Definition
a primitive root; to push, gore, defeat, stub (the toe), inflict (a disease)
Traditional renderings: beat, dash, hurt, plague, slay, smite (down), strike, stumble, × surely, put to the worse.
Traditional renderings: beat, dash, hurt, plague, slay, smite (down), strike, stumble, × surely, put to the worse.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders נָגַף:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
49 total
- Exodus 8:2נֹגֵ֛ף · will plagueBut if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs.
- Exodus 12:23לִנְגֹּ֣ף · to strike down; לִנְגֹּֽף׃ · and strike you downWhen the LORD passes through to strike down the Egyptians, He will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway; so He will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down.
- Exodus 12:27בְּנָגְפּ֥וֹ · when He struck down…you are to reply, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when He struck down the Egyptians and spared our homes.’” Then the people bowed down and worshiped.
- Exodus 21:22וְנָ֨גְפ֜וּ · strikeIf men who are fighting strike a pregnant woman and her child is born prematurely, but there is no further injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman’s husband demands and as the court allows.
- Exodus 21:35יִגֹּ֧ף · injuresIf a man’s ox injures his neighbor’s ox and it dies, they must sell the live one and divide the proceeds; they also must divide the dead animal.
- Exodus 32:35וַיִּגֹּ֥ף · sent a plagueAnd the LORD sent a plague on the people because of what they had done with the calf that Aaron had made.
- Leviticus 26:17וְנִגַּפְתֶּ֖ם · so that you will be defeatedAnd I will set My face against you, so that you will be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one pursues you.
- Numbers 14:42תִּנָּ֣גְפ֔וּ · you be struck downDo not go up, lest you be struck down by your enemies, because the LORD is not among you.
- Deuteronomy 1:42תִּנָּֽגְפ֔וּ · defeatBut the LORD said to me, “Tell them not to go up and fight, for I am not with you to keep you from defeat by your enemies.”
- Deuteronomy 28:7נִגָּפִ֖ים · to be defeatedThe LORD will cause the enemies who rise up against you to be defeated before you. They will march out against you in one direction but flee from you in seven.
- Deuteronomy 28:25נִגָּף֮ · you to be defeatedThe LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
- Joshua 24:5וָאֶגֹּ֣ף · and I afflictedThen I sent Moses and Aaron, and I afflicted the Egyptians by what I did there, and afterward I brought you out.
- Judges 20:32נִגָּפִ֥ים · We are defeating them“We are defeating them as before,” said the Benjamites. But the Israelites said, “Let us retreat and draw them away from the city onto the roads.”
- Judges 20:35וַיִּגֹּ֨ף · defeatedThe LORD defeated Benjamin in the presence of Israel, and on that day the Israelites slaughtered 25,100 Benjamites, all armed with swords.
- Judges 20:36נִגָּ֑פוּ · they had been defeatedThen the Benjamites realized they had been defeated. Now the men of Israel had retreated before Benjamin because they were relying on the ambush they had set against Gibeah.
- Judges 20:39נִגּ֨וֹף · defeated; נִגָּ֥ף…the men of Israel would turn in the battle. When the Benjamites had begun to strike them down, killing about thirty men of Israel, they said, “They are defeated before us as in the first battle.”
- 1 Samuel 4:2וַיִּנָּ֥גֶף · was defeatedThe Philistines arrayed themselves against Israel, and as the battle spread, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who struck down about four thousand men on the battlefield.
- 1 Samuel 4:3נְגָפָ֧נוּ · brought defeat on usWhen the troops returned to the camp, the elders of Israel asked, “Why has the LORD brought defeat on us before the Philistines today? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Shiloh, so that it may go with us to save us from the hand of our enemies.”
- 1 Samuel 4:10וַיִּנָּ֤גֶף · was defeatedSo the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and each man fled to his tent. The slaughter was very great—thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell.
- 1 Samuel 7:10וַיִּנָּגְפ֖וּ · that they fledAs the Philistines drew near to fight against Israel, Samuel was offering up the burnt offering. But that day the LORD thundered loudly against the Philistines and threw them into such confusion that they fled before Israel.
- 1 Samuel 25:38וַיִּגֹּ֧ף · struckAbout ten days later, the LORD struck Nabal dead.
- 1 Samuel 26:10יִגָּפֶ֑נּוּ · will strike him downDavid added, “As surely as the LORD lives, the LORD Himself will strike him down; either his day will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish.
- 2 Samuel 2:17וַיִּנָּ֤גֶף · were defeatedThe battle that day was intense, and Abner and the men of Israel were defeated by the servants of David.
- 2 Samuel 10:15נִגַּ֖ף · they had been defeatedWhen the Arameans saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they regrouped.
- 2 Samuel 10:19נִגְּפוּ֙ · they had been defeatedWhen all the kings who were subject to Hadadezer saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel and became subject to them. So the Arameans were afraid to help the Ammonites anymore.
- 2 Samuel 12:15וַיִּגֹּ֣ף · struckAfter Nathan had gone home, the LORD struck the child that Uriah’s wife had borne to David, and he became ill.
- 2 Samuel 18:7וַיִּנָּ֤גְפוּ · were defeatedThere the people of Israel were defeated by David’s servants, and the slaughter was great that day—twenty thousand men.
- 1 Kings 8:33בְּֽהִנָּגֵ֞ף · are defeatedWhen Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they return to You and confess Your name, praying and pleading with You in this temple,
- 2 Kings 14:12וַיִּנָּ֥גֶף · was routedAnd Judah was routed before Israel, and every man fled to his home.
- 1 Chronicles 19:16נִגְּפוּ֮ · they had been defeatedWhen the Arameans saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they sent messengers to bring more Arameans from beyond the Euphrates, with Shophach the commander of Hadadezer’s army leading them.
- 1 Chronicles 19:19נִגְּפוּ֙ · they had been defeatedWhen Hadadezer’s subjects saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with David and became subject to him. So the Arameans were unwilling to help the Ammonites anymore.
- 2 Chronicles 6:24יִנָּגֵ֞ף · are defeatedWhen Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they return to You and confess Your name, praying and pleading before You in this temple,
- 2 Chronicles 13:15נָגַ֤ף · routed…and the men of Judah raised the battle cry. And when they raised the cry, God routed Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
- 2 Chronicles 13:20וַיִּגְּפֵ֥הוּ · struck him downJeroboam did not again recover his power during the days of Abijah, and the LORD struck him down and he died.
- 2 Chronicles 14:12וַיִּגֹּ֤ף · struck downSo the LORD struck down the Cushites before Asa and Judah, and the Cushites fled.
- 2 Chronicles 20:22וַיִּנָּגֵֽפוּ׃ · and they were defeatedThe moment they began their shouts and praises, the LORD set ambushes against the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir who had come against Judah, and they were defeated.
- 2 Chronicles 21:14נֹגֵ֛ף · is about to strikeSo behold, the LORD is about to strike your people, your sons, your wives, and all your possessions with a serious blow.
- 2 Chronicles 21:18נְגָפ֨וֹ · afflicted [Jehoram]After all this, the LORD afflicted Jehoram with an incurable disease of the bowels.
- 2 Chronicles 25:22וַיִּנָּ֥גֶף · was routedAnd Judah was routed before Israel, and every man fled to his own home.
- Psalm 89:23אֶגּֽוֹף׃ · and strike downI will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.
- Psalm 91:12תִּגֹּ֖ף · strikeThey will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
- Proverbs 3:23תִגּֽוֹף׃ · stumbleThen you will go on your way in safety, and your foot will not stumble.
- Isaiah 19:22וְנָגַ֧ף · will strike; נָגֹ֣ף · He will strike themAnd the LORD will strike Egypt with a plague; He will strike them but heal them. They will turn to the LORD, and He will hear their prayers and heal them.
- Jeremiah 13:16יִֽתְנַגְּפ֥וּ · stumbleGive glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.
- Zechariah 14:12יִגֹּ֤ף · strikesAnd this will be the plague with which the LORD strikes all the peoples who have warred against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.
- Zechariah 14:18יִגֹּ֤ף · strikesAnd if the people of Egypt will not go up and enter in, then the rain will not fall on them; this will be the plague with which the LORD strikes the nations who do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.