Hebrew · Strong's H5046 · Verb
נָגַד
na·gad
to tell
371times used
345verses
31books
How it's translated
- and he told41
- tell25
- and it was told24
- and they told21
- and people told17
- to tell15
- and she told9
- declare9
Definition
1) to be conspicuous, tell, make known
1a) (Hiphil) to tell, declare
1a1) to tell, announce, report
1a2) to declare, make known, expound
1a3) to inform of
1a4) to publish, declare, proclaim
1a5) to avow, acknowledge, confess
1a5a) messenger (participle)
The forms it takes
Form
- Wayyiqtol (“and he did”) 34% and then …: the storyteller’s past
- Imperfect (yiqtol) 18% incomplete: ongoing, future or possible
- Perfect (qatal) 16% a complete action, usually past
- Imperative 12% a command
- Infinitive 9% “to …”, or for emphasis
- Participle 5% one who is doing
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Between Hebrew and Greek
The Greek Old Testament (the Septuagint), the Bible the first Christians often quoted, translates this word as:
Where it appears
Genesisacross the Old TestamentMalachi
- 1 Samuel48
- 2 Samuel37
- Genesis34
- Isaiah28
- Jeremiah24
- Judges23
- 2 Kings22
- Psalms20
- Job17
- 1 Kings14
…and 21 more books.
Every verse
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