H5066: נָגַשׁ
nâgash · pronounced naw-gash' · “to approach: approach”
Definition
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 translates it as: (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.
Word origin: a primitive root;
Extended definition
1) to draw near, approach
1a) (Qal) to draw or come near
1a1) of humans
1a1a) of sexual intercourse
1a2) of inanimate subject
1a2a) to approach one another
1b) (Niphal) to draw near
1c) (Hiphil) to cause to approach, bring near, bring
1d) (Hophal) to be brought near
1e) (Hithpael) to draw near
Also means: na.gash (נָגַשׁ ": bring" H5066H)
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H5066 is translated
- he drew near ×19
- draw near ×13
- ! ×10
- they approached ×8
- they drew near ×8
- he will draw near ×6
- bring near ×5
- they will draw near ×4
- he approached ×3
- he brought near ×3
- you draw near ×3
- they ×3
Bible verses with H5066 (nâgash)
Nâgash appears in 112 verses; the first 25 are shown below.
- Genesis 18:23
And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
- Genesis 19:9
And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.
- Genesis 27:21
And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not.
- Genesis 27:22
And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.
- Genesis 27:25
And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son’s venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine, and he drank.
- Genesis 27:26
And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.
- Genesis 27:27
And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the Lord hath blessed:
- Genesis 29:10
And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother’s brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother’s brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother’s brother.
- Genesis 33:3
And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
- Genesis 33:6
Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.
- Genesis 33:7
And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.
- Genesis 43:19
And they came near to the steward of Joseph’s house, and they communed with him at the door of the house,
- Genesis 44:18
Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord’s ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh.
- Genesis 45:4
And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.
- Genesis 48:10
Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.
- Genesis 48:13
And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel’s right hand, and brought them near unto him.
- Exodus 19:15
And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.
- Exodus 19:22
And let the priests also, which come near to the Lord, sanctify themselves, lest the Lord break forth upon them.
- Exodus 20:21
And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.
- Exodus 21:6
Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.
- Exodus 24:2
And Moses alone shall come near the Lord: but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him.
- Exodus 24:14
And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto them.
- Exodus 28:43
And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place; that they bear not iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute for ever unto him and his seed after him.
- Exodus 30:20
When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn offering made by fire unto the Lord:
- Exodus 32:6
And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.
All 112 references
- Exodus 34:30
- Exodus 34:32
- Leviticus 2:8
- Leviticus 8:14
- Leviticus 21:21
- Leviticus 21:23
- Numbers 4:19
- Numbers 8:19
- Numbers 32:16
- Deuteronomy 20:2
- Deuteronomy 21:5
- Deuteronomy 25:1
- Deuteronomy 25:9
- Joshua 3:9
- Joshua 8:11
- Joshua 14:6
- Joshua 21:1
- Judges 6:19
- Judges 9:52
- Judges 20:23
- Ruth 2:14
- 1 Samuel 7:10
- 1 Samuel 9:18
- 1 Samuel 13:9
- 1 Samuel 14:18
- 1 Samuel 14:34
- 1 Samuel 14:38
- 1 Samuel 15:32
- 1 Samuel 17:16
- 1 Samuel 17:40
- 1 Samuel 23:9
- 1 Samuel 28:25
- 1 Samuel 30:7
- 1 Samuel 30:21
- 2 Samuel 1:15
- 2 Samuel 3:34
- 2 Samuel 10:13
- 2 Samuel 11:20
- 2 Samuel 11:21
- 2 Samuel 13:11
- 2 Samuel 17:29
- 1 Kings 4:21
- 1 Kings 18:21
- 1 Kings 18:30
- 1 Kings 18:36
- 1 Kings 20:13
- 1 Kings 20:22
- 1 Kings 20:28
- 1 Kings 22:24
- 2 Kings 2:5
- 2 Kings 4:5
- 2 Kings 4:6
- 2 Kings 4:27
- 2 Kings 5:13
- 1 Chronicles 19:14
- 2 Chronicles 18:23
- 2 Chronicles 29:23
- 2 Chronicles 29:31
- Ezra 4:2
- Ezra 9:1
- Job 40:19
- Job 41:16
- Psalms 91:7
- Isaiah 29:13
- Isaiah 41:1
- Isaiah 41:21
- Isaiah 41:22
- Isaiah 45:20
- Isaiah 45:21
- Isaiah 49:20
- Isaiah 50:8
- Isaiah 65:5
- Jeremiah 30:21
- Jeremiah 42:1
- Jeremiah 46:3
- Ezekiel 9:6
- Ezekiel 44:13
- Joel 3:9
- Amos 5:25
- Amos 6:3
- Amos 9:10
- Amos 9:13
- Malachi 1:7
- Malachi 1:8
- Malachi 1:11
- Malachi 2:12
- Malachi 3:3