Lexical Definition

‎נֶגַע‎ negaʻ (neh'-gah) plague ^H:N-M
from ‎נָגַע‎

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

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

1) stroke, plague, disease, mark, plague spot
1a) stroke, wound
1b) stroke (metaphorical of disease)
1c) mark (of leprosy)

See Greek: ἁφή · μάστιξ · ὀδύνη · πληγή

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎נֶ֫גַע‎₇₈ noun masculine^{Gen 12:17} stroke, plague, mark, plague-spot; — ‎׳‎‎נ‎ absolute Exod 11:1 +, ‎נָ֑גַע‎ Lev 13:13 +; construct Deut 24:8 +; suffix ‎נִגְעִי‎ Ps 38:12* ‎נִגְעֶ֑ךָ‎ Ps 39:11* ‎נִגְעוֺ‎ Lev 13:44; 2Chr 6:29 plural ‎נְגָעִים‎ Gen 12:17; Ps 89:33* construct ‎נִגְעִי‎ 2Sam 7:14 —

1. stroke, wound, inflicted by man on man Deut 17:8; Deut 21:5 (|| ‎רִיב‎, Prov 6:33.

2. stroke, metaphor, especially of a disease, regarded as sent by a divine chastisement, Gen 12:17 (J), Exod 11:1 (E), 2Sam 7:14 (‎בְנֵי אָדָם‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎, || ‎שֵׁבֶט אֲנָשִׁים‎, i.e. customary, ordinary), 1Kgs 8:37 = 2Chr 6:28 (both || ‎מַחֲלָה‎); 1Kgs 8:38 (‎לְבָבוֺ‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ = 2Chr 6:29 (‎נִגְעוֺ‎); Ps 91:10 (|| ‎רָעָה‎); of Israel Ps 38:12*; Ps 39:11* (|| ‎תִּגְרַת יָָֽדְךָ‎), Ps 89:33* (|| ‎שֵׁכֶט‎); see also Isa 53:8 (of suffering servant of ‎׳‎‎י‎, ‎נֶגַע לָ֑מוֺ‎).

3. mark (60 t. Lev 13:14), indeterm. Lev 13:5; Lev 13:6 (‎מִסְפַּחַת‎), vLev 13:17 vLev 13:29 vLev 13:30 vLev 13:32 vLev 13:43 vLev 13:44 of leprosy, regarded as the heavy touch or stroke of a disease, ‎צָרַ֫עַת‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Lev 13:2 +; vLev 13:51 (‎׳‎‎צָרַעַת מַמְאֶרֶת הַנּ‎), vLev 13:59; Lev 14:3; Lev 14:32; Lev 14:54, Deut 24:8 also ‎הַנֶּתֶק‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Lev 13:31 ‎לָבָן אֲדַמְדָּם‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ vLev 13:42 identification with person having it Lev 13:4; Lev 13:12; Lev 13:13; Lev 13:17; Lev 13:31 in garment, etc. vLev 13:47 + 15 t. Lev 13 in house Lev 14:34; Lev 14:35; Lev 14:36; Lev 14:43; Lev 14:44; Lev 14:48 (twice in verse); i.e. house-wall vLev 14:37 vLev 14:37 vLev 14:39 in stones of wall vLev 14:40 = garment, etc., with plague-spot Lev 13:50.

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