Definition
a primitive root; to flow; figuratively, to stretch out; causatively, to pour out or down; figuratively, to deliver over
Traditional renderings: fall, flow away, pour down (out), run, shed, spilt, trickle down.
Traditional renderings: fall, flow away, pour down (out), run, shed, spilt, trickle down.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders נָגַר:
- καταπίνωkatapinō“to swallow”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
10 total
- 2 Samuel 14:14הַנִּגָּרִ֣ים · poured outFor we will surely die and be like water poured out on the ground, which cannot be recovered. Yet God does not take away a life, but He devises ways that the banished one may not be cast out from Him.
- Job 20:28נִ֝גָּר֗וֹת · flowing awayThe possessions of his house will be removed, flowing away on the day of God’s wrath.
- Psalm 63:10יַגִּירֻ֥הוּ · They will fallThey will fall to the power of the sword; they will become a portion for foxes.
- Psalm 75:8וַיַּגֵּ֪ר · He poursFor a cup is in the hand of the LORD, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours from His cup, and all the wicked of the earth drink it down to the dregs.
- Psalm 77:2נִ֭גְּרָהIn the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted.
- Jeremiah 18:21וְהַגִּרֵם֮ · pour outTherefore, hand their children over to famine; pour out the power of the sword upon them. Let their wives become childless and widowed; let their husbands be slain by disease, their young men struck down by the sword in battle.
- Lamentations 3:49נִגְּרָ֛ה · overflowMy eyes overflow unceasingly, without relief,
- Ezekiel 35:5וַתַּגֵּ֥ר · and deliveredBecause you harbored an ancient hatred and delivered the Israelites over to the sword in the time of their disaster at the final stage of their punishment,
- Micah 1:4מֻגָּרִ֥ים · rushing downThe mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split apart, like wax before the fire, like water rushing down a slope.
- Micah 1:6וְהִגַּרְתִּ֤י · I will pourTherefore I will make Samaria a heap of rubble in the open field, a planting area for a vineyard. I will pour her stones into the valley and expose her foundations.