נָגַשׁ
to approach
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
Stem
- Qal
- The basic, simple active stem — the plain form of the verb (“he wrote”). Here: ‘human subj.’
- Hiphil
- The causative active stem (“he caused / brought about”).
- Niphal
- Usually the simple passive or reflexive of the Qal (“he was written”).
- Hophal
- The passive counterpart of the Hiphil (“he was caused to…”).
- Hithpael
- The reflexive or reciprocal stem (the subject acts on itself).
Form
- Sequential Imperfect
- An imperfect with prefixed waw — the standard past-narrative form (waw-consecutive imperfect).
- Imperfect
- An incomplete, ongoing, or future action (“he will / would write”).
- Imperative
- A direct command (“write!”).
- Sequential Perfect
- A perfect with prefixed waw continuing a preceding imperfect or command (waw-consecutive perfect).
- Infinitive Construct
- A bound verbal noun, frequently with prepositions (“to write / in writing”).
- Perfect
- A completed action or state — Hebrew marks aspect (completeness) more than strict tense (“he wrote”).
- Participle Active
- A verbal adjective expressing ongoing or characteristic action (“writing / one who writes”).
- Jussive
- A third- or second-person volitional form expressing wish or command (“let him write”).
- Participle Passive
- A verbal adjective expressing action received (“written”).
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Person
- 3rd Person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
- 2nd Person
- The one addressed (“you”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Common
- Either gender — not distinguished for this form.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Grammatical forms 39 distinct
- Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 19 times (15%)
- Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural 12 times (10%)
- Verb, Qal, Infinitive Construct 9 times (7%)
- Verb, Hiphil, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 6 times (5%)
- Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 6 times (5%)
- Verb, Qal, Imperative, 2nd Person, Masculine, Plural 6 times (5%)
- Verb, Hiphil, Imperative, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular 5 times (4%)
- Verb, Hiphil, Imperative, 2nd Person, Masculine, Plural 5 times (4%)
+31 more forms (57 occurrences)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 125 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Every verse where H5066 appears — 112 distinct verses across 23 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Genesis 16 verses
- Genesis 18:23 וַ/יִּגַּ֥שׁ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Abraham drew near, and said, "Will you consume the righteous with the wicked?
- Genesis 19:9 גֶּשׁ וַֽ/יִּגְּשׁ֖וּ Qal impv 2ms conj + Qal wimpf 3mp They said, "Stand back!" They said, "This one fellow came in to live as a foreigner, and he appoints himself a judge. Now will we deal worse with you, than with them!" They pressed hard on the man, even Lot, and drew near to break the door.
- Genesis 27:21 גְּשָׁ/ה Qal impv 2ms + sfx h Isaac said to Jacob, "Please come near, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not."
- Genesis 27:22 וַ/יִּגַּ֧שׁ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Jacob went near to Isaac his father. He felt him, and said, "The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau."
- Genesis 27:25 הַגִּ֤שָׁ/ה וַ/יַּגֶּשׁ Hiphil impv 2ms + sfx h conj + Hiphil wimpf 3ms He said, "Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless you." He brought it near to him, and he ate. He brought him wine, and he drank.
- Genesis 27:26 גְּשָׁ/ה Qal impv 2ms + sfx h His father Isaac said to him, "Come near now, and kiss me, my son."
- Genesis 27:27 וַ/יִּגַּשׁ֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He came near, and kissed him. He smelled the smell of his clothing, and blessed him, and said, "Behold, the smell of my son Is as the smell of a field which Yahweh has blessed.
- Genesis 29:10 וַ/יִּגַּ֣שׁ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms It happened, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban, his mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother.
- Genesis 33:3 גִּשְׁתּ֖/וֹ Qal inf.cs + sfx pers 3ms He himself passed over in front of them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
- Genesis 33:6 וַ/תִּגַּ֧שְׁןָ conj + Qal wimpf 3fp Then the handmaids came near with their children, and they bowed themselves.
- Genesis 33:7 וַ/תִּגַּ֧שׁ נִגַּ֥שׁ conj + Qal wimpf 3fs Niphal pf 3ms Leah also and her children came near, and bowed themselves. After them, Joseph came near with Rachel, and they bowed themselves.
- Genesis 43:19 וַֽ/יִּגְּשׁוּ֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp They came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they spoke to him at the door of the house,
- Genesis 44:18 וַ/יִּגַּ֨שׁ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Then Judah came near to him, and said, "Oh, my lord, please let your servant speak a word in my lord's ears, and don't let your anger burn against your servant; for you are even as Pharaoh.
- Genesis 45:4 גְּשׁוּ וַ/יִּגָּ֑שׁוּ Qal impv 2mp conj + Qal wimpf 3mp Joseph said to his brothers, "Come near to me, please." They came near. "He said, I am Joseph, your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.
- Genesis 48:10 וַ/יַּגֵּ֤שׁ conj + Hiphil wimpf 3ms Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he couldn't see. He brought them near to him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.
- Genesis 48:13 וַ/יַּגֵּ֖שׁ conj + Hiphil wimpf 3ms Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near to him.
Exodus 11 verses
- Exodus 19:15 תִּגְּשׁ֖וּ Qal juss 2mp He said to the people, "Be ready by the third day. Don't have sexual relations with a woman."
- Exodus 19:22 הַ/נִּגָּשִׁ֥ים ptcl def.art + Niphal ptcp.act mp Let the priests also, who come near to Yahweh, sanctify themselves, lest Yahweh break forth on them."
- Exodus 20:21 נִגַּ֣שׁ Niphal pf 3ms The people stayed at a distance, and Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.
- Exodus 21:6 וְ/הִגִּישׁ֤/וֹ וְ/הִגִּישׁ/וֹ֙ conj + Hiphil wpf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms conj + Hiphil wpf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms then his master shall bring him to God, and shall bring him to the door or to the door-post, and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall serve him for ever.
- Exodus 24:2 וְ/נִגַּ֨שׁ יִגָּ֑שׁוּ conj + Niphal wpf 3ms Qal impf 3mp Moses alone shall come near to Yahweh, but they shall not come near, neither shall the people go up with him."
- Exodus 24:14 יִגַּ֥שׁ Qal impf 3ms He said to the elders, "Wait here for us, until we come again to you. Behold, Aaron and Hur are with you. Whoever is involved in a dispute can go to them."
- Exodus 28:43 בְ/גִשְׁתָּ֤/ם prep + Qal inf.cs + sfx pers 3mp They shall be on Aaron, and on his sons, when they go in to the tent of meeting, or when they come near to the altar to minister in the holy place; that they don't bear iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute forever to him and to his descendants after him.
- Exodus 30:20 בְ/גִשְׁתָּ֤/ם prep + Qal inf.cs + sfx pers 3mp When they go into the tent of meeting, they shall wash with water, that they not die; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
- Exodus 32:6 וַ/יַּגִּ֖שׁוּ conj + Hiphil wimpf 3mp They rose up early on the next day, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace-offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.
- Exodus 34:30 מִ/גֶּ֥שֶׁת prep + Qal inf.cs When Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come near him.
- Exodus 34:32 נִגְּשׁ֖וּ Niphal pf 3cp Afterward all the children of Israel came near, and he gave them all of the commandments that Yahweh had spoken with him on Mount Sinai.
Leviticus 4 verses
- Leviticus 2:8 וְ/הִגִּישָׁ֖/הּ conj + Hiphil wpf 3ms + sfx pers 3fs You shall bring the meal offering that is made of these things to Yahweh: and it shall be presented to the priest, and he shall bring it to the altar.
- Leviticus 8:14 וַ/יַּגֵּ֕שׁ conj + Hiphil wimpf 3ms He brought the bull of the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the bull of the sin offering.
- Leviticus 21:21 יִגַּ֔שׁ יִגַּ֖שׁ Qal impf 3ms Qal impf 3ms no man of the seed of Aaron the priest, who has a blemish, shall come near to offer the offerings of Yahweh made by fire. Since has a blemish, he shall not come near to offer the bread of his God.
- Leviticus 21:23 יִגַּ֖שׁ Qal impf 3ms He shall not come near to the veil, nor come near to the altar, because he has a blemish; that he may not profane my sanctuaries, for I am Yahweh who sanctifies them.'"
Numbers 3 verses
- Numbers 4:19 בְּ/גִשְׁתָּ֖/ם prep + Qal inf.cs + sfx pers 3mp but thus do to them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach to the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them everyone to his service and to his burden;
- Numbers 8:19 בְּ/גֶ֥שֶׁת prep + Qal inf.cs I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the Tent of Meeting, and to make atonement for the children of Israel; that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come near to the sanctuary."
- Numbers 32:16 וַ/יִּגְּשׁ֤וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp They came near to him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:
Deuteronomy 4 verses
- Deuteronomy 20:2 וְ/נִגַּ֥שׁ conj + Niphal wpf 3ms It shall be, when you draw near to the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak to the people,
- Deuteronomy 21:5 וְ/נִגְּשׁ֣וּ conj + Niphal wpf 3cp The priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them Yahweh your God has chosen to minister to him, and to bless in the name of Yahweh; and according to their word shall every controversy and every stroke be.
- Deuteronomy 25:1 וְ/נִגְּשׁ֥וּ conj + Niphal wpf 3cp If there be a controversy between men, and they come to judgment, and [the judges] judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked;
- Deuteronomy 25:9 וְ/נִגְּשָׁ֨ה conj + Niphal wpf 3fs then his brother's wife shall come to him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face; and she shall answer and say, So shall it be done to the man who does not build up his brother's house.
Joshua 4 verses
- Joshua 3:9 גֹּ֣שׁוּ Qal impv 2mp Joshua said to the children of Israel, Come here, and hear the words of Yahweh your God.
- Joshua 8:11 וַֽ/יִּגְּשׁ֔וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp All the people, [even] the [men of] war who were with him, went up, and drew near, and came before the city, and encamped on the north side of Ai: now there was a valley between him and Ai.
- Joshua 14:6 וַ/יִּגְּשׁ֨וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp Then the children of Judah drew near to Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, You know the thing that Yahweh spoke to Moses the man of God concerning me and concerning you in Kadesh-barnea.
- Joshua 21:1 וַֽ/יִּגְּשׁ֗וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp Then came near the heads of fathers' [houses] of the Levites to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of fathers' [houses] of the tribes of the children of Israel;
Judges 3 verses
- Judges 6:19 וַ/יַּגַּֽשׁ conj + Hiphil wimpf 3ms Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of meal: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out to him under the oak, and presented it.
- Judges 9:52 וַ/יִּגַּ֛שׁ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Abimelech came to the tower, and fought against it, and drew near to the door of the tower to burn it with fire.
- Judges 20:23 לָ/גֶ֨שֶׁת֙ prep + Qal inf.cs The children of Israel went up and wept before Yahweh until even; and they asked of Yahweh, saying, Shall I again draw near to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? Yahweh said, Go up against him.
Ruth 1 verse
1 Samuel 13 verses
- 1 Samuel 7:10 נִגְּשׁ֔וּ Niphal pf 3cp As Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel; but Yahweh thundered with a great thunder on that day on the Philistines, and confused them; and they were struck down before Israel.
- 1 Samuel 9:18 וַ/יִּגַּ֥שׁ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, Please, where the seer's house is.
- 1 Samuel 13:9 הַגִּ֣שׁוּ Hiphil impv 2mp Saul said, Bring here the burnt offering to me, and the peace-offerings. He offered the burnt offering.
- 1 Samuel 14:18 הַגִּ֖ישָׁ/ה Hiphil impv 2ms + sfx h Saul said to Ahijah, Bring here the ark of God. For the ark of God was [there] at that time with the children of Israel.
- 1 Samuel 14:34 הַגִּ֣ישׁוּ וַ/יַּגִּ֨שׁוּ Hiphil impv 2mp conj + Hiphil wimpf 3mp Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and tell them, Bring me here every man his ox, and every man his sheep, and kill them here, and eat; and don't sin against Yahweh in eating with the blood. All the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and killed them there.
- 1 Samuel 14:38 גֹּ֣שֽׁוּ Qal impv 2mp Saul said, Draw near here, all you chiefs of the people; and know and see in which this sin has been this day.
- 1 Samuel 15:32 הַגִּ֤ישׁוּ Hiphil impv 2mp Then said Samuel, Bring you here to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. Agag came to him cheerfully. Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.
- 1 Samuel 17:16 וַ/יִּגַּ֥שׁ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms The Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
- 1 Samuel 17:40 וַ/יִּגַּ֖שׁ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in the shepherd's bag which he had, even in his wallet; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.
- 1 Samuel 23:9 הַגִּ֖ישָׁ/ה Hiphil impv 2ms + sfx h David knew that Saul was devising mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring here the ephod.
- 1 Samuel 28:25 וַ/תַּגֵּ֧שׁ conj + Hiphil wimpf 3fs and she brought it before Saul, and before his servants; and they ate. Then they rose up, and went away that night.
- 1 Samuel 30:7 הַגִּֽישָׁ/ה וַ/יַּגֵּ֧שׁ Hiphil impv 2ms + sfx h conj + Hiphil wimpf 3ms David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, Please bring me here the ephod. Abiathar brought there the ephod to David.
- 1 Samuel 30:21 וַ/יִּגַּ֤שׁ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms David came to the two hundred men, who were so faint that they could not follow David, whom also they had made to abide at the brook Besor; and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people who were with him: and when David came near to the people, he greeted them.
2 Samuel 7 verses
- 2 Samuel 1:15 גַּ֣שׁ Qal impv 2ms David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall on him. He struck him, so that he died.
- 2 Samuel 3:34 הֻגָּ֔שׁוּ Hophal pf 3cp Your hands were not bound, nor your feet put into fetters: As a man falls before the children of iniquity, so did you fall. All the people wept again over him.
- 2 Samuel 10:13 וַ/יִּגַּ֣שׁ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms So Joab and the people who were with him drew near to the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him.
- 2 Samuel 11:20 נִגַּשְׁתֶּ֥ם Niphal pf 2mp it shall be that, if the king's wrath arise, and he tells you, 'Why did you go so near to the city to fight? Didn't you know that they would shoot from the wall?
- 2 Samuel 11:21 נִגַּשְׁתֶּ֖ם Niphal pf 2mp who struck Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? Didn't a woman cast an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died at Thebez? Why did you go so near the wall?' then shall you say, 'Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.'"
- 2 Samuel 13:11 וַ/תַּגֵּ֥שׁ conj + Hiphil wimpf 3fs When she had brought them near to him to eat, he took hold of her, and said to her, Come, lie with me, my sister.
- 2 Samuel 17:29 הִגִּ֧ישׁוּ Hiphil pf 3cp and honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David, and for the people who were with him, to eat: for they said, The people are hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.
1 Kings 8 verses
- 1 Kings 4:21 מַגִּשִׁ֥ים Hiphil ptcp.act mp Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt: they brought tribute, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
- 1 Kings 18:21 וַ/יִּגַּ֨שׁ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Elijah came near to all the people, and said, "How long will you waver between the two sides? If Yahweh is God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him." The people answered him not a word.
- 1 Kings 18:30 גְּשׁ֣וּ וַ/יִּגְּשׁ֥וּ Qal impv 2mp conj + Qal wimpf 3mp Elijah said to all the people, Come near to me; and all the people came near to him. He repaired the altar of Yahweh that was thrown down.
- 1 Kings 18:36 וַ/יִּגַּ֞שׁ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms It happened at the time of the offering of the [evening] offering, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, Yahweh, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that you are God in Israel, and that I am your servant, and that I have done all these things at your word.
- 1 Kings 20:13 נִגַּשׁ֮ Niphal pf 3ms Behold, a prophet came near to Ahab king of Israel, and said, Thus says Yahweh, Have you seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into your hand this day; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
- 1 Kings 20:22 וַ/יִּגַּ֤שׁ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms The prophet came near to the king of Israel, and said to him, Go, strengthen yourself, and mark, and see what you do; for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against you.
- 1 Kings 20:28 וַ/יִּגַּ֞שׁ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms A man of God came near and spoke to the king of Israel, and said, Thus says Yahweh, Because the Syrians have said, Yahweh is a god of the hills, but he is not a god of the valleys; therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into your hand, and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
- 1 Kings 22:24 וַ/יִּגַּשׁ֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and struck Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of Yahweh from me to speak to you?
2 Kings 5 verses
- 2 Kings 2:5 וַ/יִּגְּשׁ֨וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp The sons of the prophets who were at Jericho came near to Elisha, and said to him, "Do you know that Yahweh will take away your master from your head today?" He answered, "Yes, I know it. Hold your peace."
- 2 Kings 4:5 מַגִּשִׁ֥ים Hiphil ptcp.act mp So she went from him, and shut the door on her and on her sons; they brought [the vessels] to her, and she poured out.
- 2 Kings 4:6 הַגִּ֨ישָׁ/ה Hiphil impv 2ms + sfx h It happened, when the vessels were full, that she said to her son, Bring me yet a vessel. He said to her, There isn't another vessel. The oil stayed.
- 2 Kings 4:27 וַ/יִּגַּ֨שׁ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms When she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. Gehazi came near to thrust her away; but the man of God said, Let her alone: for her soul is vexed within her; and Yahweh has hid it from me, and has not told me.
- 2 Kings 5:13 וַ/יִּגְּשׁ֣וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp His servants came near, and spoke to him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid you do some great thing, wouldn't you have done it? how much rather then, when he says to you, Wash, and be clean?
1 Chronicles 1 verse
2 Chronicles 3 verses
- 2 Chronicles 18:23 וַ/יִּגַּשׁ֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and struck Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of Yahweh from me to speak to you?
- 2 Chronicles 29:23 וַ/יַּגִּ֨ישׁוּ֙ conj + Hiphil wimpf 3mp They brought near the male goats for the sin-offering before the king and the assembly; and they laid their hands on them:
- 2 Chronicles 29:31 גֹּ֧שׁוּ Qal impv 2mp Then Hezekiah answered, Now you have consecrated yourselves to Yahweh; come near and bring sacrifices and thank-offerings into the house of Yahweh. The assembly brought in sacrifices and thank-offerings; and as many as were of a willing heart [brought] burnt offerings.
Ezra 2 verses
- Ezra 4:2 וַ/יִּגְּשׁ֨וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp then they drew near to Zerubbabel, and to the heads of fathers' [houses], and said to them, Let us build with you; for we seek your God, as you do; and we sacrifice to him since the days of Esar Haddon king of Assyria, who brought us up here.
- Ezra 9:1 נִגְּשׁ֨וּ Niphal pf 3cp Now when these things were done, the princes drew near to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, [doing] according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.
Job 2 verses
Psalms 1 verse
Isaiah 9 verses
- Isaiah 29:13 נִגַּשׁ֙ Niphal pf 3ms The Lord said, Because this people draw near [to me], and with their mouth and with their lips to honor me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which has been taught [them];
- Isaiah 41:1 יִגְּשׁוּ֙ Qal impf 3mp Keep silence before me, islands; and let the peoples renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak; let us come near together to judgment.
- Isaiah 41:21 הַגִּ֨ישׁוּ֙ Hiphil impv 2mp Produce your cause, says Yahweh; bring forth your strong reasons, says the King of Jacob.
- Isaiah 41:22 יַגִּ֨ישׁוּ֙ Hiphil impf 3mp Let them bring forth, and declare to us what shall happen: declare you the former things, what they are, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or show us things to come.
- Isaiah 45:20 הִֽתְנַגְּשׁ֥וּ Hithpael impv 2mp Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, you who have escaped from the nations: they have no knowledge who carry the wood of their engraved image, and pray to a god that can't save.
- Isaiah 45:21 וְ/הַגִּ֔ישׁוּ conj + Hiphil impv 2mp Declare you, and bring [it] forth; yes, let them take counsel together: who has shown this from ancient time? who has declared it of old? Haven't I, Yahweh? and there is no God else besides me, a just God and a Savior; there is no one besides me.
- Isaiah 49:20 גְּשָׁ/ה Qal impv 2ms + sfx h The children of your bereavement shall yet say in your ears, The place is too small for me; give place to me that I may dwell.
- Isaiah 50:8 יִגַּ֥שׁ Qal impf 3ms He is near who justifies me; who will bring charges against me? Let us stand up together: who is my adversary? Let him come near to me.
- Isaiah 65:5 תִּגַּשׁ Qal juss 2ms who say, Stand by yourself, don't come near to me, for I am holier than you. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burns all the day.
Jeremiah 3 verses
- Jeremiah 30:21 וְ/נִגַּ֣שׁ לָ/גֶ֥שֶׁת conj + Niphal wpf 3ms prep + Qal inf.cs Their prince shall be of themselves, and their ruler shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach to me: for who is he who has had boldness to approach to me? says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 42:1 וַֽ/יִּגְּשׁוּ֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even to the greatest, came near,
- Jeremiah 46:3 וּ/גְשׁ֖וּ conj + Qal impv 2mp Prepare you the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
Ezekiel 2 verses
- Ezekiel 9:6 תִּגַּ֔שׁוּ Qal juss 2mp kill utterly the old man, the young man and the virgin, and little children and women; but don't come near any man on whom is the mark: and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the old men that were before the house.
- Ezekiel 44:13 יִגְּשׁ֤וּ וְ/לָ/גֶ֨שֶׁת֙ Qal impf 3mp conj + prep + Qal inf.cs They shall not come near to me, to execute the office of priest to me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, to the things that are most holy; but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed.
Joel 1 verse
Amos 4 verses
- Amos 5:25 הִֽגַּשְׁתֶּם Hiphil pf 2mp "Did you bring to me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, house of Israel?
- Amos 6:3 וַ/תַּגִּישׁ֖וּ/ן conj + Hiphil wimpf 2mp + sfx n Those who put far away the evil day, And cause the seat of violence to come near;
- Amos 9:10 תַגִּ֧ישׁ Hiphil impf 3fs All the sinners of my people will die by the sword, who say, 'Evil won't overtake nor meet us.'
- Amos 9:13 וְ/נִגַּ֤שׁ conj + Niphal wpf 3ms "Behold, the days come," says Yahweh, "That the plowman shall overtake the reaper, And the one treading grapes him who sows seed; And sweet wine will drip from the mountains, And flow from the hills.
Malachi 5 verses
- Malachi 1:7 מַגִּישִׁ֤ים Hiphil ptcp.act mp You offer polluted bread on my altar. You say, 'How have we polluted you?' In that you say, 'Yahweh's table contemptible.'
- Malachi 1:8 תַגִּשׁ֨וּ/ן תַגִּ֛ישׁוּ Hiphil impf 2mp + sfx n Hiphil impf 2mp When you offer the blind for sacrifice, isn't that evil? And when you offer the lame and sick, isn't that evil? Present it now to your governor! Will he be pleased with you? Or will he accept your person?" says Yahweh of Hosts.
- Malachi 1:11 מֻגָּ֛שׁ Hophal ptcp.pass ms For from the rising of the sun even to the going down of the same, my name is great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering: for my name is great among the nations," says Yahweh of Hosts.
- Malachi 2:12 וּ/מַגִּ֣ישׁ conj + Hiphil ptcp.act ms Yahweh will cut off, to the man who does this, him who wakes and him who answers, out of the tents of Jacob, and him who offers an offering to Yahweh of Hosts.
- Malachi 3:3 מַגִּישֵׁ֥י Hiphil ptcp.act mp cs and he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver; and they shall offer to Yahweh offerings in righteousness.
About this entry
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נגש — transliterated nâgash — is a Hebrew verb carrying the sense “to approach.” Where the King James Version says “came near,” newer translations reach for “approached” (Berean Standard Bible) and “and” (unfoldingWord Literal Text); the renderings breakdown has the detail. The Hebrew Bible uses it across 112 verses — common. Debuting at Genesis 18:23, it then recurs through the corpus. As a verb its force shifts by stem, across 5 stems (Qal, Niphal, and more). See the sense tree, 112-verse concordance, and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H5066 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 112
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 112 distinct verses.
- 23 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 23 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #352
- by frequency
- Top 500 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 352 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 112 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 112 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 64 verses · 57%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 38 verses · 34%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 10 verses · 9%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Came near 12×, Come near 8×, Came 7×
- American Standard Version: Came near 10×, Came 6×, Drew near 6×
- Berean Standard Bible: Approached 18×, Approach 7×, Come near 6×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: And 16×, Approached 14×, Came near 11×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H5066 across 127 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 63 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H5066 across 124 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 63 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H5066 across 123 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 58 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 2 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H5066 across 173 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 62 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
7 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
Hebrew verbs can shift meaning by stem (binyan): Qal is the basic action, Niphal is often passive or reflexive, Piel often intensifies or makes it factitive, and Hiphil is typically causative. The senses below are grouped under the stem BDB assigns to each. This entry also uses Hophal (the passive of Hiphil) and Hithpael (reflexive or reciprocal).
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 7 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
Qal
- Impf. יִגַּשׁ Ex 24:14 +, יִגָּ֑שׁ ψ 91:7, וַיִּגַּשׁ Gn 18:23 +; 3 fs. וַתִּגַּשׁ Gn 33:7; 2 ms. תִּגַּשׁ־ Is 65:5; 3 mpl. יִגְּשׁוּ Is 41:1 +, יִגָּ֑שׁוּ Ex 24:2, יִגַּ֑שׁוּ Jb 41:8 (Baer; van d. H. יִגָּ֑שׁוּ); 3 fpl. וַתִּגַּשְׁןָ Gn 33:6, etc.; Imv. גַּשׁ 2 S 1:15, גֶּשׁ־ Gn 19:9, גְּשָׁה Gn 27:21 +; גֹּשִׁי Ru 2:14, וּגְשׁוּ Je 46:3 גּשׁוּ Jos 3:9; Inf. cstr. לָגֶ֫שֶׁת Ju 20:23 +; sf. גִּשְׁתּוֹ Gn 33:3; גִּשְׁתָּם Ex 28:43 + 2 times;—draw or come near, e.g. Exodus 24:14
- 1. human subj.: sq. אֶל־ pers. Gn 27:22; 43:19; 44:18; 45:4 (all J), Ex 19:15 (of sexual intercourse), 24:2 Nu 32:16; Jos 14:6 (all E), Ex 34:30; Jos 21:1 (P), + 10 times elsewhere (not D), + ψ 91:7 (subj. pestilence personif.); of priestly approach to י׳ Ez 44:13, cf. Je 30:21b, also sq. אֶל־ of altar Ex 28:43; 30:20; Lv 21:23 and abs., v 21 (all P or H); sq. אֶל־ rei also Nu 8:19; sq. עַד־ pers. Gn 33:3 (J), rei Ju 9:52; sq. עַל־ pers. Ez 9:6, rei 44:13; sq. בְּ pers. Is 65:5 (‖ קָרַב אֶל־); in Am 9:10 read תִּגַּשׁ בַּעֲדֵנוּ (for MT תַּגִּישׁ Hiph. cf. We GASm Dr Now; ‖ קִדֵּם); sq. לַמִּלְחָמָה draw near for battle Ju 20:23; Je 46:3; 2 S 10:13 = 1 Ch 19:14 (+ לִפְנֵי pers.); sq. acc. pers. 1 S 9:18; 30:21, rei Nu 4:19 (P), but acc. difficult; Dr reads אֶל־ for אֶת־ 1 S 9:18 Nu 4:19, cf. Klo HPS; in 1 S 30:21 Dr takes אֶת־ = with; sq. הֲלוֹם hither, 1 S 14:38 Ru 2:14; abs. Gn 18:23; 27:21; 29:10; 33:6, 7; 45:4 (all J), Ex 24:2 (E), Jos 8:11 (E; + ויבאו), + 9 times (not P, D), + Gn 27:26, 27 (E), Jos 3:9 (J), 2 S 1:15; 2 Ch 29:31 (all Imv. sq. 2nd Imv.), + Gn 19:9 (J), Lv 21:21(×2) (H), 2 K 4:27 (all sq. Inf. purpose). Note especially גֶּשׁ־הָ֫לְאָה Gn 19:9 lit. approach thither! i.e. move away! cf. גְּשָׁה־לִי וְאֵשֵׁ֑בָה Is 49:20 move away for me (make room for me) that I may dwell (‖ צַר־לִי הַמָּקוֹם). e.g. Genesis 27:22
- 2. inanim. subj. אֶחָד בְּאֶחָד יִגַּ֑שׁוּ Jb 41:8 one to another they approach (fit closely together; of scales of crocodile).—Qal not in D. e.g. Job 41:8
Niphal
- Pf. נִגַּשׁ Gn 33:7 +; 3 fs. וְנִגְּשָׁה Dt 25:9; 3 mpl. נִגְּשׁוּ Ex 34:32 +; נִגַּשְׁתֶּם 2 S 11:20, 21; Pt. pl. נִגָּשִׁים Ex 19:22;—draw near = Qal (and substit. for it in D):—sq. אֶל־ pers. Dt 25:9; 1 K 20:13; Ezr 9:1, of priestly approach to Yahweh Ex 19:22 (J), Je 30:21; sq. אֶל־ rei Ex 20:21; 24:2 (both E), 2 S 11:20, 21, אֶל־הַמִּשְׁפָּט Dt 25:1; sq. בְּ pers. Am 9:13; sq. לַמִּלְחָמָה 1 S 7:10; abs. Gn 33:7 (J), Dt 20:2 (‖ קרב), 21:5; Ex 34:32 (P), so fig. of worship Is 29:13. e.g. Genesis 33:7
Hiphil
- Pf. 3 ms. sf. consec. וְהִגִּישׁוֹ Ex 21:6(×2), וְהִגִּישָׁהּ Lv 2:8; 3 pl. הִגִּ֫ישׁוּ 2 S 17:29; 2 mpl. הִגַּשְׁתֶּם Am 5:25; Impf. juss. יַגֵּשׁ Jb 40:19; וַיַּגֶּשׁ־ Gn 27:25; וַיַּגַּ֑שׁ Ju 6:19; 3 fs. תַּגִּישׁ Am 9:10, וַתַּגֵּשׁ 1 S 28:25; 2 S 13:11; 3 mpl. יַגִּ֫ישׁוּ Is 41:22; 2 mpl. תַּגִּ֫ישׁוּ Mal 1:8, תַּגִּישׁוּן v 8, וַתַּגִּישׁוּן Am 6:3, etc.; Imv. ms. הַגִּ֫ישָׁה Gn 27:25 +; mpl. הַגִּ֫ישׁוּ 1 S 13:9 +; Pt. מַגִּישׁ Mal 2:12; pl. cstr. מַגִּישֵׁי Mal 3:3, etc.;—cause to approach, bring near, bring, sq. אֶל־ pers. (usually obj. acc. rei, rarely pers. Ex 21:6(×2) 1 S 15:32; Gn 48:10 cf. v 13):—Gn 48:10, 13 (E), Ex 21:6(×2) (E), 1 S 13:9; 14:34; 15:32; 2 S 13:11 (+ Inf. purpose), 2 K 4:5, 6; sq. אֶל־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ Lv 2:8 (P; of sacrifice); עַל־מִזְבְּחִי Mal 1:7 (sacrif.); לְ pers. Gn 27:25(×2) (E), 1 S 30:7; 2 S 17:29 (read וַיַּגִּישׁוּ 𝔊 Th We Klo Kit, cf. Dr), of sacrifice Am 5:25 Mal 2:12; 3:3; לִפְנֵי pers. 1 S 28:25; 2 Ch 29:23; no prep. Ex 32:6 (J), 1 S 14:18, 34; 23:9; 30:7; Ju 6:19 (foll. הוציא אֶל־), Am 6:3; 1 K 5:1; Lv 8:14 (P), of sacrif. also Mal 1:8 (לִזְבֹּחַ), v 8 (‖ הקריב); fig. (obj. proofs, evidences) Is 41:21 (‖ קרב), v 22 (+ וַיַּגִּידוּ), cf. 45:21 (‖ הַגִּידוּ); הָעשֹׁוֹ יַגֵּשׁ חַרְבּוֹ Jb 40:19 let him that made him (the hippot.) draw near his sword, is dub.; Du הֶעָשׂוּ[י] נֹגֵשׂ חֲבֵרָו wh. is made ruler of its fellows (other conject. v. Di Bu); Am 9:10 read תִּגַּשׁ Qal q.v.). e.g. Exodus 21:6
Hophal
- Pf. 3 mpl. לֹא־לִנְחֻשְׁתַּיִם הֻנַּ֑שׁוּ 2 S 3:34 (Ginsb הֻנָּ֑שׁוּ) thy feet have not been brought near (put into) fetters; Pt. מֻגָּשׁ לשׁמי Mal 1:11 it (impers.) is offered to my name. e.g. 2 Samuel 3:34
Hithpael
- Imv. mpl. הִתְנַגְּשׁוּ Is 45:20 draw near! (‖ הִקָּֽבְצוּ וָבֹאוּ). e.g. Isaiah 45:20
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
vb. draw near, approach, less freq. syn. of קרב q.v. (NH id. Hiph. (rare) and deriv.);—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Origin: a primitive root
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
נָגַשׁ
- (b. h.) also Nif. נִגַּשׁ to come in contact; to draw near. Yalk. Ps. 842 (ref. to יגש, Ps. XCI, 7) אין אחד מהם נִגָּשׁ אליך וכ׳ none of them comes to thee, none says, provide for me; Midr. Till. to Ps. XVII, 7 נוֹגֵשׁ אצלך ed. Bub. (oth. ed. נוֹגֵשׂ אותך, v. נָגַשׂ).—Tanḥ. Vayigg. 5 (ref. to Gen. XLIV, 18) שנ׳ בתוכחות he came near (attacked him, v. next w.) with rebukes. Yalk. Gen. 150 (ref. to Gen. l. c.) אין וַיִּגַּשׁ אלא לשון שלום vayyigash has the meaning of (coming near in) peacefulness &c., v. הַגָּשָׁה. e.g. Psalms 91:7
- to bring near. B. Kam. 46ᵇ (ref. to Ex. XXIV, 14) יַגִּישׁ ראיה אליהם (a claimant) must offer evidence &c.; יגיש דבריו וכ׳ must prefer his claims &c., is the first to be heard; a. e. e.g. Exodus 24:14
נְגַשׁ
- , to attack, gore. Targ. Y. Ex. XXI, 28. Ib. 32 (ed. Amst. a. oth. נגח).—[Yalk. Gen. 148, v. נְגַס.]—Part. נָגֵישׁ; f. נְגִישָׁא. Gen. R. s. 80, beg. (prov.) לית תורתא נ׳ עד וכ׳ ‘Rashi’ (ed. ענישא; Ar. עגישא) no cow is a gorer until her calf is a kicker (the mother is judged by her daughter).
נָגַשׂ
- cmp. preced.) to push on, drive, press. Midr. Till. to Ps. XVII, 7 ואין אחד מהם נוֹגֵשׂ אותך וכ׳ none of them presses thee &c., v. נָגַשׁ.—נוֹגֵשׂ task-master. Tanḥ. Sh’moth 9 אותו נ׳ עשוי וכ׳ that taskmaster was appointed over &c.; Ex. R. s. 1 נ׳ ממונה על עשרה שוטרים one (Egyptian) taskmaster was appointed over ten (Israelitish) officers. Lev. R. s. 32 (in Chald. dict.) קרץ נ׳ גבי וכ׳ Ar. (ed. קדם) the taskmaster came early to the officer, saying, go and gather thy men &c.; a. fr.—Pl. נוֹגְשִׂים, נוֹגְשִׂין. Ib.; Ex. R. l. c. Pirké d’R. El. ch. XLVIII נוֹגְשֵׂי פרעה the taskmasters appointed by Pharaoh; a. fr.—Esp. to exact a debt. Macc. 3ᵇ (ref. to Deut. XV, 2) לא קרינן ביה לא יִגּוֹשׂ we do not apply to him (he does not violate the law) ‘he shall not exact’; סוף אתי לידי יגוש he will finally (after the lapse of ten years) transgress &c.—Sifré Deut. 113 (ref. to Deut. XV, 3) ואת אחיך לא תִגּוֹשׂ but thou must not exact of thy brother. e.g. Deuteronomy 15:2
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 105 distinct written forms H5066 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that stem’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 45 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 109 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 112 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 18:23
- Exodus 19:15
- Leviticus 2:8
- Numbers 4:19
- Deuteronomy 20:2
- Joshua 3:9
- Judges 6:19
- Ruth 2:14
- 1 Samuel 7:10
- 2 Samuel 1:15
- 1 Kings 18:21
- 2 Kings 2:5
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
