To approach
נָגַשׁStrong’s H5066nagash (na-gash)
Appears in 112 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Nagash is the Hebrew word usually translated “drew near”, “draw near” and “bring near”. It appears in 112 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?”
Meaning
- To draw near, approach(Qal) to draw or come near · (Niphal) to draw near · (Hiphil) to cause to approach, bring near, bring · (Hophal) to be brought near · (Hithpael) to draw near
How it's translated
- and he drew near 17
- draw near 10
- bring near 9
- and they approached 8
- and he brought near 6
- and they drew near 5
- he will draw near 4
- you draw near 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 16
- 1 Samuel 13
- Exodus 11
- Isaiah 9
- 1 Kings 8
- 2 Samuel 7
23 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 19:9And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.
- Genesis 27:21And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not.
- Genesis 27:22And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.
- Genesis 27:25And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son’s venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine, and he drank.
- Genesis 27:26And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.
- Genesis 27:27And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed:
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Hebrew dictionary
נָגַשׁ nagash · to approach
: approach 1) to draw near, approach 1a) (Qal) to draw or come near 1a1) of humans 1a1a) of sexual intercourse 1a2) of inanimate subject 1a2a) to approach one another 1b) (Niphal) to draw near 1c) (Hiphil) to cause to approach, bring near, bring 1d) (Hophal) to be brought near 1e) (Hithpael) to draw near Also means: na.gash (נָגַשׁ ": bring" H5066H)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “approach” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
APPROACH, verb intransitive
[The Latin proximus contains the root, but the word, in the positive degree, is not found in the Latin. It is from a root in class Brg, signifying to drive, move, or press toward.]
- To come or go near, in place; to draw near; to advance nearer.“Wherefore approached ye so nigh the city?” 2 Samuel 11:20
- To draw near in time.
- To draw near, in a figurative sense; to advance near to a point aimed at, in science, literature, government, morals, etc.; to approximate; as, he approaches to the character of the ablest statesman.
- To draw near in duty, as in prayer or worship.
All definitions and other forms of “approach”
APPROACH, verb transitive
- To come near to; as, Pope approaches Virgil in smoothness of versification.
- To have access carnally. Leviticus 18:6
- In gardening, to ingraft a sprig or shoot of one tree into another, without cutting it from the parent stock.
- The act of drawing near; a coming or advancing near; as, he was aprised of the enemy's approach
- Access; as, the approach to kings.
- In fortification, not only the advances of an army are called approaches, but the works thrown up by the beseigers, to protect them in their advances towards a fortress.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.