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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 from the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him commander over My people Israel, that he may save My people from the hand of the Philistines; for I have looked upon My people, because their cry has come to Me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:1 - Then Samuel took a flask of oil and poured it on his head, and kissed him and said: “Is it not because the LORD has anointed you commander over His inheritance?[fn]

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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 for Himself a man after His own heart, and the LORD has commanded him to be commander over His people, because you have not kept what the LORD commanded you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:30 - “And it shall come to pass, when the LORD has done for my lord according to all the good that He has spoken concerning you, and has appointed you ruler over Israel,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 5:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:2 - “Also, in time past, when Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them in; and the LORD said to you, ‘You shall shepherd My people Israel, and be ruler over Israel.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:21 - So David said to Michal, “It was before the LORD, who chose me instead of your father and all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel. Therefore I will play music before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 7:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:8 - “Now therefore, thus shall you say to My servant David, ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts: “I took you from the sheepfold, from following the sheep, to be ruler over My people, over Israel.

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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, and he shall be king in my place. For I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and Judah.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:7 - “Go, tell Jeroboam, ‘Thus says the LORD God of Israel: “Because I exalted you from among the people, and made you ruler over My people Israel,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:2 - “Inasmuch as I lifted you out of the dust and made you ruler over My people Israel, and you have walked in the way of Jeroboam, and have made My people Israel sin, to provoke Me to anger with their sins,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 20:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:5 - “Return and tell Hezekiah the leader of My people, ‘Thus says the LORD, the God of David your father: “I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; surely 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 - yet Judah prevailed over his brothers, and from him came a ruler, although the birthright was Joseph’s—

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:11 - Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the officer over the house of God;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:20 - And Phinehas the son of Eleazar had been the officer over them in time past; the LORD was with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:2 - “Also, in time past, even when Saul was king, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them in; and the LORD your God said to you, ‘You shall shepherd My people Israel, and be ruler over My people Israel.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:27 - Jehoiada, the leader of the Aaronites, and with him three thousand seven hundred;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 13:1

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 17:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:7 - “Now therefore, thus shall you say to My servant David, ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts: “I took you from the sheepfold, from following the sheep, to be ruler over My people Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 26:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:24 - Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was overseer of the treasuries.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:4 - Over the division of the second month was Dodai[fn] an Ahohite, and of his division Mikloth also was the leader; in his division were twenty-four thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:16 - Furthermore, over the tribes of Israel: the officer over the Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri; over the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maachah;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:4 - “However the LORD God of Israel chose me above all the house of my father to be king over Israel forever, for He has chosen Judah to be the ruler. And of the house of Judah, the house of my father, and among the sons of my father, He was pleased with me to make me king over all Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:22 - So they ate and drank before the LORD with great gladness on that day. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed him before the LORD to be the leader, and Zadok to be priest.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 6:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:5 - ‘Since the day that I brought My people out of the land of Egypt, I have chosen no city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house, that My name might be there, nor did I choose any man to be a ruler over My people Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 11:11

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 11:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:22 - And Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maachah as chief, to be leader among his brothers; for he intended to make him king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 19:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:11 - “And take notice: Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of the LORD; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, for all the king’s matters; also the Levites will be officials before you. Behave courageously, and the LORD will be with the good.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:7 - Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, killed Maaseiah the king’s son, Azrikam the officer over the house, and Elkanah who was second to the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 31:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:12 - Then they faithfully brought in the offerings, the tithes, and the dedicated things; Cononiah the Levite had charge of them, and Shimei his brother was the next.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 31:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:13 - Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, Mahath, and Benaiah were overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at the commandment of Hezekiah the king and Azariah the ruler of the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:21 - Then the LORD sent an angel who cut down every mighty man of valor, leader, and captain in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned shamefaced to his own land. And when he had gone into the temple of his god, some of his own offspring struck him down with the sword there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:8 - And his leaders gave willingly to the people, to the priests, and to the Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, rulers of the house of God, gave to the priests for the Passover offerings two thousand six hundred from the flock, and three hundred cattle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:11 - Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, was the leader of the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:10 - The voice of 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;
Like a prince I would approach Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 76:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:12 - He shall cut off the spirit of princes;
He is awesome to the kings of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:6 - Listen, for I will speak of excellent things,
And from the opening of my lips will come right things;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:16 - A ruler who lacks understanding is a great oppressor,
But he who hates covetousness will prolong his days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 55:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:4 - Indeed I have given him as a witness to the people,
A leader and commander for the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:1 - Now Pashhur the son of Immer, the priest who was also chief governor in the house of the LORD, heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 28:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:2 - “Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD:

“Because your heart is lifted up,
And you say, ‘I am a god,
I sit in the seat of gods,
In the midst of the seas,’
Yet you are a man, and not a god,
Though you set your heart as the heart of a god

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:25 - “Know therefore and understand,
That from the going forth of the command
To restore and build Jerusalem
Until Messiah the Prince,
There shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks;
The street[fn] shall be built again, and the wall,[fn]
Even in troublesome times.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:26 - “And after the sixty-two weeks
Messiah shall be cut off, but not for Himself;
And the people of the prince who is to come
Shall destroy the city and the sanctuary.
The end of it shall be with a flood,
And till the end of the war desolations are determined.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:22 - “With the force[fn] of a flood they shall be swept away from before him and be broken, and also the prince of the covenant.
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