נָגַף
nâgaph · naw-gaf'
to push, gore, defeat, stub (the toe), inflict (a disease)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to push, gore, defeat, stub (the toe), inflict (a disease)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: beat, dash, hurt, plague, slay, smite (down), strike, stumble, [idiom] surely, put to the worse.
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
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › to carry, to lift up › to speak, the word
The seed, life continuing that works to carry, to lift up that works to speak, the word.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נָגַף 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
49 occurrences · 49 OT · 0 NT · 43 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- smote5 · 13%
- that they were smitten3 · 8%
- to smite2 · 5%
- they are smitten down2 · 5%
- was smitten2 · 5%
- shall smite2 · 5%
- struck2 · 5%
- was put to the worse2 · 5%
- that they were put to the worse2 · 5%
- will smite2 · 5%
- behold, i will smite1 · 3%
- when he smote1 · 3%
- and hurt1 · 3%
- hurt1 · 3%
- plagued1 · 3%
- against you, and ye shall be slain1 · 3%
- you; that ye be not smitten1 · 3%
- you; lest ye be smitten1 · 3%
- against thee to be smitten1 · 3%
- thee to be smitten1 · 3%
- and i plagued1 · 3%
- surely1 · 3%
- smitten1 · 3%
- them; and they were smitten1 · 3%
- was beaten1 · 3%
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.