Strong’s H5057 · Hebrew
נָגִיד
nâgîyd
naw-gheed'
Definition
a commander (as occupying the front), civil, military or religious; generally (abstractly, plural), honorable themes
Etymology
or נָגִד; from H5046 (נָגַד);
Word family
How the KJV renders it
- captain
- chief
- excellent thing
- (chief) governor
- leader
- noble
- prince
- (chief) ruler
Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.