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
“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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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).