5063. negeph
Strong's Lexicon
negeph: Plague, defeat, blow, calamity

Original Word: נֶגֶף
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: negeph
Pronunciation: neh'-ghef
Phonetic Spelling: (neh'-ghef)
Definition: Plague, defeat, blow, calamity
Meaning: a trip, an infliction

Word Origin: From the root verb נָגַף (nagaph), meaning "to strike" or "to smite."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Greek equivalent often used in the Septuagint for "negeph" is πληγή (plēgē - Strong's Greek 4127), which also means "plague" or "blow."

Usage: The Hebrew word "negeph" primarily refers to a plague or calamity, often seen as a divine judgment or punishment. It can also denote a defeat or a blow, particularly in a military context. The term is used to describe events where a large number of people are struck down, often as a result of disobedience to God or as a consequence of sin.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the ancient Near Eastern context, plagues and calamities were often interpreted as acts of divine intervention. The Israelites, like their neighbors, understood such events as manifestations of divine displeasure or judgment. The concept of a plague as a divine punishment is consistent with the covenantal relationship between God and Israel, where blessings and curses were contingent upon obedience to God's laws.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from nagaph
Definition
a blow, a striking
NASB Translation
plague (6), strike (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
נֶ֫גֶף noun masculineExodus 12:13 blow, striking (as judgment, only P); — ׳נ absolute Exodus 12:13 6t.; —

1 fatal blow, plague, Exodus 12:13 (death of first-born); Exodus 30:12; Numbers 8:19 (indefinite); = pestilence Numbers 17:11; Numbers 17:12; Joshua 22:17.

2 striking, ׳אֶבֶן נ Isaiah 8:14 i.e. against which the foot strikes and so stumbles ("" צוּר מִכְשׁוֺל).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
plague, stumbling

From nagaph; a trip (of the foot); figuratively, an infliction (of disease) -- plague, stumbling.

see HEBREW nagaph

Forms and Transliterations
הַנֶּ֖גֶף הַנָּֽגֶף׃ הנגף הנגף׃ נֶ֔גֶף נֶ֖גֶף נֶ֙גֶף֙ נֶ֠גֶף נגף han·nā·ḡep̄ han·ne·ḡep̄ hanNagef hannāḡep̄ hanNegef hanneḡep̄ ne·ḡep̄ negef neḡep̄
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Exodus 12:13
HEB: יִֽהְיֶ֨ה בָכֶ֥ם נֶ֙גֶף֙ לְמַשְׁחִ֔ית בְּהַכֹּתִ֖י
NAS: you, and no plague will befall
KJV: I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy
INT: and no will befall plague to destroy strike

Exodus 30:12
HEB: יִהְיֶ֥ה בָהֶ֛ם נֶ֖גֶף בִּפְקֹ֥ד אֹתָֽם׃
NAS: them, so that there will be no plague among them when you number
KJV: when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when [thou] numberest
INT: will be no become plague number

Numbers 8:19
HEB: בִּבְנֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ נֶ֔גֶף בְּגֶ֥שֶׁת בְּנֵֽי־
NAS: so that there will be no plague among the sons
KJV: of Israel: that there be no plague among the children
INT: the sons of Israel plague their coming the sons

Numbers 16:46
HEB: יְהוָ֖ה הֵחֵ֥ל הַנָּֽגֶף׃
NAS: from the LORD, the plague has begun!
KJV: from the LORD; the plague is begun.
INT: the LORD has begun the plague

Numbers 16:47
HEB: וְהִנֵּ֛ה הֵחֵ֥ל הַנֶּ֖גֶף בָּעָ֑ם וַיִּתֵּן֙
NAS: for behold, the plague had begun
KJV: of the congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun
INT: behold had begun the plague the people put

Joshua 22:17
HEB: הַזֶּ֑ה וַיְהִ֥י הַנֶּ֖גֶף בַּעֲדַ֥ת יְהוָֽה׃
NAS: day, although a plague came
KJV: until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation
INT: to this came A plague the congregation of the LORD

Isaiah 8:14
HEB: לְמִקְדָּ֑שׁ וּלְאֶ֣בֶן נֶ֠גֶף וּלְצ֨וּר מִכְשׁ֜וֹל
NAS: a stone to strike and a rock
KJV: but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock
INT: A sanctuary A stone to strike rock to stumble

7 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 5063
7 Occurrences


han·nā·ḡep̄ — 1 Occ.
han·ne·ḡep̄ — 2 Occ.
ne·ḡep̄ — 4 Occ.















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