נֶגַע
negaʿ
stroke
Strong's H5061NounHebrewTWOT 1293a

נֶגַע (negaʿ) is a Hebrew noun meaning stroke. It appears 78 times in 10 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H5061).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1293a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1293a)stroke, plague, mark, plague-spot; blow, spot; sore, stricken, stripe, wound
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

נֶ֫גַע noun, masculine: stroke, plague, mark, plague-spot

stroke, plague, mark, plague-spot

Strong's H5061 נֶגַע: a blow (figuratively, infliction); also (by implication) a spot (concretely, a leprous person or dress)
KJV:plague, sore, stricken, stripe, stroke, wound.

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.

Root family 1293: נָגַע nāgaʿ — 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

See it in Scripture

Genesis 12:17Exodus 11:1Leviticus 13:2

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