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Lexicon :: Strong's H5057 - nāḡîḏ

Aa
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 Box1Sa 9:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:16 - Tomorrow about this time I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and on him you are to put the holy oil, making him ruler over my people Israel, and he will make my people safe from the hands of the Philistines: for I have seen the sorrow of my people, whose cry has come up to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:1 - Then Samuel took the bottle of oil, and put the oil on his head and gave him a kiss and said, Is not the Lord with the holy oil making you ruler over Israel, his people? and you will have authority over the people of the Lord, and you will make them safe from the hands of their attackers round about them, and this will be the sign for you:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:14 - But now, your authority will not go on: the Lord, searching for a man who is pleasing to him in every way, has given him the place of ruler over his people, because you have not done what the Lord gave you orders to do.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:30 - And when the Lord has done for my lord all those good things which he has said he will do for you, and has made you a ruler over Israel;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:2 - In the past when Saul was king over us, it was you who went at the head of Israel when they went out or came in: and the Lord said to you, You are to be the keeper of my people Israel and their ruler.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:21 - And David said to Michal, I was dancing before the Lord, who put me over your father and all his sons, to make me a ruler over the people of the Lord, over his people Israel: and I will go on playing before the Lord;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:8 - Then say these words to my servant David, The Lord of armies says, I took you from the fields, from keeping the sheep, so that you might be a ruler over my people, over my people Israel:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:35 - Then come up after him and he will come in and take his place on the seat of my kingdom; for he is to be king in my place, and I have given orders that he is to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:7 - Go, say to Jeroboam, These are the words of the Lord, the God of Israel: Though I took you from among the people, lifting you up to be a ruler over my people Israel,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:2 - Because I took you up out of the dust, and made you ruler over my people Israel; and you have gone in the ways of Jeroboam, and made my people Israel do evil, moving me to wrath by their sins;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:5 - Go back and say to Hezekiah, the ruler of my people, The Lord, the God of David your father, says, Your prayer has come to my ears, and I have seen your weeping; see, I will make you well: on the third day you will go up to the house of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:2 - Though Judah became stronger than his brothers, and from him came the ruler, the birthright was Joseph's:)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:11

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

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:20 - In the past Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, had been ruler over them; may the Lord be with him!

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:2 - In the past, when Saul was king, it was you who went at the head of Israel when they went out or came in; and the Lord your God said to you, You are to be the keeper of my people Israel, and their ruler.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:27 - And Jehoiada, chief of the family of Aaron, and with him three thousand, seven hundred men;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:1 - Then David had discussions with the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds and with every chief.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:7 - So now, say to my servant David, The Lord of armies says, I took you from the fields, from keeping sheep, so that you might be a ruler over my people Israel;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:24 - And Shebuel, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was controller of the stores.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:4 - And over the division for the second month was Eleazar, the son of Dodai the Ahohite, the ruler; and in his division were twenty-four thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:16 - And over the tribes of Israel: the ruler of the Reubenites was Eliezer, the son of Zichri; of the Simeonites, Shephatiah, the son of Maacah;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:4 - Though the Lord, the God of Israel, took me out of all my father's family, to be king over Israel for ever, marking out Judah to be chief, and, of the people of Judah, my father's family; and among the sons of my father he was pleased to make me king over all Israel;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:22 - And with great joy they made a feast before the Lord that day. And they made Solomon, the son of David, king a second time, putting the holy oil on him to make him holy to the Lord as ruler, and on Zadok as priest.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:5 - From the day when I took my people out of the land of Egypt, no town in all the tribes of Israel has been marked out by me for the building of a house for the resting-place of my name; and I took no man to be a ruler over my people Israel;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:11 - And he made the walled towns strong, and he put captains in them and stores of food, oil, and wine.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:22 - Rehoboam made Abijah, the son of Maacah, chief and ruler among his brothers, for it was his purpose to make him king.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:11 - And now, Amariah, the chief priest, is over you in all questions to do with the Lord; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the head of the family of Judah, in everything to do with the king's business; and the Levites will be overseers for you. Be strong to do the work; and may the Lord be with the upright.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:7 - And Zichri, a great fighting-man of Ephraim, put to death Maaseiah, the king's son, and Azrikam, the controller of his house, and Elkanah, who was second in authority to the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:12 - And in them they put all the offerings and the tenths and the holy things, keeping nothing back, and over them was Conaniah the Levite, with Shimei his brother second to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:13 - And Jehiel and Azaziah and Nahath and Asahel and Jerimoth and Jozabad and Eliel and Ismachiah and Mahath and Benaiah were overseers, under the directions of Conaniah and Shimei his brother, by the order of Hezekiah the king and Azariah, the ruler of the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:21 - And the Lord sent an angel who put to death all the men of war and the chiefs and the captains in the army of the king of Assyria. So he went back to his country in shame. And when he came into the house of his god, his sons, the offspring of his body, put him to death there with the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:8 - And his captains freely gave an offering to the people, the priests, and the Levites. Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, the rulers of the house of God, gave to the priests for the Passover offerings two thousand, six hundred small cattle and three hundred oxen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 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, the ruler of the house of God,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:10 - The chiefs kept back their words, and their tongues were joined to the roofs of their mouths.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:37 - I would make clear the number of my steps, I would put it before him like a prince! The words of Job are ended.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:12 - He puts an end to the wrath of rulers; he is feared by the kings of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:6 - Give ear, for my words are true, and my lips are open to give out what is upright.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:16 - The prince who has no sense is a cruel ruler; but he who has no desire to get profit for himself will have long life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:4 - See, I have given him as a witness to the peoples, a ruler and a guide to the nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:1 - Now it came to the ears of Pashhur, the son of Immer the priest, who was chief in authority in the house of the Lord, that Jeremiah was saying these things;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:2 - Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, This is what the Lord has said: Because your heart has been lifted up, and you have said, I am a god, I am seated on the seat of God in the heart of the seas; but you are man and not God, though you have made your heart as the heart of God:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:25 - Have then the certain knowledge that from the going out of the word for the building again of Jerusalem till the coming of a prince, on whom the holy oil has been put, will be seven weeks: in sixty-two weeks its building will be complete, with square and earthwork.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:26 - And at the end of the times, even after the sixty-two weeks, one on whom the holy oil has been put will be cut off and have no ...; and the town and the holy place will be made waste together with a prince; and the end will come with an overflowing of waters, and even to the end there will be war; the making waste which has been fixed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:22 - And his forces will be completely taken away from before him and broken; and even the ruler of the agreement will have the same fate.
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