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1 Kings 22:24
“But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the Lord from me to speak unto thee?” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
נָגַשׁnâgash · naw-gash'
H5066 · Hebrew
H5066 · Hebrew
- 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
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- (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.
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- יִּגַּשׁ֙ — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 125 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 18:23Genesis 19:9Genesis 19:9Genesis 27:21Genesis 27:22
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read נָגַשׁ here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.