יעַ · has comeThe flowers have appeared in the countryside; the season of singing has come, and the cooing of turtledoves is heard in our land.
- Isaiah 5:8מַגִּיעֵ֥י · to you who addWoe to you who add house to house and join field to field until no place is left and you live alone in the land.
- Isaiah 6:7וַיַּגַּ֣ע · And with it he touched; נָגַ֥ע · has touchedAnd with it he touched my mouth and said: “Now that this has touched your lips, your iniquity is removed and your sin is atoned for.”
- Isaiah 8:8יַגִּ֑יעַ · reachingIt will pour into Judah, swirling and sweeping over it, reaching up to the neck; its spreading streams will cover your entire land, O Immanuel!
- Isaiah 16:8נָגָ֖עוּ · which had reachedFor the fields of Heshbon have withered, along with the grapevines of Sibmah. The rulers of the nations have trampled its choicest vines, which had reached as far as Jazer and spread toward the desert. Their shoots had spread out and passed over the sea.
- Isaiah 25:12הִגִּ֥יעַ · castThe high-walled fortress will be brought down, cast to the ground, into the dust.
- Isaiah 26:5יַגִּיעֶ֖נָּה · He castsFor He has humbled those who dwell on high; He lays the lofty city low. He brings it down to the ground; He casts it into the dust.
- Isaiah 30:4יַגִּֽיעוּ׃ · have arrivedFor though their princes are at Zoan and their envoys have arrived in Hanes,
- Isaiah 52:11תִּגָּ֑עוּ · TouchDepart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing; come out from it, purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of the LORD.
- Isaiah 53:4נָג֛וּעַ · strickenSurely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted.
- Jeremiah 1:9וַיַּגַּ֖ע · touchedThen the LORD reached out His hand, touched my mouth, and said to me: “Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.
- Jeremiah 4:10וְנָגְעָ֥הThen I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, how completely You have deceived this people and Jerusalem by saying, ‘You will have peace,’ while a sword is at our throats.”
- Jeremiah 4:18נָגַ֖ע · it pierces“Your ways and deeds have brought this upon you. This is your punishment; how bitter it is, because it pierces to the heart!”
- Jeremiah 12:14הַנֹּֽגְעִים֙ · who attackThis is what the LORD says: “As for all My evil neighbors who attack the inheritance that I bequeathed to My people Israel, I am about to uproot them from their land, and I will uproot the house of Judah from among them.
- Jeremiah 48:32נָגָ֑עוּ · they reachI will weep for you, O vine of Sibmah, more than I weep for Jazer. Your tendrils have extended to the sea; they reach even to Jazer. The destroyer has descended on your summer fruit and grape harvest.
- Jeremiah 51:9נָגַ֤ע · extends“We tried to heal Babylon, but she could not be healed. Abandon her! Let each of us go to his own land, for her judgment extends to the sky and reaches to the clouds.”
- Lamentations 2:2הִגִּ֣יעַ · He broughtWithout pity the Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob. In His wrath He has demolished the fortified cities of the Daughter of Judah. He brought to the ground and defiled her kingdom and its princes.
- Lamentations 4:14יִגְּע֖וּ · to touchThey wandered blind in the streets, defiled by this blood, so that no one dared to touch their garments.
- Lamentations 4:15תִּגָּ֔עוּ · touch us“Go away! Unclean!” men shouted at them. “Away, away! Do not touch us!” So they fled and wandered. Among the nations it was said, “They can stay here no longer.”
- Ezekiel 7:12הִגִּ֣יעַ · has arrivedThe time has come; the day has arrived. Let the buyer not rejoice and the seller not mourn, for wrath is upon the whole multitude.
- Ezekiel 13:14וְהִגַּעְתִּ֥יהוּ · and levelI will tear down the wall you whitewashed and level it to the ground, so that its foundation is exposed. The city will fall, and you will be destroyed within it. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
- Ezekiel 17:10כְגַ֨עַת · strikesEven if it is transplanted, will it flourish? Will it not completely wither when the east wind strikes? It will wither on the bed where it sprouted.’”
- Daniel 8:5נוֹגֵ֖עַ · touchingAs I was contemplating all this, suddenly a goat with a prominent horn between his eyes came out of the west, crossing the surface of the entire earth without touching the ground.
- Daniel 8:7מַגִּ֣יעַ׀ · approachI saw him approach the ram in a rage against him, and he struck the ram and shattered his two horns. The ram was powerless to stand against him, and the goat threw him to the ground and trampled him, and no one could deliver the ram from his power.
- Daniel 8:18וַיִּ֨גַּע־ · Then he touchedWhile he was speaking with me, I fell into a deep sleep, with my face to the ground. Then he touched me, helped me to my feet,
- Daniel 9:21נֹגֵ֣עַ · came…while I was still praying, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice.
- Daniel 10:10נָ֣גְעָה · touchedSuddenly, a hand touched me and set me trembling on my hands and knees.
- Daniel 10:16נֹגֵ֖עַ · touchedAnd suddenly one with the likeness of a man touched my lips, and I opened my mouth and said to the one standing before me, “My lord, because of the vision, I am overcome with anguish, and I have no strength.
- Daniel 10:18וַיִּגַּע־ · touchedAgain the one with the likeness of a man touched me and strengthened me.
- Daniel 12:12וְיַגִּ֑יעַ · and reaches the endBlessed is he who waits and reaches the end of the 1,335 days.
- Hosea 4:2נָגָֽעוּ׃ · follows anotherCursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.
- Amos 9:5הַנּוֹגֵ֤עַ · He who touchesThe Lord GOD of Hosts, He who touches the earth and it melts, and all its dwellers mourn—all the land rises like the Nile, then sinks like the river of Egypt—
- Jonah 3:6וַיִּגַּ֤ע · reachedWhen word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
- Micah 1:9נָגַ֛ע · it has approachedFor her wound is incurable; it has reached even Judah; it has approached the gate of my people, as far as Jerusalem itself.
- Haggai 2:12וְנָגַ֣ע · touchesIf a man carries consecrated meat in the fold of his garment, and it touches bread, stew, wine, oil, or any other food, does that item become holy?’” “No,” replied the priests.
- Haggai 2:13יִגַּ֧ע · touchesSo Haggai asked, “If one who is defiled by contact with a corpse touches any of these, does it become defiled?” “Yes, it becomes defiled,” the priests answered.
- Zechariah 2:8הַנֹּגֵ֣עַ · whoever touches; נֹגֵ֖עַ · touchesFor this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “After His Glory has sent Me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of His eye—
- Zechariah 14:5יַגִּ֣יעַ · will extendYou will flee by My mountain valley, for it will extend to Azal. You will flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the LORD my God will come, and all the holy ones with Him.