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נָגַשׁ

na.gashto approach: approachHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb125 occurrences23 books112 verses

Definition

a primitive root; to be or come (causatively, bring) near (for any purpose); euphemistically, to lie with a woman; as an enemy, to attack; religious to worship; causatively, to present; figuratively, to adduce an argument; by reversal, to stand back
Traditional renderings: (make to) approach (nigh), bring (forth, hither, near), (cause to) come (hither, near, nigh), give place, go hard (up), (be, draw, go) near (nigh), offer, overtake, present, put, stand.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders נָגַשׁ:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

125 total
  1. Judges 9:52וַיִּגַּ֛שׁ · he approached
    When Abimelech came to attack the tower, he approached its entrance to set it on fire.
  2. Judges 20:23לָגֶ֙שֶׁת֙ · draw near
    They went up and wept before the LORD until evening, inquiring of Him, “Should we again draw near for battle against our brothers the Benjamites?” And the LORD answered, “Go up against them.”
  3. Ruth 2:14גֹּ֤שִֽׁי · Come over
    At mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come over here; have some bread and dip it into the vinegar sauce.” So she sat down beside the harvesters, and he offered her roasted grain, and she ate and was satisfied and had some left over.
  4. 1 Samuel 7:10נִגְּשׁ֔וּ · drew near
    As the Philistines drew near to fight against Israel, Samuel was offering up the burnt offering. But that day the LORD thundered loudly against the Philistines and threw them into such confusion that they fled before Israel.
  5. 1 Samuel 9:18וַיִּגַּ֥שׁ · approached
    Saul approached Samuel in the gateway and asked, “Would you please tell me where the seer’s house is?”
  6. 1 Samuel 13:9הַגִּ֣שׁוּ · Bring me
    So he said, “Bring me the burnt offering and the peace offerings.” And he offered up the burnt offering.
  7. 1 Samuel 14:18הַגִּ֖ישָׁה · Bring
    Then Saul said to Ahijah, “Bring the ark of God.” (For at that time it was with the Israelites.)
  8. 1 Samuel 14:34הַגִּ֣ישׁוּ · must bring; וַיַּגִּ֨שׁוּ · brought
    Then he said, “Go among the troops and tell them, ‘Each man must bring me his ox or his sheep, slaughter them in this place, and then eat. Do not sin against the LORD by eating meat with the blood still in it.’” So that night everyone brought his ox and slaughtered it there.
  9. 1 Samuel 14:38גֹּ֣שֽׁוּ · Come
    Therefore Saul said, “Come here, all you leaders of the troops, and let us investigate how this sin has occurred today.
  10. 1 Samuel 15:32הַגִּ֤ישׁוּ · Bring
    Then Samuel said, “Bring me Agag king of the Amalekites.” Agag came to him cheerfully, for he thought, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.”
  11. 1 Samuel 17:16וַיִּגַּ֥שׁ · came forward
    For forty days the Philistine came forward every morning and evening to take his stand.
  12. 1 Samuel 17:40וַיִּגַּ֖שׁ · he approached
    And David took his staff in his hand, selected five smooth stones from the brook, and put them in the pouch of his shepherd’s bag. And with his sling in hand, he approached the Philistine.
  13. 1 Samuel 23:9הַגִּ֖ישָׁה · Bring
    When David learned that Saul was plotting evil against him, he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod.”
  14. 1 Samuel 28:25וַתַּגֵּ֧שׁ · She served
    She served it to Saul and his servants, and they ate. And that night they got up and left.
  15. 1 Samuel 30:7הַגִּֽישָׁה־ · Bring; וַיַּגֵּ֧שׁ · brought
    Then David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, “Bring me the ephod.” So Abiathar brought it to him,
  16. 1 Samuel 30:21וַיִּגַּ֤שׁ · approached
    When David came to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow him and who were left behind at the Brook of Besor, they came out to meet him and the troops with him. As David approached the men, he greeted them,
  17. 2 Samuel 1:15גַּ֣שׁ · Go
    Then David summoned one of the young men and said, “Go, execute him!” So the young man struck him down, and he died.
  18. 2 Samuel 3:34הֻגָּ֔שׁוּ
    Your hands were not bound, your feet were not fettered. As a man falls before the wicked, so also you fell.” And all the people wept over him even more.
  19. 2 Samuel 10:13וַיִּגַּ֣שׁ · advanced
    So Joab and his troops advanced to fight the Arameans, who fled before him.
  20. 2 Samuel 11:20נִגַּשְׁתֶּ֥ם · did you get so close
    …if the king’s anger flares, he may ask you, ‘Why did you get so close to the city to fight? Did you not realize they would shoot from atop the wall?
  21. 2 Samuel 11:21נִגַּשְׁתֶּ֖ם · did you get so close
    Who struck Abimelech son of Jerubbesheth? Was it not a woman who dropped an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you get so close to the wall?’ If he asks you this, then you are to say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as well.’”
  22. 2 Samuel 13:11וַתַּגֵּ֥שׁ · And when she had brought [them]
    And when she had brought them to him to eat, he took hold of her and said, “Come lie with me, my sister!”
  23. 2 Samuel 17:29הִגִּ֧ישׁוּ
    …honey, curds, sheep, and cheese from the herd for David and his people to eat. For they said, “The people have become hungry, exhausted, and thirsty in the wilderness.”
  24. 1 Kings 4:21מַגִּשִׁ֥ים · [These kingdoms] offered
    And Solomon reigned over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These kingdoms offered tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.
  25. 1 Kings 18:21וַיִּגַּ֨שׁ · approached
    Then Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him. But if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people did not answer a word.
  26. 1 Kings 18:30גְּשׁ֣וּ · Come near; וַיִּגְּשׁ֥וּ · approached him
    Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me.” So all the people approached him, and he repaired the altar of the LORD that had been torn down.
  27. 1 Kings 18:36וַיִּגַּ֞שׁ · approached
    At the time of the evening sacrifice, Elijah the prophet approached the altar and said, “O LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that You are God in Israel and that I am Your servant and have done all these things at Your command.
  28. 1 Kings 20:13נִגַּשׁ֮ · approached
    Meanwhile a prophet approached Ahab king of Israel and declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Do you see this entire great army? Behold, I will deliver it into your hand this very day, and you will know that I am the LORD.’”
  29. 1 Kings 20:22וַיִּגַּ֤שׁ · approached
    Afterward, the prophet approached the king of Israel and said, “Go and strengthen your position, and take note what you must do, for in the spring the king of Aram will come up against you.”
  30. 1 Kings 20:28וַיִּגַּ֞שׁ · approached
    Then the man of God approached the king of Israel and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because the Arameans have said that the LORD is a god of the hills and not of the valleys, I will deliver all this great army into your hand. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”
  31. 1 Kings 22:24וַיִּגַּשׁ֙ · went up
    Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah went up, struck Micaiah in the face, and demanded, “Which way did the Spirit of the LORD go when He departed from me to speak with you?”
  32. 2 Kings 2:5וַיִּגְּשׁ֨וּ · came up
    Then the sons of the prophets at Jericho came up to Elisha and said, “Do you know that the LORD will take your master away from you today?” “Yes, I know,” he replied. “Do not speak of it.”
  33. 2 Kings 4:5מַגִּשִׁ֥ים · kept bringing [jars]
    So she left him, and after she had shut the door behind her and her sons, they kept bringing jars to her, and she kept pouring.
  34. 2 Kings 4:6הַגִּ֨ישָׁה · Bring me
    When all the jars were full, she said to her son, “Bring me another.” But he replied, “There are no more jars.” Then the oil stopped flowing.
  35. 2 Kings 4:27וַיִּגַּ֨שׁ · came over
    When she reached the man of God at the mountain, she clung to his feet. Gehazi came over to push her away, but the man of God said, “Leave her alone, for her soul is in deep distress, and the LORD has hidden it from me and has not told me.”
  36. 2 Kings 5:13וַיִּגְּשׁ֣וּ · approached him
    Naaman’s servants, however, approached him and said, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more, then, when he tells you, ‘Wash and be cleansed’?”
  37. 1 Chronicles 19:14וַיִּגַּ֨שׁ · advanced
    So Joab and his troops advanced to fight the Arameans, who fled before him.
  38. 2 Chronicles 18:23וַיִּגַּשׁ֙ · went up
    Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah went up, struck Micaiah in the face, and demanded, “Which way did the Spirit of the LORD go when He departed from me to speak with you?”
  39. 2 Chronicles 29:23וַיַּגִּ֙ישׁוּ֙ · Then they brought
    Then they brought the goats for the sin offering before the king and the assembly, who laid their hands on them.
  40. 2 Chronicles 29:31גֹּ֧שׁוּ · come near
    Then Hezekiah said, “Now that you have consecrated yourselves to the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings to the house of the LORD.” So the assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and all whose hearts were willing brought burnt offerings.
  41. Ezra 4:2וַיִּגְּשׁ֨וּ · they approached
    …they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of the families, saying, “Let us build with you because, like you, we seek your God and have been sacrificing to Him since the time of King Esar-haddon of Assyria, who brought us here.”
  42. Ezra 9:1נִגְּשׁ֨וּ · approached
    After these things had been accomplished, the leaders approached me and said, “The people of Israel, including the priests and Levites, have not kept themselves separate from the surrounding peoples whose abominations are like those of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.
  43. Job 40:19יַגֵּ֥שׁ · against him
    He is the foremost of God’s works; only his Maker can draw the sword against him.
  44. Job 41:16יִגַּ֑שׁוּ · is so near
    One scale is so near to another that no air can pass between them.
  45. Psalm 91:7יִגָּֽשׁ׃ · you
    Though a thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand, no harm will come near you.
  46. Isaiah 29:13נִגַּשׁ֙ · draw near to Me
    Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.
  47. Isaiah 41:1יִגְּשׁוּ֙ · Let them come forward
    “Be silent before Me, O islands, and let the peoples renew their strength. Let them come forward and testify; let us together draw near for judgment.