Strong’s H5055 · Hebrew

נָגַח
nâgach
naw-gakh'

Definition

to butt with the horns; figuratively, to war against

Etymology

a primitive root;

Where the KJV renders it

  • gore
  • push (down
  • -ing)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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