נָגַשׁ (nāgaš) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning draw near. It appears
125 times
in 23 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H5066).
Also rendered
to approach
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1297)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1297)draw near, approach; come near; cause to approach, bring near, bring; draw near!; be, come, near, lie with, attack, worship, present, adduce, stand back; give place, go hard, offer, overtake, put, stand
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
נָגַשׁverb: draw near, approach
Qaldraw near or come near
Niphaldraw near
Hiphilcause to approach, bring near, bring
Hithpaeldraw near!
Strong's H5066נָגַשׁ: to be or come (causatively, bring) near (for any purpose); euphemistically, to lie with a woman; as an enemy, to attack; religious to worship; causatively, to present; figuratively, to adduce an argument; by reversal, to stand back KJV:(make to) approach (nigh), bring (forth, hither, near), (cause to) come (hither, near, nigh), give place, go hard (up), (be, draw, go) near (nigh), offer, overtake, present, put, stand.
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.