nagach · gore

What it means

nagach (נָגַח) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “gore”.

Attack with the horns; figuratively, push back enemies.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To strike with horns; or knock down enemies.
2. To confront someone, like two forces that clash in war.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• gores ×4
• you will gore ×2
• charging ×1
• he will gore ×1
• we gore ×1
• will clash ×1
• you gore ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Exodus×4
• Deuteronomy×1
• 1 Kings×1
• 2 Chronicles×1
• Psalms×1
• Ezekiel×1
• Daniel×2

• Exodus 21:28

  When an ox gores a man or a woman and the person dies, the ox shall surely be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten, but the owner of the ox shall be clear.

• Exodus 21:31

  Whether it gores a son or gores a daughter, it shall be done to him according to this rule.

• Exodus 21:32

  If the ox gores a male slave or a female slave, he shall give thirty shekels of silver to his master, and the ox shall be stoned.

• Deuteronomy 33:17

  The firstborn of his bull, splendor is his, and his horns are the horns of a wild ox; with them he will gore the peoples, all together, to the ends of the earth. And they are the myriads of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.”

• 1 Kings 22:11

  Zedekiah son of Chenaanah made for himself horns of iron and said, “Thus says YHWH: ‘With these you will gore Aram until they are finished.’”

• 2 Chronicles 18:10

  Zedekiah son of Chenaanah made for himself horns of iron and said, “Thus says YHWH: ‘With these you will gore Aram until they are finished.’”

• Psalms 44:5

  Through you our adversaries we gore; in your name we trample those who rise against us.

• Ezekiel 34:21

  Because with side and with shoulder you push, and with your horns you gore all the weak until you have scattered them outside,

• Daniel 8:4

  I saw the ram charging westward and northward and southward, and no animals could stand before it, and there was no one to deliver from its hand; and it did as it pleased and made itself great.

• Daniel 11:40

  And at the time of the end the king of the south will clash with him, and the king of the north will storm against him with chariots and with horsemen and with many ships; and he will enter into the lands and overflow and pass through.

And 1 more times.