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Judges 16:17

“That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother’s womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.” (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
  • יַּגֶּד — verb Hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/Vhw3ms
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.