Lexicon :: Strong's H5066 - nāḡaš

He then said, “Go among the troops and say to them, ‘Let each man bring me his ox or his sheep. Do the slaughtering here and then you can eat. Don’t sin against the LORD by eating meat with the blood in it.’ ” So every one of the troops brought his ox that night and slaughtered it there.

Samuel said, “Bring me King Agag of Amalek.”

Agag came to him trembling,[fn] for he thought, “Certainly the bitterness of death has come.”[fn][fn]

Every morning and evening for forty days the Philistine came forward and took his stand.

When David learned that Saul was plotting evil against him, he said to the priest Abiathar, “Bring the ephod.”

She served it to Saul and his servants, and they ate. Afterward, they got up and left that night.

David said to the priest Abiathar son of Ahimelech, “Bring me the ephod.” So Abiathar brought it to him,

Then David summoned one of his servants and said, “Come here and kill him! ” The servant struck him, and he died.

Your hands were not bound,

your feet not placed in bronze shackles.

You fell like one who falls victim to criminals.

And all the people wept over him even more.

Joab and his troops advanced to fight against the Arameans, and they fled before him.

“if the king’s anger gets stirred up and he asks you, ‘Why did you get so close to the city to fight? Didn’t you realize they would shoot from the top of the wall?

When she brought them to him to eat, he grabbed her and said,[fn] “Come sleep with me, my sister! ”

honey, curds, sheep, goats, and cheese[fn] from the herd for David and the people with him to eat. They had reasoned, “The people must be hungry, exhausted, and thirsty in the wilderness.”

Solomon ruled all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines and as far as the border of Egypt. They offered tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.

Then Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions?[fn] If the LORD is God, follow him. But if Baal, follow him.” But the people didn’t answer him a word.

A prophet approached King Ahab of Israel and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Do you see this whole huge army? Watch, I am handing it over to you today so that you may know that I am the LORD.’ ”

Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah came up, hit Micaiah on the cheek, and demanded, “Did[fn] the Spirit of the LORD leave me to speak to you? ”

Then the sons of the prophets who were in Jericho came up to Elisha and said, “Do you know that the LORD will take your master away from you today? ”

He said, “Yes, I know. Be quiet.”

So she left.

After she had shut the door behind her and her sons, they kept bringing her containers, and she kept pouring.

But his servants approached and said to him, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more should you do it when he only tells you, ‘Wash and be clean’? ”

Joab and the people with him approached the Arameans for battle, and they fled before him.

Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah came up, hit Micaiah on the cheek, and demanded, “Which way did the spirit from the LORD leave me to speak to you? ”

Then they brought the goats for the sin offering right into the presence of the king and the congregation, who laid their hands on them.

they approached Zerubbabel and the family heads and said to them, “Let us build with you, for we also worship your God and have been sacrificing to him[fn] since the time King Esar-haddon of Assyria brought us here.”

After these things had been done, the leaders approached me and said, “The people of Israel, the priests, and the Levites have not separated themselves from the surrounding peoples whose detestable practices are like those of the Canaanites, Hethites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.

He is the foremost of God’s works;

only his Maker can draw the sword against him.

One scale is so close to another[fn]

that no air can pass between them.

Though a thousand fall at your side

and ten thousand at your right hand,

the pestilence will not reach you.

The Lord said:

These people approach me with their speeches

to honor me with lip-service,[fn]

yet their hearts are far from me,

and human rules direct their worship of me.[fn]

“Be silent before me, coasts and islands!

And let peoples renew their strength.

Let them approach; let them testify;

let’s come together for the trial.

“Come, gather together,

and approach, you fugitives of the nations.

Those who carry their wooden idols

and pray to a god who cannot save

have no knowledge.

“Yet as you listen, the children

that you have been deprived of will say,

‘This place is too small for me;

make room for me so that I may settle.’

The one who vindicates me is near;

who will contend with me?

Let us confront each other.[fn]

Who has a case against me?[fn]

Let him come near me!

“They say, ‘Keep to yourself,

don’t come near me, for I am too holy for you! ’

These practices are smoke in my nostrils,

a fire that burns all day long.

Jacob’s leader will be one of them;

his ruler will issue from him.

I will invite him to me, and he will approach me,

for who would otherwise risk his life to approach me?

This is the LORD’s declaration.

Then all the commanders of the armies, along with Johanan son of Kareah, Jezaniah son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least to the greatest, approached

Deploy small shields and large;

approach for battle!