נָגִיד
nâgîyd · naw-gheed'
a commander (as occupying the front), civil, military or religious; generally (abstractly, plural), honorable themes
Lexicon
Derivation: or נָגִד; from H5046 (נָגַד);
a commander (as occupying the front), civil, military or religious; generally (abstractly, plural), honorable themes
- a commander (as occupying the front), civil, military or religious
- generally, (abstractly, plural), honorable themes
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: captain, chief, excellent thing, (chief) governor, leader, noble, prince, (chief) ruler.
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › to carry, to lift up › the hand that works › the doorway, the way in
The seed, life continuing that works to carry, to lift up of the hand that works of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נָגִיד above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
45 occurrences · 45 OT · 0 NT · 33 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the ruler4 · 12%
- him to be captain2 · 6%
- to be ruler2 · 6%
- thee prince2 · 6%
- was the ruler2 · 6%
- was ruler2 · 6%
- the prince2 · 6%
- thee to be captain1 · 3%
- thee ruler1 · 3%
- and thou shalt be a captain1 · 3%
- me ruler1 · 3%
- him to be ruler1 · 3%
- the captain1 · 3%
- and of him came the chief ruler1 · 3%
- and thou shalt be ruler1 · 3%
- was the leader1 · 3%
- and with every leader1 · 3%
- that thou shouldest be ruler1 · 3%
- also the ruler1 · 3%
- to be the ruler1 · 3%
- to be the chief governor1 · 3%
- to be a ruler1 · 3%
- captains1 · 3%
- the governor1 · 3%
- and the leaders1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.