נָגַד nagad

Hebrew word for “to tell” · Strong’s H5046 · used 370 times in 344 verses

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Meaning

1) to be conspicuous, tell, make known;

How it is translated

Glosses given for nagad in context, with how often each is used:

• told 118
• tell 41
• will tell 31
• declare 23
• people told 18
• tell ! 13
• have told 9
• had told 8
• will declare 7
• tells 6
• will you tell 6
• may tell 5

Where it is used

Also in 19 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Judges 14 (10), 1 Samuel 19 (7), Judges 16 (6), 1 Samuel 25 (6), 1 Samuel 23 (5), 2 Samuel 1 (5), 2 Kings 7 (5), 2 Kings 9 (5), Esther 4 (5), Isaiah 48 (5)

Forms

• ויגד 73
• להגיד 25
• הגיד 24
• ויגידו 23
• הגד 23
• ויגדו 21
• יגיד 20
• הגידה 18
• הגידו 17
• אגיד 13

Words used with it

Words that share verses with nagad more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• דָּבָר davar “word” 60
• מָה mah “what?” 43
• נִי ni “me” 45
• דָּוִד david “David” 46
• שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 47
• שָׁאוּל shaul “Saul” 34
• הִנֵּה hinneh “behold” 41
• יָדַע yada “to know” 32
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 33
• ךָּ ka “you” 26
• שָׁלַח shalach “to send” 27
• נָא na “please” 22

Key verses

The verses using nagad that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 1 Samuel 25:36 — And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very…
• Psalms 52:1 — [To the chief Musician, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech.] Why…
• Isaiah 21:2 — A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing…
• Isaiah 44:8 — Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no…
• Isaiah 45:19 — I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare…
• Isaiah 45:21 — Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the…
• Isaiah 46:10 — Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
• Isaiah 58:1 — Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
• Isaiah 66:19 — And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and…
• Jeremiah 20:10 — For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he…
• Jeremiah 31:10 — Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd…
• Micah 6:8 — He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.