נָדִיב
nâdîyb · naw-deeb'
properly, voluntary, i.e. generous; hence, magnanimous; as noun, a grandee (sometimes a tyrant)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5068 (נָדַב);
properly, voluntary, i.e. generous; hence, magnanimous; as noun, a grandee (sometimes a tyrant)
- properly, voluntary, i.e. generous
- hence, magnanimous
- as noun, a grandee (sometimes a tyrant)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: free, liberal (things), noble, prince, willing (hearted).
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › the doorway, the way in › the hand that works › the house, what is within
The seed, life continuing of the doorway, the way in of the hand that works of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נָדִיב 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
28 occurrences · 28 OT · 0 NT · 20 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of the prince3 · 11%
- upon princes2 · 7%
- in princes2 · 7%
- is of a willing1 · 4%
- were willing1 · 4%
- the nobles1 · 4%
- them among princes1 · 4%
- every willing1 · 4%
- and as many as were of a free1 · 4%
- and to princes1 · 4%
- the princes1 · 4%
- me with thy free1 · 4%
- their nobles1 · 4%
- him with princes1 · 4%
- even with the princes1 · 4%
- and nobles1 · 4%
- a prince1 · 4%
- princes1 · 4%
- o prince's1 · 4%
- of the nobles1 · 4%
- liberal1 · 4%
- but the liberal1 · 4%
- liberal things1 · 4%
- and by liberal things1 · 4%
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.