The meaning of “נֶגַע”
Understanding negaʻ reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
plague, sore, stricken, stripe, stroke, wound. - a blow (figuratively, infliction) - also (by implication) a spot (concr...
נֶגַע
plague, sore, stricken, stripe, stroke, wound. - a blow (figuratively, infliction) - also (by implication) a spot (concretely, a leprous person or dress) 1) stroke, plague, disease, mark, plague spot 1a) stroke, wound 1b) stroke (metaphorical of disease) 1c) mark (of leprosy)
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 12:17 | “And the Lord plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram’s wife.” Word: נֶגַע (negaʻ) | |
| Leviticus 13:49 | “And if the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a plague of leprosy, and shall be shewed unto the priest:” Word: נֶגַע (negaʻ) | |
| 2 Samuel 7:14 | “I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:” Word: נֶגַע (negaʻ) | |
| 2 Chronicles 6:29 | “Then what prayer or what supplication soever shall be made of any man, or of all thy people Israel, when every one shall know his own sore and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands in this house:” Word: נֶגַע (negaʻ) | |
| Proverbs 6:33 | “A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.” Word: נֶגַע (negaʻ) |
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