נָגַע
nāgaʿ
touch
Strong's H5060VerbHebrewTWOT 1293

נָגַע (nāgaʿ) is a Hebrew verb meaning touch. It appears 150 times in 33 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H5060).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1293)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1293)touch, reach, strike; touching, stricken, extend to; defeated; cause to touch, approach, arrive; lay the hand upon, acquire; beat, bring, cast, come, draw near, get up, happen, join, near, plague, smite
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

נָגַע verb: touch, reach, strike

Strong's H5060 נָגַע: properly, to touch, i.e. lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive, acquire); violently, to strike (punish, defeat, destroy, etc.)
KJV:beat, (× be able to) bring (down), cast, come (nigh), draw near (nigh), get up, happen, join, near, plague, reach (up), smite, strike, touch.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

See it in Scripture

Genesis 3:3Exodus 4:25Leviticus 11:8

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