Usually translated as
smite, put to the worse, hurt, stumble, dash, plague, beat, slay, strike, surely
Occurrences
Nâgaph occurs 49 times in 46 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (6), Leviticus (1), Numbers (1), Deuteronomy (3), Joshua (1), Judges (4), 1 Samuel (6), 2 Samuel (5), 1 Kings (1), 2 Kings (1), 1 Chronicles (2), 2 Chronicles (8), Psalms (2), Proverbs (1), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (1), Zechariah (2)
- Exodus 8:2 — And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite (נֹגֵ֛ף) all thy borders with frogs:
- Exodus 12:23 — For the LORD will pass through to smite (לִנְגֹּ֣ף) the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you.
- Exodus 12:23 — For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite (לִנְגֹּֽף) you.
- Exodus 12:27 — That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD’s passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote (בְּנָגְפּ֥וֹ) the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped.
- Exodus 21:22 — If men strive, and hurt (וְנָ֨גְפ֜וּ) a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman’s husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.
- Exodus 21:35 — And if one man’s ox hurt (יִגֹּ֧ף) another’s, that he die; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it; and the dead ox also they shall divide.
- Exodus 32:35 — And the LORD plagued (וַיִּגֹּ֥ף) the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.
- Leviticus 26:17 — And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain (וְנִגַּפְתֶּ֖ם) before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.
- Numbers 14:42 — Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten (תִּנָּ֣גְפ֔וּ) before your enemies.
- Deuteronomy 1:42 — And the LORD said unto me, Say unto them, Go not up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten (תִּנָּֽגְפ֔וּ) before your enemies.
- Deuteronomy 28:7 — The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten (נִגָּפִ֖ים) before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.
- Deuteronomy 28:25 — The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten (נִגָּף֮) before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
- Joshua 24:5 — I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued (וָאֶגֹּ֣ף) Egypt, according to that which I did among them: and afterward I brought you out.
- Judges 20:32 — And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down (נִגָּפִ֥ים) before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them from the city unto the highways.
- Judges 20:35 — And the LORD smote (וַיִּגֹּ֨ף) Benjamin before Israel: and the children of Israel destroyed of the Benjamites that day twenty and five thousand and an hundred men: all these drew the sword.
- Judges 20:36 — So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten (נִגָּ֑פוּ): for the men of Israel gave place to the Benjamites, because they trusted unto the liers in wait which they had set beside Gibeah.
- Judges 20:39 — And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they said, Surely they are smitten down (נִגָּ֥ף) before us, as in the first battle.
- Judges 20:39 — And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they said, Surely they are smitten down (נִגּ֨וֹף) before us, as in the first battle.
- 1 Samuel 4:2 — And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was smitten (וַיִּנָּ֥גֶף) before the Philistines: and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men.
- 1 Samuel 4:3 — And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the LORD smitten (נְגָפָ֧נוּ) us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.
- 1 Samuel 4:10 — And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten (וַיִּנָּ֤גֶף), and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.
- 1 Samuel 7:10 — And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel: but the LORD thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited them; and they were smitten (וַיִּנָּגְפ֖וּ) before Israel.
- 1 Samuel 25:38 — And it came to pass about ten days after, that the LORD smote (וַיִּגֹּ֧ף) Nabal, that he died.
- 1 Samuel 26:10 — David said furthermore, As the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite (יִגָּפֶ֑נּוּ) him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish.
- 2 Samuel 2:17 — And there was a very sore battle that day; and Abner was beaten (וַיִּנָּ֤גֶף), and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.
- 2 Samuel 10:15 — And when the Syrians saw that they were smitten (נִגַּ֖ף) before Israel, they gathered themselves together.
- 2 Samuel 10:19 — And when all the kings that were servants to Hadarezer saw that they were smitten (נִגְּפוּ֙) before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and served them. So the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon any more.
- 2 Samuel 12:15 — And Nathan departed unto his house. And the LORD struck (וַיִּגֹּ֣ף) the child that Uriah’s wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.
- 2 Samuel 18:7 — Where the people of Israel were slain (וַיִּנָּ֤גְפוּ) before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men.
- 1 Kings 8:33 — When thy people Israel be smitten down (בְּֽהִנָּגֵ֞ף) before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house:
- 2 Kings 14:12 — And Judah was put to the worse (וַיִּנָּ֥גֶף) before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents.
- 1 Chronicles 19:16 — And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse (נִגְּפוּ֮) before Israel, they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syrians that were beyond the river: and Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them.
- 1 Chronicles 19:19 — And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse (נִגְּפוּ֙) before Israel, they made peace with David, and became his servants: neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any more.
- 2 Chronicles 6:24 — And if thy people Israel be put to the worse (יִנָּגֵ֞ף) before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee; and shall return and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee in this house;
- 2 Chronicles 13:15 — Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God smote (נָגַ֤ף) Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
- 2 Chronicles 13:20 — Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and the LORD struck (וַיִּגְּפֵ֥הוּ) him, and he died.
- 2 Chronicles 14:12 — So the LORD smote (וַיִּגֹּ֤ף) the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled.
- 2 Chronicles 20:22 — And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten (וַיִּנָּגֵֽפוּ).
- 2 Chronicles 21:14 — Behold, with a great plague will the LORD smite (נֹגֵ֛ף) thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods:
- 2 Chronicles 21:18 — And after all this the LORD smote (נְגָפ֨וֹ) him in his bowels with an incurable disease.
- 2 Chronicles 25:22 — And Judah was put to the worse (וַיִּנָּ֥גֶף) before Israel, and they fled every man to his tent.
- Psalms 89:23 — And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague (אֶגּֽוֹף) them that hate him.
- Psalms 91:12 — They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash (תִּגֹּ֖ף) thy foot against a stone.
- Proverbs 3:23 — Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble (תִגּֽוֹף).
- Isaiah 19:22 — And the LORD shall smite (וְנָגַ֧ף) Egypt: he shall smite and heal it: and they shall return even to the LORD, and he shall be intreated of them, and shall heal them.
- Isaiah 19:22 — And the LORD shall smite Egypt: he shall smite (נָגֹ֣ף) and heal it: and they shall return even to the LORD, and he shall be intreated of them, and shall heal them.
- Jeremiah 13:16 — Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble (יִֽתְנַגְּפ֥וּ) upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.
- Zechariah 14:12 — And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite (יִגֹּ֤ף) all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
- Zechariah 14:18 — And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain; there shall be the plague, wherewith the LORD will smite (יִגֹּ֤ף) the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.