# H5057 נָגִיד

נָגִיד (nâgîyd), Strong’s H5057: a commander (as occupying the front), civil, military or religious; generally (abstractly, plural), honorable themes KJV: captain, chief, excellent thing, (chief)…

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*nâgîyd* — a commander (as occupying the front), civil, military or religious; generally (abstractly, plural), honorable themes

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

Derived from [נָגַד nâgad](https://besorah.bible/word/H5046) (to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite)

Occurs 44 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- נָגִיד n.m. leader (lit. prob. one in front), ruler, prince

## Where it occurs
- [1 Samuel 9:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/9?v=16) — “Tomorrow about this time I will send you a man out of the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be prince over…
- [1 Samuel 10:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/10?v=1) — Then Samuel took the vial of oil and poured it on his head, then kissed him and said, “Hasn’t the LORD anointed you to…
- [1 Samuel 13:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/13?v=14) — But now your kingdom will not continue. The LORD has sought for himself a man after his own heart, and the LORD has…
- [1 Samuel 25:30](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/25?v=30) — It will come to pass, when the LORD has done to my lord according to all the good that he has spoken concerning you…
- [2 Samuel 5:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/5?v=2) — In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was you who led Israel out and in. The LORD said to you, ‘You will be…
- [2 Samuel 6:21](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/6?v=21) — David said to Michal, “It was before the LORD, who chose me above your father, and above all his house, to appoint me…
- [2 Samuel 7:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/7?v=8) — Now therefore tell my servant David this: ‘The LORD of Hosts says, “I took you from the sheep pen, from following the…
- [1 Kings 1:35](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/1?v=35) — Then come up after him, and he shall come and sit on my throne; for he shall be king in my place. I have appointed him…
- [1 Kings 14:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/14?v=7) — Go, tell Jeroboam, ‘The LORD, the God of Israel, says: “Because I exalted you from among the people, and made you…
- [1 Kings 16:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/16?v=2) — “Because I exalted you out of the dust and made you prince over my people Israel, and you have walked in the way of…