Come (To) - Vine's Expository Dictionary of Old Testament Words
Usage Number: 1
Strong's Number: H935
Original Word: bô’
Usage Notes: See OFFER (TO) usage notes.
Usage Number: 2
Strong's Number: H5066
Original Word: nagash
Usage Notes: "to approach, draw near, bring." Found primarily in biblical Hebrew, this word is also found in ancient Ugaritic. It occurs 125 times in the Hebrew text of the Old Testament. Nagash is used for the first time in the biblical text in Gen. 18:23, where Abraham is said to "draw near" to God to plead that Sodom be spared.
The word is often used to describe ordinary "contact" of one person with another (Gen. 27:22; Gen. 43:19). Sometimes nagash describes "contact" for the purpose of sexual intercourse (Exod. 19:15). More frequently, it is used to speak of the priests "coming into the presence of" God (Ezek. 44:13) or of the priests' "approach" to the altar (Exod. 30:20). Opposing armies are said "to draw near" to battle each other (Judg. 20:23; kjv, "go up"). Inanimate objects, such as the close-fitting scales of the crocodile, are said to be so "near" to each other that no air can come between them (Job 41:16). Sometimes the word is used to speak of "bringing" an offering to the altar (Mal. 1:7).
The English versions render nagash variously, according to context: "went near" (rsv); "moved closer" (tev); "came close" (jb, neb, nasb).