International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Gore

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Gore


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gōr (נגח, nāghaḥ): “Gore” occurs only three times in the King James Version, namely, , bis, “if an ox gore a man or a woman,” etc.; in , , , the King James Version has “push” (with his horn), the Revised Version (British and American) “gore.” The same verb in Piel and HithpaeI is elsewhere translated “push” and “pushing” (, “He shall push the peoples,” the Revised Version, margin “gore”; ; ; ; ; , the Revised Version (British and American) “contend,” margin “Hebrew push at,” as an ox pushes with his horns so should the king fight - a fitting description of warfare).