Lexical Definition

‎נָגִיד‎ nâgîyd (naw-gheed') leader ^H:N-M
or נָגִד nâgid (naw-gheed'); from ‎נָגַד‎

captain, chief, excellent thing, (chief) governor, leader, noble, prince, (chief) ruler.

• a commander (as occupying the front), civil, military or religious
• generally (abstractly, plural), honorable themes

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

See Greek: ἄρχων · βασιλεύς · ἐπιστάτης · ἡγέομαι · σεμνός

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎נָגִיד‎ noun masculine leader (literally probably one in front), ruler, prince; — absolute ‎׳‎‎נ‎ 1Sam 9:16 + 31 t.; construct ‎(נְגִד) נְגִיד‎ 2Kgs 20:5 + 6 t.; plural ‎נְגִידִים‎ Job 29:10 + 3 t.; ‎נְגִידֵי‎ 2Chr 35:8 — ruler, prince Ps 76:13*; Prov 28:16; Job 29:10; Job 31:37 (in simile). Especially

1. of king of Israel: of Saul ‎עַל‎ ‎׳‎‎מָשַׁח לְנ‎ (+ accusative of person), 1Sam 9:16 (subject prophet), compare of Solomon, subject people, 1Chr 29:22; 1Chr 10:1 (subject ‎׳‎‎י‎); of David ‎עַל‎ ‎׳‎‎צִוָּהוּ לְנ‎ 1Sam 13:14; 1Sam 25:30, ‎עַל צִוָּהוּ‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ 2Sam 6:21 (in these ‎׳‎‎י‎ subject), ‎על‎ ‎׳‎‎היה לנ‎ 2Sam 5:2, ‎על‎ ‎׳‎‎היה נ‎ 2Sam 7:8; 1Chr 11:2; 1Chr 17:7 compare also 1Chr 5:2; 2Chr 6:5 of David also ‎׳‎‎לְ‎ ‎׳‎‎נָתַן נ‎ Isa 55:4 of Solomon ‎צִוָּה אֹתוֺ‎ ‎על‎ ‎׳‎‎לִהְיוֺת נ‎ 1Kgs 1:35 (‎׳‎‎י‎ subject); of Jeroboam ‎על‎ ‎׳‎‎נתן נ‎ ( + accusative of person) 1Kgs 14:7 (‎׳‎‎י‎ subject); so 1Kgs 16:2 of Baasha; of Hezekiah ‎עַָמִּי‎ ‎׳‎‎נְ‎ 2Kgs 20:5 ‎הֶעֱמִיד‎ ‎בְּאֶחָיו‎ ‎׳‎‎לְנ‎ ( + accusative of person) 2Chr 11:22 (of Abijah, subject Rehob.); of Judah 1Chr 28:4.

2. of a foreign ruler or prince Ezek 28:2; Dan 9:25; Dan 9:26.

3. the title of some high official connected with the temple Jer 20:1 (of Pashhur) ‎וְהוּא פָקִיד נָגִיד‎ ‎׳‎‎בבית י‎ and he was prince-overseer in, etc. (for ‎׳‎‎פ‎ see Jer 29:26); hence ‎בית האלהים‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ 1Chr 9:11; 2Chr 31:13; 2Chr 35:8 (three ‎׳‎‎ה‎ ‎׳‎‎נגידי ב‎, including the high-priest), Neh 11:11 of high-priest Dan 11:22 ‎׳‎‎בְּרִית נ‎.

4. ruler in other capacities (late): of tribe 1Chr 27:16; 2Chr 19:11 of Korahites 2Chr 9:20 of Aaronite warriors 2Chr 12:27 of division of army 1Chr 13:1; 1Chr 27:4; 2Chr 11:11 (commandant of fortress), 2Chr 32:21 (in Assyrian army: || ‎שַׂר‎); of temple-treasuries 1Chr 26:24, compare 2Chr 31:12 ‎הבית‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ 2Chr 28:7 (i.e. of palace?).

5. princely thimgs, plural abstract Prov 8:6.

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