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נָגַד

na.gadto tellHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb370 occurrences31 books344 verses

Definition

a primitive root; properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, explain, praise
Traditional renderings: bewray, × certainly, certify, declare(-ing), denounce, expound, × fully, messenger, plainly, profess, rehearse, report, shew (forth), speak, × surely, tell, utter.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders נָגַד:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

370 total
  1. 1 Samuel 8:9וְהִגַּדְתָּ֣ · and show
    Now listen to their voice; but you must solemnly warn them and show them the manner of the king who will reign over them.”
  2. 1 Samuel 9:6יַגִּ֣יד · he will tell
    “Look,” said the servant, “in this city there is a man of God who is highly respected; everything he says surely comes to pass. Let us go there now. Perhaps he will tell us which way to go.”
  3. 1 Samuel 9:8וְהִגִּ֥יד · and he will tell
    The servant answered him again. “Look,” he said, “I have here in my hand a quarter shekel of silver. I will give it to the man of God, and he will tell us our way.”
  4. 1 Samuel 9:18הַגִּֽידָה־ · tell
    Saul approached Samuel in the gateway and asked, “Would you please tell me where the seer’s house is?”
  5. 1 Samuel 9:19אַגִּ֥יד · I will tell
    “I am the seer,” Samuel replied. “Go up before me to the high place, for you shall eat with me today. And when I send you off in the morning, I will tell you all that is in your heart.
  6. 1 Samuel 10:15הַגִּֽידָה־ · Tell
    “Tell me,” Saul’s uncle asked, “what did Samuel say to you?”
  7. 1 Samuel 10:16הַגֵּ֤ד · He assured; הִגִּיד֙; הִגִּ֣יד · tell
    And Saul replied, “He assured us that the donkeys had been found.” But Saul did not tell his uncle what Samuel had said about the kingship.
  8. 1 Samuel 11:9וַיַּגִּ֛ידוּ · relayed [this]
    So they said to the messengers who had come, “Tell the men of Jabesh-gilead: ‘Deliverance will be yours tomorrow by the time the sun is hot.’” And when the messengers relayed this to the men of Jabesh, they rejoiced.
  9. 1 Samuel 14:1הִגִּֽיד׃ · tell
    One day Jonathan son of Saul said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let us cross over to the Philistine outpost on the other side.” But Jonathan did not tell his father.
  10. 1 Samuel 14:33וַיַּגִּ֤ידוּ · Then someone reported
    Then someone reported to Saul: “Look, the troops are sinning against the LORD by eating meat with the blood still in it.” “You have broken faith,” said Saul. “Roll a large stone over here at once.”
  11. 1 Samuel 14:43הַגִּ֥ידָה · Tell; וַיַּגֶּד־ · told
    “Tell me what you have done,” Saul commanded him. So Jonathan told him, “I only tasted a little honey with the end of the staff that was in my hand. And now I must die?”
  12. 1 Samuel 15:12וַיֻּגַּ֨ד · but [he] was told
    Early in the morning Samuel got up to confront Saul, but he was told, “Saul has gone to Carmel, and behold, he has set up a monument for himself and has turned and gone down to Gilgal.”
  13. 1 Samuel 15:16וְאַגִּ֣ידָה · Let me tell
    “Stop!” exclaimed Samuel. “Let me tell you what the LORD said to me last night.” “Tell me,” Saul replied.
  14. 1 Samuel 17:31וַיַּגִּ֥דוּ · and reported
    Now David’s words were overheard and reported to Saul, who sent for him.
  15. 1 Samuel 18:20וַיַּגִּ֣דוּ · and when this was reported
    Now Saul’s daughter Michal loved David, and when this was reported to Saul, it pleased him.
  16. 1 Samuel 18:24וַיַּגִּ֜דוּ · told
    And the servants told Saul what David had said.
  17. 1 Samuel 18:26וַיַּגִּ֨דוּ · reported
    When the servants reported these terms to David, he was pleased to become the king’s son-in-law. Before the wedding day arrived,
  18. 1 Samuel 19:2וַיַּגֵּ֤ד · warned
    …so he warned David, saying, “My father Saul intends to kill you. Be on your guard in the morning; find a secret place and hide there.
  19. 1 Samuel 19:3וְהִגַּ֥דְתִּי · I will tell
    I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, so I can ask about you. And if I find out anything, I will tell you.”
  20. 1 Samuel 19:7וַיַּגֶּד־ · and told
    So Jonathan summoned David and told him all these things. Then Jonathan brought David to Saul, and David was with Saul as before.
  21. 1 Samuel 19:11וַתַּגֵּ֣ד · warned
    Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him and kill him in the morning. But David’s wife Michal warned him, “If you do not run for your life tonight, tomorrow you will be dead!”
  22. 1 Samuel 19:18וַיַּ֨גֶּד־ · and told
    So David ran away and escaped. And he went to Samuel at Ramah and told him all that Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went to Naioth and stayed there.
  23. 1 Samuel 19:19וַיֻּגַּ֥ד · was told
    When Saul was told that David was at Naioth in Ramah,
  24. 1 Samuel 19:21וַיַּגִּ֣דוּ · When this was reported
    When this was reported to Saul, he sent more messengers, but they began to prophesy as well. So Saul tried again and sent messengers a third time, and even they began to prophesy.
  25. 1 Samuel 20:9אַגִּ֥יד · tell
    “Never!” Jonathan replied. “If I ever found out that my father had evil intentions against you, would I not tell you?”
  26. 1 Samuel 20:10יַגִּ֣יד · will tell
    Then David asked Jonathan, “Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?”
  27. 1 Samuel 22:21וַיַּגֵּ֥ד · told
    And Abiathar told David that Saul had killed the priests of the LORD.
  28. 1 Samuel 22:22הַגֵּ֥ד · he was sure to tell; יַגִּ֖יד
    Then David said to Abiathar, “I knew that Doeg the Edomite was there that day, and that he was sure to tell Saul. I myself am responsible for the lives of everyone in your father’s house.
  29. 1 Samuel 23:1וַיַּגִּ֥דוּ · Now it was reported
    Now it was reported to David, “Look, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and looting the threshing floors.”
  30. 1 Samuel 23:7וַיֻּגַּ֣ד · was told
    When Saul was told that David had gone to Keilah, he said, “God has delivered him into my hand, for he has trapped himself by entering a town with gates and bars.”
  31. 1 Samuel 23:11הַגֶּד־ · tell
    Will the citizens of Keilah surrender me into his hand? Will Saul come down, as Your servant has heard? O LORD, God of Israel, please tell Your servant.” “He will,” said the LORD.
  32. 1 Samuel 23:13הֻגַּ֗ד · was told
    Then David and his men, about six hundred strong, set out and departed from Keilah, moving from place to place. When Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah, he declined to go forth.
  33. 1 Samuel 23:25וַיַּגִּ֣דוּ · was told about it
    …and Saul and his men went to seek him. When David was told about it, he went down to the rock and stayed in the Wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard of this, he pursued David there.
  34. 1 Samuel 24:1וַיַּגִּ֤דוּ · he was told
    After Saul had returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, “David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.”
  35. 1 Samuel 24:18הִגַּ֣דְתָּ · have declared
    And you have declared this day how you have treated me well, for when the LORD delivered me into your hand, you did not kill me.
  36. 1 Samuel 25:8וְיַגִּ֣ידוּ · and they will tell
    Ask your young men, and they will tell you. So let my young men find favor with you, for we have come on the day of a feast. Please give whatever you can spare to your servants and to your son David.’”
  37. 1 Samuel 25:12וַיַּגִּ֣דוּ · and they relayed
    So David’s men turned around and went back, and they relayed to him all these words.
  38. 1 Samuel 25:14הִגִּ֧יד · informed
    Meanwhile, one of Nabal’s young men informed Nabal’s wife Abigail, “Look, David sent messengers from the wilderness to greet our master, but he screamed at them.
  39. 1 Samuel 25:19הִגִּֽידָה׃ · tell
    …and said to her young men, “Go ahead of me. I will be right behind you.” But she did not tell her husband Nabal.
  40. 1 Samuel 25:36הִגִּ֣ידָה · told
    When Abigail returned to Nabal, there he was in the house, holding a feast fit for a king, in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing until morning light.
  41. 1 Samuel 25:37וַתַּגֶּד־ · told
    In the morning when Nabal was sober, his wife told him about these events, and his heart failed within him, and he became like a stone.
  42. 1 Samuel 27:4וַיֻּגַּ֣ד · learned
    And when Saul learned that David had fled to Gath, he no longer searched for him.
  43. 1 Samuel 27:11יַגִּ֥דוּ · they will report
    David did not leave a man or woman alive to be brought to Gath, for he said, “Otherwise they will report us, saying, ‘This is what David did.’” And this was David’s custom the whole time he lived in Philistine territory.
  44. 2 Samuel 1:4הַגֶּד־ · tell
    “What was the outcome?” David asked. “Please tell me.” “The troops fled from the battle,” he replied. “Many of them fell and died. And Saul and his son Jonathan are also dead.”
  45. 2 Samuel 1:5הַמַּגִּ֣יד · who had brought him the report
    Then David asked the young man who had brought him the report, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?”
  46. 2 Samuel 1:6הַמַּגִּ֣יד
    “I happened to be on Mount Gilboa,” he replied, “and there was Saul, leaning on his spear, with the chariots and the cavalry closing in on him.