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Lexicon :: Strong's H5057 - nāḡîḏ

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נָגִיד
Transliteration
nāḡîḏ
Pronunciation
naw-gheed'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1289b

Strong’s Definitions

נָגִיד nâgîyd, naw-gheed'; or נָגִד nâgid; from H5046; a commander (as occupying the front), civil, military or religious; generally (abstractly, plural), honorable themes:—captain, chief, excellent thing, (chief) governor, leader, noble, prince, (chief) ruler.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 44x

The KJV translates Strong's H5057 in the following manner: ruler (20x), prince (9x), captain (6x), leader (4x), governor (3x), nobles (1x), excellent things (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 44x
The KJV translates Strong's H5057 in the following manner: ruler (20x), prince (9x), captain (6x), leader (4x), governor (3x), nobles (1x), excellent things (1x).

  1. leader, ruler, captain, prince

    1. ruler, prince

    2. prince-overseer

    3. ruler (in other capacities)

    4. princely things

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נָגִיד nâgîyd, naw-gheed'; or נָגִד nâgid; from H5046; a commander (as occupying the front), civil, military or religious; generally (abstractly, plural), honorable themes:—captain, chief, excellent thing, (chief) governor, leader, noble, prince, (chief) ruler.
STRONGS H5057: Abbreviations
† נָגִיד noun masculine leader (literally probably one in front), ruler, prince; — absolute נ׳ 1 Samuel 9:16 + 31 times; construct (נְגִד) נְגִיד 2 Kings 20:5 + 6 times; plural נְגִידִים Job 29:10 + 3 times; נְגִידֵי 2 Chronicles 35:8; — ruler, prince Psalm 76:13; Proverbs 28:16; Job 29:10; Job 31:37 (in simile). Especially
1. of king of Israel: of Saul עַל מָשַׁח לְנ׳ (+ accusative of person), 1 Samuel 9:16 (subject prophet), compare of Solomon, subject people, 1 Chronicles 29:22; 1 Chronicles 10:1 (subject י׳); of David עַל צִוָּהוּ לְנ׳ 1 Samuel 13:14; 1 Samuel 25:30, עַל צִוָּהוּ נ׳ 2 Samuel 6:21 (in these י׳ subject), על היה לנ׳ 2 Samuel 5:2, על היה נ׳ 2 Samuel 7:8; 1 Chronicles 11:2; 1 Chronicles 17:7; compare also 1 Chronicles 5:2; 2 Chronicles 6:5; of David also לְ׳ נָתַן נ׳ Isaiah 55:4; of Solomon צִוָּה אֹתוֺ על לִהְיוֺת נ׳ 1 Kings 1:35 (י׳ subject); of Jeroboam על נתן נ׳)+ accusative of person) 1 Kings 14:7 (י׳ subject); so 1 Kings 16:2 of Baasha; of Hezekiah עַָמִּי נְ׳ 2 Kings 20:5; הֶעֱמִיד בְּאֶחָיו לְנ׳)+ accusative of person) 2 Chronicles 11:22 (of Abijah, subject Rehob.); of Judah 1 Chronicles 28:4.
2. of a foreign ruler or prince Ezekiel 28:2; Daniel 9:25, 26.
3. the title of some high official connected with the temple Jeremiah 20:1 (of Pashhur) וְהוּא פָקִיד נָגִיד בבית י׳ and he was prince-overseer in, etc. (for פ׳ see Jeremiah 29:26); hence בית האלהים נ׳ 1 Chronicles 9:11; 2 Chronicles 31:13; 35:8 (three ה׳ נגידי ב׳, including the high-priest), Nehemiah 11:11; of high-priest Daniel 11:22 בְּרִית נ׳.
4. ruler in other capacities (late): of tribe 1 Chronicles 27:16; 2 Chronicles 19:11; of Korahites 2 Chronicles 9:20; of Aaronite warriors 2 Chron 12:27; of division of army 1 Chronicles 13:1; 1 Chronicles 27:4; 2 Chronicles 11:11 (commandant of fortress), 2 Chronicles 32:21 (in Assyrian army: || שַׂר); of temple-treasuries 1 Chronicles 26:24, compare 2 Chronicles 31:12; הבית נ׳ 2 Chronicles 28:7 (i.e. of palace?).
5. princely thimgs, plural abstract Proverbs 8:6.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

9:16; 9:16; 13:14; 25:30

2 Samuel

5:2; 6:21; 7:8

1 Kings

1:35; 14:7; 16:2

2 Kings

20:5; 20:5

1 Chronicles

5:2; 9:11; 10:1; 11:2; 13:1; 17:7; 26:24; 27:4; 27:16; 28:4; 29:22

2 Chronicles

6:5; 9:20; 11:11; 11:22; 19:11; 28:7; 31:12; 31:13; 32:21; 35:8; 35:8

Nehemiah

11:11

Job

29:10; 29:10; 31:37

Proverbs

8:6; 28:16

Isaiah

55:4

Jeremiah

20:1; 29:26

Ezekiel

28:2

Daniel

9:25; 9:26; 11:22

H5057

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Strong's Number H5057 matches the Hebrew נָגִיד (nāḡîḏ),
which occurs 44 times in 44 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:16 - Tomorrow about this time I will send you a man out of the land of Binyamin, and you shall anoint him to be prince over my people Yisra'el; and he shall save my people out of the hand of the Pelishtim: for I have looked on my people, because their cry is come to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:1 - Then Shemu'el took the vial of oil, and poured it on his head, and kissed him, and said, Isn't it that the LORD has anointed you to be prince over his inheritance?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:14 - But now your kingdom shall not continue: the LORD has sought him a man after his own heart, and the LORD has appointed him to be prince over his people, because you have not kept that which the LORD commanded you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:30 - It shall come to pass, when the LORD shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he has spoken concerning you, and shall have appointed you prince over Yisra'el,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 5:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:2 - In times past, when Sha'ul was king over us, it was you who led out and brought in Yisra'el: and the LORD said to you, You shall be shepherd of my people Yisra'el, and you shall be prince over Yisra'el.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:21 - David said to Mikhal, It was before the LORD, who chose me above your father, and above all his house, to appoint me prince over the people of the LORD, over Yisra'el: therefore will I play before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 7:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:8 - Now therefore thus shall you tell my servant David, Thus says the LORD of Hosts, I took you from the sheep pen, from following the sheep, that you should be prince over my people, over Yisra'el;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:35 - Then you shall come up after him, and he shall come and sit on my throne; for he shall be king in my place; and I have appointed him to be prince over Yisra'el and over Yehudah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:7 - Go, tell Yarov`am, Thus says the LORD, the God of Yisra'el: Because I exalted you from among the people, and made you prince over my people Yisra'el,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:2 - Because I exalted you out of the dust, and made you prince over my people Yisra'el, and you have walked in the way of Yarov`am, and have made my people Yisra'el to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 20:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:5 - Turn back, and tell Hizkiyahu the prince of my people, Thus says the LORD, the God of David your father, I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears: behold, I will heal you; on the third day you shall go up to the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 5:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:2 - For Yehudah prevailed above his brothers, and of him came the prince; but the birthright was Yosef's:)

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:11 - and `Azaryah the son of Hilkiyah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Tzadok, the son of Merayot, the son of Achituv, the ruler of the house of God;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:20 - Pinechas the son of El`azar was ruler over them in time past, and the LORD was with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:2 - In times past, even when Sha'ul was king, it was you who led out and brought in Yisra'el: and the LORD your God said to you, You shall be shepherd of my people Yisra'el, and you shall be prince over my people Yisra'el.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:27 - Yehoiada was the leader of the house of Aharon; and with him were three thousand and seven hundred,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 13:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:1 - David consulted with the captains of thousands and of hundreds, even with every leader.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 17:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:7 - Now therefore thus shall you tell my servant David, Thus says the LORD of Hosts, I took you from the sheep pen, from following the sheep, that you should be prince over my people Yisra'el:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 26:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:24 - and Shevu'el the son of Gershom, the son of Moshe, was ruler over the treasures.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:4 - Over the course of the second month was Dodo the Achochi, and his course; and Miklot the ruler: and in his course were twenty-four thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:16 - Furthermore over the tribes of Yisra'el: of the Re'uveni was Eli`ezer the son of Zikhri the ruler: of the Shim`oni, Shefatyah the son of Ma`akhah:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:4 - However the LORD, the God of Yisra'el, chose me out of all the house of my father to be king over Yisra'el forever: for he has chosen Yehudah to be prince; and in the house of Yehudah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he took pleasure in me to make me king over all Yisra'el;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:22 - and ate and drink before the LORD on that day with great gladness. They made Shlomo the son of David king the second time, and anointed him to the LORD to be prince, and Tzadok to be Kohen.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 6:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:5 - Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Mitzrayim, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Yisra'el to build a house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be prince over my people Yisra'el:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 11:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:11 - He fortified the strongholds, and put captains in them, and stores of victuals, and oil and wine.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 11:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:22 - Rechav`am appointed Aviyah the son of Ma`akhah to be chief, even the prince among his brothers; for he was minded to make him king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 19:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:11 - Behold, Amaryah the chief Kohen is over you in all matters of the LORD; and Zevadyah the son of Yishma'el, the ruler of the house of Yehudah, in all the king's matters: also the Levites shall be officers before you. Deal courageously, and the LORD be with the good.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:7 - Zikhri, a mighty man of Efrayim, killed Ma`aseyah the king's son, and `Azrikam the ruler of the house, and Elkana who was next to the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 31:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:12 - They brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully: and over them Kananyahu the Levite was ruler, and Shim`i his brother was second.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 31:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:13 - Yechi'el, and `Azazyahu, and Nachat, and `Asa'el, and Yerimot, and Yozavad, and Eli'el, and Yismakhyahu, and Machat, and Benayah, were overseers under the hand of Kananyahu and Shim`i his brother, by the appointment of Hizkiyahu the king, and `Azaryah the ruler of the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:21 - The LORD sent an angel, who cut off all the mighty men of valor, and the leaders and captains, in the camp of the king of Ashshur. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. When he was come into the house of his god, those who came forth from his own bowels killed him there with the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:8 - His princes gave for a freewill- offering to the people, to the Kohanim, and to the Levites. Hilkiyah and Zekharyah and Yechi'el, the rulers of the house of God, gave to the Kohanim for the Pesach offerings two thousand and six hundred small cattle, and three hundred oxen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:11 - Serayah the son of Hilkiyah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Tzadok, the son of Merayot, the son of Achituv, the ruler of the house of God,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:10 - The voice of the nobles was hushed, And their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:37 - I would declare to him the number of my steps. As a prince would I go near to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 76:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:12 - He will cut off the spirit of princes. He is feared by the kings of the eretz.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:6 - Hear, for I will speak excellent things. The opening of my lips is for right things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:16 - A tyrannical ruler lacks judgment. One who hates ill-gotten gain will have long days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 55:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:4 - Behold, I have given him for a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander to the peoples.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:1 - Now Pashchur, the son of Immer the Kohen, who was chief officer in the house of the LORD, heard Yirmeyahu prophesying these things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 28:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:2 - Son of man, tell the prince of Tzor, Thus says the Lord GOD: Because your heart is lifted up, and you have said, I am a god, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet you are man, and not God, though you did set your heart as the heart of God;-

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:25 - Know therefore and discern, that from the going forth of the mitzvah to restore and to build Yerushalayim to the Messiah the prince, shall be seven weeks, and sixty-two weeks: it shall be built again, with street and moat, even in troubled times.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:26 - After the sixty-two weeks the Anointed One shall be cut off, and shall have nothing: and the people of the prince who shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end of it shall be with a flood, and even to the end shall be war; desolations are determined.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:22 - The overwhelming forces shall be overwhelmed from before him, and shall be broken; yes, also the prince of the covenant.
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