נָגַף

Strong’s Definition

to push, gore, defeat, stub (the toe), inflict (a disease)

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV Usage

beat, dash, hurt, plague, slay, smite (down), strike, stumble, [idiom] surely, put to the worse.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to strike, smite
• 2.(qal) to strike, smite
• 3.(niphal) to be stricken, be smitten
• 4.(hithpael) to stumble

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: nâgaph; Pronunciation: naw-gaf'