נָגַע
nâgaʻ · naw-gah'
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.)
Lexicon
Derivation: 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.)
- 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.)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: beat, ([idiom] be able to) bring (down), cast, come (nigh), draw near (nigh), get up, happen, join, near, plague, reach (up), smite, strike, touch.
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › to carry, to lift up › to see and know
The seed, life continuing that works to carry, to lift up that works to see and know.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נָגַע above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
150 occurrences · 150 OT · 0 NT · 119 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and touched7 · 10%
- touched7 · 10%
- touch7 · 10%
- and whosoever toucheth6 · 8%
- came5 · 7%
- was come4 · 6%
- toucheth4 · 6%
- whosoever toucheth3 · 4%
- he that toucheth3 · 4%
- reaching3 · 4%
- and he that toucheth2 · 3%
- that toucheth2 · 3%
- that shall touch2 · 3%
- saying, touch2 · 3%
- reacheth2 · 3%
- now, and touch2 · 3%
- whatsoever toucheth2 · 3%
- and cast1 · 1%
- because he touched1 · 1%
- not against him, he touched1 · 1%
- reached1 · 1%
- as we have not touched1 · 1%
- i thee not to touch1 · 1%
- plagued1 · 1%
- of it, neither shall ye touch1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.