נֶגֶף (negep) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning blow. It appears
7 times
in 4 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H5063).
Also rendered
plague
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1294a)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1294a)blow, striking; trip, infliction; plague, stumbling
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
נֶ֫גֶףnoun, masculine: blow, striking
blow, striking (as judgment, only P)
Strong's H5063נֶגֶף: a trip (of the foot); figuratively, an infliction (of disease) KJV:plague, stumbling.
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 1294: נָגַףnāgap — strike, smite; be smitten; stumble; push, gore, defeat, stub, inflict; beat, dash, hurt, plague, slay, put to the worse