נֹגַהּ nogah

Hebrew word for “brightness” · Strong’s H5051 · used 19 times in 19 verses

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Meaning

brightness; Aramaic equivalent: no.gah (נֹ֫גַהּ "daylight" H5053)

How it is translated

Glosses given for nogah in context, with how often each is used:

• brightness 18
• like brightness 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Ezekiel 1 (4), Isaiah 60 (2), Habakkuk 3 (2), 2 Samuel 22 (1), 2 Samuel 23 (1), Psalms 18 (1), Proverbs 4 (1), Isaiah 4 (1), Isaiah 50 (1), Isaiah 62 (1)

Forms

• ונגה 5
• נגה 4
• מנגה 3
• לנגה 2
• נגהם 2
• ולנגה 1
• כנגה 1
• הנגה 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with nogah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• אוֹר or “light” 7
• יָרֵחַ yareach “moon” 4
• שֶׁמֶשׁ shemesh “sun” 5
• אֵשׁ esh “fire” 6
• עָנָן anan “cloud” 4
• גַּחֶלֶת gechel “coal” 3
• חַשְׁמַל chashmal “amber” 2
• מַרְאֶה mareh “appearance” 3
• בָּעַר baar “to burn” 3
• לַפִּיד lappid “torch” 2
• קָדַר qadar “be dark” 2
• כָּבוֹד kavod “glory” 3

Key verses

The verses using nogah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 2 Samuel 23:4 — And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear…
• Psalms 18:12 — At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.
• Proverbs 4:18 — But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
• Isaiah 4:5 — And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by…
• Isaiah 50:10 — Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the…
• Isaiah 60:3 — And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
• Isaiah 60:19 — The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light,…
• Isaiah 62:1 — For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation…
• Ezekiel 1:4 — And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst…
• Ezekiel 1:28 — As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the…
• Ezekiel 10:4 — Then the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full…
• Joel 2:10 — The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.