נָגַח nagach

Hebrew word for “to gore” · Strong’s H5055 · used 11 times in 10 verses

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Meaning

1) to push, thrust, gore; 1a) (Qal) to gore; 1b) (Piel) to push or thrust at; 1c) (Hithpael) to engage in thrusting, wage war

How it is translated

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

• will gore 7
• gore 1
• thrust at 1
• thrusting 1
• will wage war 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Exodus 21 (3), Deuteronomy 33 (1), 1 Kings 22 (1), 2 Chronicles 18 (1), Psalms 44 (1), Ezekiel 34 (1), Daniel 8 (1), Daniel 11 (1)

Forms

• יגח 4
• תנגח 2
• ינגח 1
• ננגח 1
• תנגחו 1
• מנגח 1
• יתנגח 1

Words used with it

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

• קֶרֶן qeren “horn” 4
• שׁוֹר shor “cattle” 3
• כְּנַעֲנָה kenaanah “Chenaanah” 2
• סָקַל saqal “to stone” 2
• אוֹ o “or” 3
• צִדְקִיָּהוּ tsidqiyyah “Zedekiah” 2
• בַּרְזֶל barzel “iron” 2
• נֶגֶב negev “south” 2
• אֲרָם aram “Syria” 2
• צָפוֹן tsaphon “north” 2
• כָּלָה kalah “to end” 2
• עַד ad “till” 3

Key verses

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

• Exodus 21:28 — If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit.
• Exodus 21:31 — Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him.
• Exodus 21:32 — If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
• Deuteronomy 33:17 — His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the…
• 1 Kings 22:11 — And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron: and he said, Thus saith the LORD, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until thou have consumed…
• 2 Chronicles 18:10 — And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made him horns of iron, and said, Thus saith the LORD, With these thou shalt push Syria until they be consumed.
• Psalms 44:5 — Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
• Ezekiel 34:21 — Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad;
• Daniel 8:4 — I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; so that no beasts might stand before him, neither was there any that could deliver out of his…
• Daniel 11:40 — And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with…

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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.