: 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)
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na.gash · to approach: approach · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 18:23 · וַיִּגַּ֥שׁAbraham drew near, and said, “Will you consume the righteous with the wicked?Genesis 19:9 · גֶּשׁ־ · וַֽיִּגְּשׁ֖וּThey said, “Stand back!” Then 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 Lot, and drew near to break the door.Genesis 27:21 · גְּשָׁה־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 · וַיִּגַּ֧שׁJacob 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 · הַגִּ֤שָׁה · וַיַּגֶּשׁ־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 · גְּשָׁה־His father Isaac said to him, “Come near now, and kiss me, my son.”Genesis 27:27 · וַיִּגַּשׁ֙He 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 · וַיִּגַּ֣שׁIt 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 · גִּשְׁתּ֖וֹHe 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 · וַתִּגַּ֧שְׁןָThen the handmaids came near with their children, and they bowed themselves.Genesis 33:7 · וַתִּגַּ֧שׁ · נִגַּ֥שׁLeah also and her children came near, and bowed themselves. After them, Joseph came near with Rachel, and they bowed themselves.Genesis 43:19 · וַֽיִּגְּשׁוּ֙They came near to the steward of Joseph’s house, and they spoke to him at the door of the house,Genesis 44:18 · וַיִּגַּ֨שׁThen 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־ · וַיִּגָּ֑שׁוּJoseph 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 · וַיַּגֵּ֤שׁNow 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 · וַיַּגֵּ֖שׁJoseph 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 19:15 · תִּגְּשׁ֖וּHe said to the people, “Be ready by the third day. Don’t have sexual relations with a woman.”Exodus 19:22 · הַנִּגָּשִׁ֥יםLet the priests also, who come near to Yahweh, sanctify themselves, lest Yahweh break forth on them.”Exodus 20:21 · נִגַּ֣שׁThe people stayed at a distance, and Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.Exodus 21:6 · וְהִגִּישׁ֤וֹ · וְהִגִּישׁוֹ֙then his master shall bring him to God, and shall bring him to the door or to the doorpost, and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall serve him for ever.Exodus 24:2 · וְנִגַּ֨שׁ · יִגָּ֑שׁוּMoses alone shall come near to Yahweh, but they shall not come near, neither shall the people go up with him.”Exodus 24:14 · יִגַּ֥שׁHe 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 · בְגִשְׁתָּ֤םThey 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 · בְגִשְׁתָּ֤םWhen 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 · וַיַּגִּ֖שׁוּThey 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 · מִגֶּ֥שֶׁתWhen 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 · נִגְּשׁ֖וּAfterward 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 2:8 · וְהִגִּישָׁ֖הּYou 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 · וַיַּגֵּ֕שׁHe 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 · יִגַּ֖שׁno 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 he has a blemish, he shall not come near to offer the bread of his God.Leviticus 21:23 · יִגַּ֖שׁHe 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 4:19 · בְּגִשְׁתָּ֖םbut 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 · בְּגֶ֥שֶׁתI 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 · וַיִּגְּשׁ֤וּThey came near to him, and said, “We will build sheepfolds here for our livestock, and cities for our little ones:Deuteronomy 20:2 · וְנִגַּ֥שׁIt shall be, when you draw near to the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak to the people,Deuteronomy 21:5 · וְנִגְּשׁ֣וּThe 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 · וְנִגְּשׁ֥וּIf there is 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 · וְנִגְּשָׁ֨הthen 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 3:9 · גֹּ֣שׁוּJoshua said to the children of Israel, “Come here, and hear the words of Yahweh your God.”Joshua 8:11 · וַֽיִּגְּשׁ֔וּAll 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 · וַיִּגְּשׁ֨וּThen the children of Judah drew near to Joshua in Gilgal. 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 · וַֽיִּגְּשׁ֗וּThen the heads of fathers’ houses of the Levites came near 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 6:19 · וַיַּגַּֽשׁ׃ סGideon went in, and prepared a young goat, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of meal. He put the meat 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 · וַיִּגַּ֛שׁAbimelech 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 · לָגֶ֙שֶׁת֙The children of Israel went up and wept before Yahweh until evening; 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 2:14 · גֹּ֤שִֽׁיAt meal time Boaz said to her, “Come here, and eat of the bread, and dip your morsel in the vinegar.” She sat beside the reapers, and they reached her parched grain, and she ate, and was satisfied, and left some of it.1 Samuel 7:10 · נִגְּשׁ֔וּAs 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 · וַיִּגַּ֥שׁThen Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, “Please tell me where the seer’s house is.”1 Samuel 13:9 · הַגִּ֣שׁוּSaul said, “Bring here the burnt offering to me, and the peace offerings.” He offered the burnt offering.1 Samuel 14:18 · הַגִּ֖ישָׁהSaul said to Ahijah, “Bring the ark of God here.” For the ark of God was with the children of Israel at that time.1 Samuel 14:34 · הַגִּ֣ישׁוּ · וַיַּגִּ֨שׁוּSaul 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 meat with the blood.’” All the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and killed them there.1 Samuel 14:38 · גֹּ֣שֽׁוּSaul 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 · הַגִּ֤ישׁוּThen Samuel said, “Bring 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 · וַיִּגַּ֥שׁThe Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.1 Samuel 17:40 · וַיִּגַּ֖שׁHe took his staff in his hand, and chose for himself five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in the shepherd’s bag which he had, even in his wallet. His sling was in his hand; and he drew near to the Philistine.1 Samuel 23:9 · הַגִּ֖ישָׁהDavid knew that Saul was devising mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod here.”1 Samuel 28:25 · וַתַּגֵּ֧שׁShe brought it before Saul, and before his servants; and they ate. Then they rose up, and went away that night.1 Samuel 30:7 · הַגִּֽישָׁה־ · וַיַּגֵּ֧שׁDavid said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, “Please bring me here the ephod.” Abiathar brought the ephod to David.1 Samuel 30:21 · וַיִּגַּ֤שׁDavid came to the two hundred men, who were so faint that they could not follow David, whom also they had made to stay at the brook Besor; and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people who were with him. When David came near to the people, he greeted them.2 Samuel 1:15 · גַּ֣שׁDavid 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 · הֻגָּ֔שׁוּYour hands were not bound, nor your feet put into fetters. As a man falls before the children of iniquity, so you fell.” All the people wept again over him.2 Samuel 10:13 · וַיִּגַּ֣שׁSo 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 · נִגַּשְׁתֶּ֥םit shall be that, if the king’s wrath arise, and he asks 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 · נִגַּשְׁתֶּ֖םwho 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 you shall say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.’”2 Samuel 13:11 · וַתַּגֵּ֥שׁWhen 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 · הִגִּ֧ישׁוּhoney, butter, 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 4:21 · מַגִּשִׁ֥יםSolomon 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 · וַיִּגַּ֨שׁElijah 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 · וַיִּגְּשׁ֥וּElijah 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 · וַיִּגַּ֞שׁIt happened at the time of the offering of the 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 · נִגַּשׁ֮Behold, 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 · וַיִּגַּ֤שׁThe 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 · וַיִּגַּ֞שׁA 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 I will deliver all this great multitude into your hand, and you shall know that I am Yahweh.’”1 Kings 22:24 · וַיִּגַּשׁ֙Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and struck Micaiah on the cheek, and said, “Which way did the Spirit of Yahweh go from me to speak to you?”2 Kings 2:5 · וַיִּגְּשׁ֨וּThe 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 · מַגִּשִׁ֥יםSo she went from him, and shut the door on her and on her sons; they brought the containers to her, and she poured out.2 Kings 4:6 · הַגִּ֨ישָׁהIt happened, when the containers were full, that she said to her son, “Bring me another container.” He said to her, “There isn’t another container.” The oil stopped flowing.2 Kings 4:27 · וַיִּגַּ֨שׁWhen 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, “Leave her alone; for her soul is troubled within her; and Yahweh has hidden it from me, and has not told me.”2 Kings 5:13 · וַיִּגְּשׁ֣וּHis servants came near, and spoke to him, and said, “My father, if the prophet had asked 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 19:14 · וַיִּגַּ֨שׁSo Joab and the people who were with him drew near before the Syrians to the battle; and they fled before him.2 Chronicles 18:23 · וַיִּגַּשׁ֙Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and struck Micaiah on the cheek, and said, “Which way did the Spirit of Yahweh go from me to speak to you?”2 Chronicles 29:23 · וַיַּגִּ֙ישׁוּ֙They 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 · גֹּ֧שׁוּThen 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 4:2 · וַיִּגְּשׁ֨וּthen they drew near to Zerubbabel, and to the heads of fathers’ households, 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 · נִגְּשׁ֨וּNow 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, following their abominations, even those of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.Job 40:19 · יַגֵּ֥שׁHe is the chief of the ways of God. He who made him gives him his sword.Job 41:16 · יִגַּ֑שׁוּOne is so near to another, that no air can come between them.Psalm 91:7 · יִגָּֽשׁ׃A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it will not come near you.Isaiah 29:13 · נִגַּשׁ֙The Lord said, “Because this people draws near with their mouth and with their lips to honor me, but they have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which has been taught;Isaiah 41:1 · יִגְּשׁוּ֙“Keep silent before me, islands, and let the peoples renew their strength. Let them come near, then let them speak. Let’s meet together for judgment.Isaiah 41:21 · הַגִּ֙ישׁוּ֙Produce your cause,” says Yahweh. “Bring forth your strong reasons,” says the King of Jacob.Isaiah 41:22 · יַגִּ֙ישׁוּ֙“Let them announce, and declare to us what shall happen. Declare 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“Assemble yourselves and come. Draw near together, you who have escaped from the nations. Those have no knowledge who carry the wood of their engraved image, and pray to a god that can’t save.Isaiah 45:21 · וְהַגִּ֔ישׁוּDeclare and present it. Yes, let them take counsel together. Who has shown this from ancient time? Who has declared it of old? Haven’t I, Yahweh? There is no other God besides me, a just God and a Savior; There is no one besides me.Isaiah 49:20 · גְּשָׁה־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 · יִגַּ֥שׁHe 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־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 30:21 · וְנִגַּ֣שׁ · לָגֶ֥שֶׁתTheir prince shall be of themselves, and their ruler shall proceed from their midst; 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 · וַֽיִּגְּשׁוּ֙Then 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 · וּגְשׁ֖וּPrepare the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle!Amos 5:25 · הִֽגַּשְׁתֶּם־“Did you bring to me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, house of Israel?Amos 6:3 · וַתַּגִּישׁ֖וּןThose who put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;Amos 9:10 · תַגִּ֧ישׁAll the sinners of my people will die by the sword, who say, ‘Evil won’t overtake nor meet us.’Amos 9:13 · וְנִגַּ֤שׁ“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 1:7 · מַגִּישִׁ֤יםYou offer polluted bread on my altar. You say, ‘How have we polluted you?’ In that you say, ‘Yahweh’s table contemptible.’Malachi 1:8 · תַגִּשׁ֨וּן · תַגִּ֛ישׁוּWhen 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 Armies.Malachi 1:11 · מֻגָּ֛שׁFor 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 Armies.Malachi 2:12 · וּמַגִּ֣ישׁYahweh 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 Armies.Malachi 3:3 · מַגִּישֵׁ֥יand 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.