na.gad H5046

נָגַד (na.gad) means “to tell” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

נָגַד Hebrew · H5046 370 tagged occurrences in 344 verses

Pronunciation guide: naw-gad' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H5046

נָגַד · na.gad · to tell

1) to be conspicuous, tell, make known 1a) (Hiphil) to tell, declare 1a1) to tell, announce, report 1a2) to declare, make known, expound 1a3) to inform of 1a4) to publish, declare, proclaim 1a5) to avow, acknowledge, confess 1a5a) messenger (participle) 1b) (Hophal) to be told, be announced, be reported

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

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

KJV glosses: bewray, [idiom] certainly, certify, declare(-ing), denounce, expound, [idiom] fully, messenger, plainly, profess, rehearse, report, shew (forth), speak, [idiom] surely, tell, utter.

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How translators render H5046

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
tell	30
and told	20
was told	17
told	15
to tell	9
and reported	5
and tell	5
i will tell	5
reported	5
tell me	5
to explain	5
when this was reported	5
declare	4
i declare	4
proclaim	4
you tell	4
and they relayed	3
can tell	3
declares	3
he told	3
report	3
tell it	3
was informed	3
will tell	3
and explain	2
and inform	2
and proclaim	2
and show	2
and they will tell	2
announce	2
answered	2
he had told	2
he has shown	2
i proclaim	2
inform	2
it was reported	2
let me tell	2
now it was reported	2
prove	2
telling	2
to declare	2
to inform	2
to proclaim	2
warned	2
were relayed	2
who had brought him the report	2
acknowledge them	1
alone decreed	1
and declare	1
and declared it	1
and disclose	1
and have him report	1
and he will tell	1
and he will tell you	1
and i will tell you	1
and if it is reported	1
and in turn she explained	1
and it was reported	1
and messenger	1
and pass along information	1
and proclaim it	1
and relayed	1
and reported this	1
and reveals	1
and said	1
and tell it	1
and the king was told	1
and they told	1
and they will give	1
and this was reported	1
and we answered	1
and when he told	1
and when this was reported	1
and will proclaim	1
announce it	1
been declared to you	1
but he was told	1
can declare	1
can you please tell	1
declare it	1
declaring	1
denounces	1
describe	1
even explained	1
explained it to me	1
for i have told	1
for you have made it clear	1
had exposed	1
had revealed	1
has declared this	1
has foretold	1
has revealed	1
have declared	1
have you uttered	1
he assured	1
he declared	1
he declares	1
he had revealed	1
he has revealed	1
he learned the identity	1
he relayed	1
he reported	1
he was sure to tell	1
he was told	1
he will tell	1
i also told	1
i confess	1
i foretold	1
i have been made fully aware	1
i reveal	1
i say	1
i spoke of things	1
i tell	1
i tell you	1
i told	1
i would give	1
if a man denounces	1
if i proclaim	1
informed	1
is declared	1
learned	1
let him declare	1
let him foretell	1
let me know	1
let them tell	1
let us report him	1
may report	1
messenger	1
moreover i declare	1
now someone told	1
on receiving the report	1
one announced it	1
one could explain it	1
relayed	1
relayed this	1
report him	1
resounds	1
reveal	1
revealed	1
samson told	1
saying	1
so she told	1
so that i can tell	1
so they reported it	1
so they will proclaim	1
so this was reported	1
so why should i explain it	1
solve it	1
someone told	1
speak up	1
surely we must report	1
tell us	1
tells	1
testify	1
that he may explain it	1
then a messenger	1
then declare	1
then he tells	1
then it was reported	1
then ruth told	1
then someone reported	1
therefore i declared it	1
they declare	1
they described	1
they flaunt	1
they give	1
they reported	1
they said	1
they will report	1
this message to inform	1
to announce	1
to do so	1
to give a report	1
to reveal	1
to tell you	1
to testify	1
to those who had solved	1
was declared	1
was told about it	1
we relayed	1
were told	1
were told clearly	1
when it was reported	1
who announced it	1
who reported	1
why did you tell	1
will declare	1
will explain	1
will expose	1
will it proclaim	1
will proclaim him	1
you are to explain	1
you can solve	1
you explain	1
you report	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
and told	36
told	22
tell	20
and it was told	18
declare	12
and they told	11
to shew	6
and tell	5
to tell	5
alone to tell	4
shewed	4
that told	4
and shall declare	3
and shew	3
and shewed	3
but he told	3
declared	3
had told	3
he told	3
and declare	2
and hast not told	2
and when it was told	2
declareth	2
do i declare	2
he hath shewed	2
i have declared	2
i would declare	2
let them shew	2
not shew	2
shew	2
telleth	2
that he may declare	2
that he told	2
that it was told	2
then they told	2
to declare	2
was not told	2
which he told	2
a messenger	1
after that it was told	1
all this and will not ye declare	1
alone for they had shewed	1
and bewrayeth	1
and declareth	1
and have declared	1
and he declared	1
and he told	1
and he will shew	1
and he will tell	1
and hitherto have i declared	1
and i will tell	1
and if thou utter	1
and it be told	1
and it shall come to pass when thou shalt shew	1
and let them tell	1
and now will i shew	1
and one messenger	1
and shall i tell	1
and she told	1
and that he would shew	1
and they declare	1
and they shall declare	1
and they shall shew	1
and they shall tell	1
and they shewed	1
and they will shew	1
and thou hast shewed	1
and thou shalt shew	1
and to declare	1
and we told	1
and we will report	1
and when they had told	1
and when they told	1
and will tell	1
and ye shall tell	1
another	1
because he had told	1
because it was certainly	1
been shewed	1
but i will declare	1
by them and it was told	1
declaring	1
didst thou tell	1
expound	1
for he had told	1
for he hath shewed	1
for i have told	1
for i will declare	1
for thee tell	1
for thou hast declared	1
for to shew	1
for who can tell	1
from me and didst not tell	1
from me and hath not told	1
from you to certify	1
furthermore i tell	1
had not shewed	1
hath it not been told	1
hath shewed	1
hath told	1
have i declared	1
he sheweth	1
he that speaketh	1
her that she should not shew	1
him and he told	1
him and it was told	1
him and told	1
him i shewed	1
him who can tell	1
hither declare	1
i beseech thee tell	1
i declare	1
i denounce	1
i pray thee tell	1
i will declare	1
i will now shew	1
i will shew	1
if he do not utter	1
if i declare	1
if ye utter	1
is declared	1
it was told	1
lest they should tell	1
let him declare	1
may shew	1
me and if not tell	1
me i will tell	1
me not until i have shewed	1
men have told	1
neither told	1
none that could declare	1
none that sheweth	1
not that which shall be for who can tell	1
not unto them that they told	1
now tell	1
of garments unto them which expounded	1
of thee and she shewed	1
report	1
shall declare	1
shall shew	1
shall shew forth	1
shall tell	1
sheweth forth	1
sheweth his	1
so declare	1
some that told	1
that he had told	1
that i may tell	1
that i will tell	1
that ye tell	1
thee and shew	1
thee shall it declare	1
them and told	1
then he sheweth	1
then i told	1
there that he would surely	1
therefore have i uttered	1
thereof sheweth	1
they rehearsed	1
they told	1
they unto him tell	1
thither peradventure he can shew	1
thou shalt tell	1
to another and shall declare	1
to him he shall tell	1
to shew forth	1
to whom hast thou uttered	1
unto her behold i have not told	1
unto her it hath fully	1
unto him and tell	1
unto him i profess	1
unto me why didst thou not tell	1
unto me wilt thou not tell	1
unto thee declare	1
unto them and shew	1
unto them will ye not shew	1
unto you if ye can certainly	1
upon him and she told	1
upon thee that thou shouldest tell	1
upon thee then would not i tell	1
us plainly	1
was it not told	1
we told	1
we will surely	1
were told	1
when one told	1
when they told	1
wherefore she told	1
which among them hath declared	1
which they shall shew	1
who among them can declare	1
who hath declared	1
who shall declare	1
who shall tell	1
who told	1
wilt thou not shew	1
wilt thou not tell	1
with me neither told	1
yea declare	1
you but she told	1
you i will declare	1

Verses containing H5046

Page 3 of 7. 344 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

1 Samuel 14:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.”
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1 Samuel 14:43 · BSB · 2 occurrences
“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?”
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1 Samuel 15:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.”
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1 Samuel 15:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Stop!” exclaimed Samuel. “Let me tell you what the LORD said to me last night.” “Tell me,” Saul replied.
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1 Samuel 17:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now David’s words were overheard and reported to Saul, who sent for him.
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1 Samuel 18:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now Saul’s daughter Michal loved David, and when this was reported to Saul, it pleased him.
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1 Samuel 18:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the servants told Saul what David had said.
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1 Samuel 18:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the servants reported these terms to David, he was pleased to become the king’s son-in-law. Before the wedding day arrived,
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1 Samuel 19:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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1 Samuel 19:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.”
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1 Samuel 19:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Jonathan summoned David and told him all these things. Then Jonathan brought David to Saul, and David was with Saul as before.
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1 Samuel 19:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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!”
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1 Samuel 19:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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1 Samuel 19:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Saul was told that David was at Naioth in Ramah,
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1 Samuel 19:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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1 Samuel 20:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Never!” Jonathan replied. “If I ever found out that my father had evil intentions against you, would I not tell you?”
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1 Samuel 20:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then David asked Jonathan, “Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?”
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1 Samuel 22:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Abiathar told David that Saul had killed the priests of the LORD.
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1 Samuel 22:22 · BSB · 2 occurrences
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.
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1 Samuel 23:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now it was reported to David, “Look, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and looting the threshing floors.”
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1 Samuel 23:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.”
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1 Samuel 23:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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1 Samuel 23:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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1 Samuel 23:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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1 Samuel 24:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After Saul had returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, “David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.”
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Source alternate reference: 24.2
1 Samuel 24:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Source alternate reference: 24.19
1 Samuel 25:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.’”
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1 Samuel 25:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So David’s men turned around and went back, and they relayed to him all these words.
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1 Samuel 25:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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1 Samuel 25:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and said to her young men, “Go ahead of me. I will be right behind you.” But she did not tell her husband Nabal.
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1 Samuel 25:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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1 Samuel 25:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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1 Samuel 27:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And when Saul learned that David had fled to Gath, he no longer searched for him.
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1 Samuel 27:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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2 Samuel 1:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“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.”
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2 Samuel 1:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then David asked the young man who had brought him the report, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?”
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2 Samuel 1:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“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.
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2 Samuel 1:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And David inquired of the young man who had brought him the report, “Where are you from?” “I am the son of a foreigner,” he answered. “I am an Amalekite.”
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2 Samuel 1:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Tell it not in Gath; proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, and the daughters of the uncircumcised exult.
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2 Samuel 2:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the men of Judah came to Hebron, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, “It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.”
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2 Samuel 3:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Joab and all his troops arrived, he was informed, “Abner son of Ner came to see the king, who sent him on his way in peace.”
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2 Samuel 4:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
when someone told me, ‘Look, Saul is dead,’ and thought he was a bearer of good news, I seized him and put him to death at Ziklag. That was his reward for his news!
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2 Samuel 6:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now it was reported to King David, “The LORD has blessed the house of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God.” So David went and had the ark of God brought up from the house of Obed-edom into the City of David with rejoicing.
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2 Samuel 7:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and have done since the day I appointed judges over My people Israel. I will give you rest from all your enemies. The LORD declares to you that He Himself will establish a house for you.
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2 Samuel 10:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When this was reported to David, he sent messengers to meet the men, since they had been thoroughly humiliated. The king told them, “Stay in Jericho until your beards have grown back, and then return.”
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2 Samuel 10:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When this was reported to David, he gathered all Israel, crossed the Jordan, and went to Helam. Then the Arameans arrayed themselves against David and fought against him.
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2 Samuel 11:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the woman conceived and sent word to David, saying, “I am pregnant.”
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2 Samuel 11:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And David was told, “Uriah did not go home.” “Haven’t you just arrived from a journey?” David asked Uriah. “Why didn’t you go home?”
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2 Samuel 11:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Joab sent to David a full account of the battle
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2 Samuel 11:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the messenger set out and reported to David all that Joab had sent him to say.
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