נָגַף nagaph

Hebrew word for “to strike” · Strong’s H5062 · used 49 times in 46 verses

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Meaning

1) to strike, smite; 1a) (Qal) to strike, smite; 1b) (Niphal) to be stricken, be smitten; 1c) (Hithpael) to stumble

How it is translated

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

• defeated 18
• will strike 7
• struck 6
• will be defeated 4
• about to strike 2
• strike 2
• had been defeated 2
• when struck he 1
• certainly 1
• has he defeated 1
• when are defeated 1
• will strike down 1

Where it is used

Also in 5 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Judges 20 (4), 1 Samuel 4 (3), Exodus 12 (2), Exodus 21 (2), Deuteronomy 28 (2), 2 Samuel 10 (2), 1 Chronicles 19 (2), 2 Chronicles 13 (2), 2 Chronicles 21 (2), Zechariah 14 (2)

Forms

• נגף 7
• ויגף 5
• נגפו 5
• וינגף 5
• יגף 3
• וינגפו 3
• לנגף 2
• תנגפו 2
• נגפים 2
• בנגפו 1

Words used with it

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

• נוּס nus “to flee” 8
• אֹיֵב oyev “enemy” 8
• מַגֵּפָה maggephah “plague” 4
• הֲדַרְעֶזֶר hadarezer “Hadarezer” 3
• מִלְחָמָה milchamah “battle” 5
• אֲרָם aram “Syria” 4
• בִּנְיָמִין binyamin “Benjamin” 4
• קֶרֶב qerev “entrails” 4
• מִצְרַיִם mitsrayim “Egypt” 5
• רֶגֶל regel “foot” 4
• פְּלִשְׁתִּי pelishti “Philistine” 4
• רָאָה raah “to see” 6

Key verses

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

• Exodus 12:23 — For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the…
• Leviticus 26:17 — And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth…
• Deuteronomy 28:7 — The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee…
• Deuteronomy 28:25 — The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed…
• 1 Samuel 4:3 — And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark…
• 1 Samuel 4:10 — And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel…
• 1 Samuel 7:10 — And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel: but the LORD thundered with a great thunder on that day…
• 1 Samuel 26:10 — David said furthermore, As the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish.
• 1 Kings 8:33 — When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray,…
• 2 Chronicles 6:24 — And if thy people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee; and shall return and confess thy name, and pray and make…
• Jeremiah 13:16 — Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into…
• Zechariah 14:12 — And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand…

See all 46 verses in the Word Atlas

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.