נָגִיד nagid

Hebrew word for “leader” · Strong’s H5057 · used 44 times in 44 verses

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Meaning

1) leader, ruler, captain, prince; 1a) ruler, prince; 1b) prince-overseer; 1c) ruler (in other capacities); 1d) princely things

How it is translated

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

• ruler 19
• leader 9
• chief 4
• officer 3
• prince 3
• commanders 1
• officers 1
• supervisor 1
• nobles 1
• rulers 1
• princely things 1

Where it is used

Also in 2 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

1 Chronicles 9 (2), 1 Chronicles 27 (2), 2 Chronicles 11 (2), 2 Chronicles 31 (2), Daniel 9 (2), 1 Samuel 9 (1), 1 Samuel 10 (1), 1 Samuel 13 (1), 1 Samuel 25 (1), 2 Samuel 5 (1)

Forms

• נגיד 24
• לנגיד 9
• נגידים 4
• הנגיד 3
• ולנגיד 1
• ונגיד 1
• נגידי 1
• נגד 1

Words used with it

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

• חִלְקִיָּהוּ chilqiyyah “Hilkiah” 3
• צָוָה tsavah “to command” 5
• דָּוִד david “David” 6
• כֹּה koh “thus” 5
• מִן־ min “from” 6
• צָדוֹק tsadoq “Zadok” 3
• כּוֹנַנְיָהוּ konanyahu “Conaniah” 2
• מָלַךְ malakh “to reign” 4
• מָשַׁח mashach “to anoint” 3
• יַעַן yaan “because” 3
• שֶׁטֶף sheteph “flood” 2
• אֶלֶף eleph “thousand” 4

Key verses

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

• 1 Samuel 10:1 — Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the LORD hath anointed thee to be captain over his…
• 2 Samuel 5:2 — Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people…
• 2 Samuel 7:8 — Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over…
• 2 Kings 20:5 — Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears:…
• 1 Chronicles 5:2 — For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph’s:)
• 2 Chronicles 19:11 — And, behold, 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…
• 2 Chronicles 32:21 — And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with…
• Psalms 76:12 — He shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is terrible to the kings of the earth.
• Isaiah 55:4 — Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.
• Ezekiel 28:2 — Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God,…
• Daniel 9:25 — Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks,…
• Daniel 9:26 — And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the…

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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.