נֶגֶף
negeph · neh'-ghef
a trip (of the foot); figuratively, an infliction (of disease)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5062 (נָגַף);
a trip (of the foot); figuratively, an infliction (of disease)
- a trip (of the foot)
- figuratively, an infliction (of disease)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: plague, stumbling.
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 נֶגֶף 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
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- over you, and the plague1 · 14%
- them; that there be no plague1 · 14%
- that there be no plague1 · 14%
- the plague1 · 14%
- and, behold, the plague1 · 14%
- although there was a plague1 · 14%
- of stumbling1 · 14%
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.