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

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2 Kings 9:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So a horseman rode off to meet Jehu and said, “This is what the king asks: ‘Have you come in peace?’” “What do you know about peace?” Jehu replied. “Fall in behind me.” And the watchman reported, “The messenger reached them, but he is not coming back.”
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2 Kings 9:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Again the watchman reported, “He reached them, but he is not coming back. And the charioteer is driving like Jehu son of Nimshi—he is driving like a madman!”
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2 Kings 9:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So they went back and told Jehu, who replied, “This is the word of the LORD, which He spoke through His servant Elijah the Tishbite: ‘On the plot of ground at Jezreel the dogs will devour the flesh of Jezebel.
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2 Kings 10:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the messenger arrived, he told Jehu, “They have brought the heads of the sons of the king.” And Jehu ordered, “Pile them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate until morning.”
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2 Kings 18:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Hilkiah’s son Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and Asaph’s son Joah the recorder came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and they relayed to him the words of the Rabshakeh.
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2 Kings 22:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Moreover, Shaphan the scribe told the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read it in the presence of the king.
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1 Chronicles 17:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and have done since the day I appointed judges over My people Israel. And I will subdue all your enemies. Moreover, I declare to you that the LORD will build a house for you.
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1 Chronicles 19:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When someone came and told David about his men, he sent messengers to meet them, since the men had been thoroughly humiliated. The king told them, “Stay in Jericho until your beards have grown back, and then return.”
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1 Chronicles 19:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When this was reported to David, he gathered all Israel, crossed the Jordan, advanced toward the Arameans, and arrayed for battle against them. When David lined up to engage them in battle, they fought against him.
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2 Chronicles 9:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was too difficult for him to explain.
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2 Chronicles 9:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But I did not believe the reports until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not half of the greatness of your wisdom was told to me. You have far exceeded the report I heard.
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2 Chronicles 20:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then some men came and told Jehoshaphat, “A vast army is coming against you from Edom, from beyond the Sea; they are already in Hazazon-tamar” (that is, En-gedi).
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2 Chronicles 34:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Moreover, Shaphan the scribe told the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read it in the presence of the king.
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Ezra 2:59 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, but they could not prove that their families were descended from Israel:
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Nehemiah 2:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I set out at night with a few men. I did not tell anyone what my God had laid on my heart to do for Jerusalem. The only animal with me was the one on which I was riding.
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Nehemiah 2:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The officials did not know where I had gone or what I was doing, for I had not yet told the Jews or priests or nobles or officials or any other workers.
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Nehemiah 2:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I also told them about the gracious hand of my God upon me, and what the king had said to me. “Let us start rebuilding,” they replied, and they set their hands to this good work.
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Nehemiah 7:61 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer, but they could not prove that their families were descended from Israel:
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Esther 2:10 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Esther did not reveal her people or her lineage, because Mordecai had instructed her not to do so.
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Esther 2:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Esther still had not revealed her lineage or her people, just as Mordecai had instructed. She obeyed Mordecai’s command, as she had done under his care.
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Esther 2:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Mordecai learned of the plot, he reported it to Queen Esther, and she informed the king on Mordecai’s behalf.
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Esther 3:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Day after day they warned him, but he would not comply. So they reported it to Haman to see whether Mordecai’s behavior would be tolerated, since he had told them he was a Jew.
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Esther 3:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And when he learned the identity of Mordecai’s people, he scorned the notion of laying hands on Mordecai alone. Instead, he sought to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout the kingdom of Xerxes.
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Esther 4:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Esther’s maidens and eunuchs came and told her about Mordecai, the queen was overcome with distress. She sent clothes for Mordecai to wear instead of his sackcloth, but he would not accept them.
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Esther 4:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and Mordecai told him all that had happened to him, including the exact amount of money that Haman had promised to pay into the royal treasury in order to destroy the Jews.
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Esther 4:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Mordecai also gave Hathach a copy of the written decree issued in Susa for the destruction of the Jews, to show and explain to Esther, urging her to approach the king, implore his favor, and plead before him for her people.
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Esther 4:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Hathach went back and relayed Mordecai’s response to Esther.
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Esther 4:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Esther’s words were relayed to Mordecai,
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Esther 6:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And there it was found recorded that Mordecai had exposed Bigthana and Teresh, two of the eunuchs who guarded the king’s entrance, when they had conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.
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Esther 8:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
That same day King Xerxes awarded Queen Esther the estate of Haman, the enemy of the Jews. And Mordecai entered the king’s presence because Esther had revealed his relation to her.
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Job 1:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
the Sabeans swooped down and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
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Job 1:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “The fire of God fell from heaven. It burned and consumed the sheep and the servants, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
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Job 1:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “The Chaldeans formed three bands, raided the camels, and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
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Job 1:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
when suddenly a mighty wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on the young people and they are dead, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
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Job 11:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom has two sides. Know then that God exacts from you less than your iniquity deserves.
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Job 12:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But ask the animals, and they will instruct you; ask the birds of the air, and they will tell you.
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Job 15:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
what was declared by wise men and was not concealed from their fathers,
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Job 17:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If a man denounces his friends for a price, the eyes of his children will fail.
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Job 21:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Who denounces his behavior to his face? Who repays him for what he has done?
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Job 26:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
To whom have you uttered these words? And whose spirit spoke through you?
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Job 31:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I would give account of all my steps; I would approach Him like a prince.)—
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Job 33:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Yet if there is a messenger on his side, one mediator in a thousand, to tell a man what is right for him,
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Job 36:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
then He tells them their deeds and how arrogantly they have transgressed.
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Job 36:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The thunder declares His presence; even the cattle regard the rising storm.
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Job 38:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.
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Job 38:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Have you surveyed the extent of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this.
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Job 42:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You asked, ‘Who is this who conceals My counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.
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Psalms 9:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; proclaim His deeds among the nations.
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Source alternate reference: 9.12
Psalms 19:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands.
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Source alternate reference: 19.2
Psalms 22:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They will come and proclaim His righteousness to a people yet unborn—all that He has done.
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Source alternate reference: 22.32

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