Biblica Analytica
H5066G Hebrew

נָגַשׁ

na.gash

to approach: approach

Lexicon Entry

Definition
to approach: approach
Transliteration
na.gash
Strong's Number
H5066G
Occurrences
87

Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

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Strong's
H5066G
Lemma
נָגַשׁ
Transliteration
na.gash
Definition
to approach: approach
Occurrences
87
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Occurrences in Scripture

87 total occurrences across the text — showing 50

Genesis 18:23

Abraham came near, and said, “Will you consume the righteous with the wicked?

Genesis 19:9

They said, “Stand back!” Then they said, “This one fellow came in to live as a foreigner, and he appoints himself a judge. Now we will deal worse with you than with them!” They pressed hard on the man Lot, and came near to break the door.

Genesis 19:9

They said, “Stand back!” Then they said, “This one fellow came in to live as a foreigner, and he appoints himself a judge. Now we will deal worse with you than with them!” They pressed hard on the man Lot, and came near to break the door.

Genesis 27:21

Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come near, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not.”

Genesis 27:22

Jacob went near to Isaac his father. He felt him, and said, “The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.”

Genesis 27:26

His father Isaac said to him, “Come near now, and kiss me, my son.”

Genesis 27:27

He came near, and kissed him. He smelled the smell of his clothing, and blessed him, and said, “Behold, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which Yahweh has blessed.

Genesis 29:10

When Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban, his mother’s brother, and the sheep of Laban, his mother’s brother, 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

He himself passed over in front of them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

Genesis 33:6

Then the servants came near with their children, and they bowed themselves.

Genesis 33:7

Leah also and her children came near, and bowed themselves. After them, Joseph came near with Rachel, and they bowed themselves.

Genesis 33:7

Leah also and her children came near, and bowed themselves. After them, Joseph came near with Rachel, and they bowed themselves.

Genesis 43:19

They came near to the steward of Joseph’s house, and they spoke to him at the door of the house,

Genesis 44:18

Then Judah came near to him, and said, “Oh, my lord, please let your servant speak a word in my lord’s ears, and don’t let your anger burn against your servant; for you are even as Pharaoh.

Genesis 45:4

Joseph said to his brothers, “Come near to me, please.” They came near. He said, “I am Joseph, your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.

Genesis 45:4

Joseph said to his brothers, “Come near to me, please.” They came near. He said, “I am Joseph, your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.

Exodus 19:15

He said to the people, “Be ready by the third day. Don’t have sexual relations with a woman.”

Exodus 19:22

Let the priests also, who come near to Yahweh, sanctify themselves, lest Yahweh break out on them.”

Exodus 20:21

The people stayed at a distance, and Moses came near to the thick darkness where God was.

Exodus 24:2

Moses alone shall come near to Yahweh, but they shall not come near. The people shall not go up with him.”

Exodus 24:2

Moses alone shall come near to Yahweh, but they shall not come near. The people shall not go up with him.”

Exodus 24:14

He said to the elders, “Wait here for us, until we come again to you. Behold, Aaron and Hur are with you. Whoever is involved in a dispute can go to them.”

Exodus 28:43

They shall be on Aaron and on his sons, when they go in to the Tent of Meeting, or when they come near to the altar to minister in the holy place, that they don’t bear iniquity, and die. This shall be a statute forever to him and to his offspring after him.

Exodus 30:20

When they go into the Tent of Meeting, they shall wash with water, that they not die; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn an offering made by fire to Yahweh.

Exodus 34:30

When Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come near him.

Exodus 34:32

Afterward all the children of Israel came near, and he gave them all the commandments that Yahweh had spoken with him on Mount Sinai.

Leviticus 21:21

No man of the offspring of Aaron the priest who has a defect shall come near to offer the offerings of Yahweh made by fire. Since he has a defect, he shall not come near to offer the bread of his God.

Leviticus 21:21

No man of the offspring of Aaron the priest who has a defect shall come near to offer the offerings of Yahweh made by fire. Since he has a defect, he shall not come near to offer the bread of his God.

Leviticus 21:23

He shall not come near to the veil, nor come near to the altar, because he has a defect; that he may not profane my sanctuaries, for I am Yahweh who sanctifies them.’ ”

Numbers 4:19

but thus do to them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in and appoint everyone to his service and to his burden;

Numbers 8:19

I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the Tent of Meeting, and to make atonement for the children of Israel, so that there will be no plague among the children of Israel when the children of Israel come near to the sanctuary.”

Numbers 32:16

They came near to him, and said, “We will build sheepfolds here for our livestock, and cities for our little ones;

Deuteronomy 20:2

It shall be, when you draw near to the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak to the people,

Deuteronomy 21:5

The priests the sons of Levi shall come near, for them Yahweh your God has chosen to minister to him, and to bless in Yahweh’s name; and according to their word shall every controversy and every assault be decided.

Deuteronomy 25:1

If there is a controversy between men, and they come to judgment and the judges judge them, then they shall justify the righteous and condemn the wicked.

Deuteronomy 25:9

then his brother’s wife shall come to him in the presence of the elders, and loose his sandal from off his foot, and spit in his face. She shall answer and say, “So shall it be done to the man who does not build up his brother’s house.”

Joshua 3:9

Joshua said to the children of Israel, “Come here, and hear the words of Yahweh your God.”

Joshua 8:11

All the people, even the men of war who were with him, went up and came near, and came before the city and encamped on the north side of Ai. Now there was a valley between him and Ai.

Joshua 14:6

Then the children of Judah came near to Joshua in Gilgal. Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know the thing that Yahweh spoke to Moses the man of God concerning me and concerning you in Kadesh Barnea.

Joshua 21:1

Then the heads of fathers’ houses of the Levites came near to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of fathers’ houses of the tribes of the children of Israel.

Judges 9:52

Abimelech came to the tower and fought against it, and came near to the door of the tower to burn it with fire.

Judges 20:23

The children of Israel went up and wept before Yahweh until evening; and they asked of Yahweh, saying, “Shall I again draw near to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother?” Yahweh said, “Go up against him.”

Ruth 2:14

At meal time Boaz said to her, “Come here, and eat some bread, and dip your morsel in the vinegar.” She sat beside the reapers, and they passed her parched grain. She ate, was satisfied, and left some of it.

1 Samuel 7:10

As Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines came near to battle against Israel; but Yahweh thundered with a great thunder on that day on the Philistines, and confused them; and they were struck down before Israel.

1 Samuel 9:18

Then Saul approached Samuel in the gateway, and said, “Please tell me where the seer’s house is.”

1 Samuel 14:38

Saul said, “Draw near here, all you chiefs of the people; and know and see in which this sin has been today.

1 Samuel 17:16

The Philistine came near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.

1 Samuel 17:40

He took his staff in his hand, and chose for himself five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in the pouch of his shepherd’s bag which he had. His sling was in his hand; and he came near to the Philistine.

1 Samuel 30:21

David came to the two hundred men, who were so faint that they could not follow David, whom also they had made to stay at the brook Besor; and they went out to meet David, and to meet the people who were with him. When David came near to the people, he greeted them.

2 Samuel 1:15

David called one of the young men, and said, “Go near, and cut him down!” He struck him so that he died.