Strong's Hebrew · H5061

נֶגַע

negaʻ · neh'-gah

plague, sore, stricken, stripe, stroke, wound.

Definition

a blow (figuratively, infliction); also (by implication) a spot (concretely, a leprous person or dress)

Derivation

from H5060 (נָגַע);

Appears 78 times in Scripture

Leviticus 13:12

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,

Leviticus 13:47

If any fabric is contaminated with mildew—any wool or linen garment,

Leviticus 13:13

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.

Leviticus 13:3

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.

Exodus 11:1

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.

Leviticus 13:2

“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.

Leviticus 14:54

This is the law for any infectious skin disease, for a scaly outbreak,

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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