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1 Kings 1:23

“And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

נָגַדnâgad · naw-gad'
H5046 · Hebrew
Definition
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
Derivation
a primitive root;
KJV renderings
bewray, [idiom] certainly, certify, declare(-ing), denounce, expound, [idiom] fully, messenger, plainly, profess, rehearse, report, shew (forth), speak, [idiom] surely, tell, utter.
Grammar
  • וַ — conjunction
  • יַּגִּ֤ידוּ — verb Hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural
Code HC/Vhw3mp
Usage
Occurs 371 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 3:11Genesis 9:22Genesis 12:18Genesis 14:13Genesis 21:26

Theological interpretation (AI)

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.