Strong's Hebrew · H5061
H5061 negaʻ
נֶגַע
neh'-gah
plague
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negaʻ appears 78 times in Scripture, including Exodus 11:1 and Leviticus 13:2. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
a blow (figuratively, infliction); also (by implication) a spot (concretely, a leprous person or dress)
In the King James Version
plague, sore, stricken, stripe, stroke, wound.
Derivation
from H5060 (נָגַע);
Appears 78 times in Scripture
“But if the skin disease breaks out all over his skin so that it covers all the skin of the infected person from head to foot, as far as the priest can see,”
“If any fabric is contaminated with mildew—any wool or linen garment,”
“the priest shall examine him, and if the disease has covered his entire body, he is to pronounce the infected person clean. Since it has all turned white, he is clean.”
“The priest is to examine the infection on his skin, and if the hair in the infection has turned white and the sore appears to be deeper than the skin, it is a skin disease. After the priest examines him, he must pronounce him unclean.”
“Then the LORD said to Moses, “I will bring upon Pharaoh and Egypt one more plague. After that, he will allow you to leave this place. And when he lets you go, he will drive you out completely.”
““When someone has a swelling or rash or bright spot on his skin that may be an infectious skin disease, he must be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons who is a priest.”
“This is the law for any infectious skin disease, for a scaly outbreak,”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
