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2 Kings 14:12

“And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

נָגַףnâgaph · naw-gaf'
H5062 · Hebrew
Definition
to push, gore, defeat, stub (the toe), inflict (a disease)
Derivation
a primitive root;
KJV renderings
beat, dash, hurt, plague, slay, smite (down), strike, stumble, [idiom] surely, put to the worse.
Grammar
  • וַ — conjunction
  • יִּנָּ֥גֶף — verb Niphal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/VNw3ms
Usage
Occurs 49 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 7:27Exodus 12:23Exodus 12:23Exodus 12:27Exodus 21:22

Theological interpretation (AI)

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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.