נָגַע naga

Hebrew word for “to touch” · Strong’s H5060 · used 150 times in 142 verses

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Meaning

1) to touch, reach, strike;

How it is translated

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

• will touch 22
• one who touches 16
• touch 14
• touched 13
• touching 9
• will reach 6
• who -ever touches 4
• has reached 4
• reached 4
• struck 3
• reaching 3
• will make touch 3

Where it is used

Also in 21 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Leviticus 15 (10), Leviticus 11 (7), Numbers 19 (6), Leviticus 5 (3), Leviticus 22 (3), Daniel 8 (3), Daniel 10 (3), Genesis 26 (2), Genesis 32 (2), Exodus 19 (2)

Forms

• הנגע 18
• יגע 14
• ויגע 13
• נגע 11
• תגעו 8
• מגיע 7
• הגיע 7
• תגע 6
• נגעה 4
• נגעו 4

Words used with it

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

• טָמֵא tame “to defile” 24
• עַד ad “till” 36
• עֶרֶב erev “evening” 17
• טָמֵא tame “unclean” 14
• כָּבַס kavas “to wash” 9
• מַי mayim “water” 14
• נֶפֶשׁ nephesh “soul” 15
• בָּשָׂר basar “flesh” 11
• בֶּגֶד beged “garment” 10
• אוֹ o “or” 10
• רָחַץ rachats “to wash” 8
• נְבֵלָה nevelah “carcass” 7

Key verses

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

• Genesis 28:12 — And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
• Leviticus 15:5 — And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
• Numbers 4:15 — And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the…
• Psalms 32:6 — For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto…
• Ecclesiastes 12:1 — Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
• Isaiah 52:11 — Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the LORD.
• Lamentations 2:2 — The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he…
• Daniel 9:21 — Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the…
• Daniel 10:16 — And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord,…
• Hosea 4:2 — By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
• Zechariah 2:8 — For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.
• Zechariah 14:5 — And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the…

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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.