Lexical Definition

‎נָדִיב‎ nâdîyb (naw-deeb') noble: willing ^H:N
from ‎נָדַב‎

free, liberal (things), noble, prince, willing (hearted).

• properly, voluntary, i.e. generous
• hence, magnanimous
• as noun, a grandee (sometimes a tyrant)

adj
1) inclined, willing, noble, generous
1a) incited, inclined, willing
1b) noble, princely (in rank)
1c) noble (in mind and character)
n m
2) noble one

See Greek: ἄρχω · ἄρχων · βασιλεύς · δίκαιος · εὐσεβής · πρόθυμος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎נָדִיב‎ adjective and noun masculine^{Isa 32:8} inclined, generous, noble; — absolute ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Isa 32:5 + 6 t.; construct ‎נְדִיב‎ Exod 35:5 + 2 t.; feminine ‎נְדִיבָה‎ Ps 51:4* plural ‎נְדִיבִים‎ Isa 13:2 + 9 t.; construct ‎נְדִיבֵי‎ Num 21:18 + 2 t.; suffix ‎נְדִיבֵמוֺ‎ Ps 83:12* —

1. incited, inclined, willing, ‎נְדִיב לֵב‎ Exod 35:5; Exod 35:22 (P), 1Chr 29:31 (see ‎נָדַב‎ Qal), ‎נָדִיב בְחָכְמָה‎ 1Chr 28:21 ‎רוּחַ נְדִיבָה‎ Ps 51:14* a willing spirit.

2. noble, princely, in rank 1Sam 2:8 (poem), Job 12:21 = Ps 107:40; Job 34:18; Prov 8:16; Ps 47:10*; Ps 83:12*; Ps 113:8 (twice in verse); Ps 118:9; Ps 146:3 ‎פְּנֵי נדיב‎ Prov 19:6; Prov 25:7 ‎׳‎‎בית נ‎ Job 21:28 ‎׳‎‎פתחי נ‎ Isa 13:2 ‎׳‎‎בת נ‎ Song 7:2* ‎נְדִיבֵי הָעָם‎ Num 21:18 (poem).

3. noble in mind and character || ‎צדּיק‎ Prov 17:26 opposed to ‎נָבָל‎ Isa 32:5; Isa 32:8.

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