nagad · tell, declare

What it means

nagad (נָגַד) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “tell, declare”.

Tell, make known, report, declare; also explain.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
2. To make known the meaning of a dream.
3. To announce what God does or will do.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Word study

Tell, make known, declare. BDB: to be conspicuous; in the causative form, to declare, tell, announce. From the same root is נֶגֶד, “before, in front of”.

• To let someone know something Genesis 3:11Genesis 29:12
• To bring news Genesis 22:20
• To explain a dream Genesis 41:24
• To proclaim: “the vault proclaims”; things to come Psalms 19:1Isaiah 42:9
• “Tell me” Genesis 32:29

How we translate it

“Told” 118 times, “tell” 97, “declare” 59, “declared” 15, “reported” 13, “made known” 10, “explain” 7. In conversation it is “tell” (“Who told you that you are naked?”, Genesis 3:11); where something is announced or foretold, “declare” or “proclaim” (Isaiah 42:9; Psalm 19:1).

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• told ×118
• tell ×97
• declare ×59
• declared ×15
• reported ×13
• made known ×10
• explain ×7
• declares ×6
• explained ×4
• explained it ×3
• others ×38

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×36
• Exodus×6
• Leviticus×2
• Numbers×2
• Deuteronomy×9
• Joshua×6
• Judges×28
• Ruth×6
• 1 Samuel×52
• 2 Samuel×37
• 1 Kings×15
• 2 Kings×22
• 1 Chronicles×3
• 2 Chronicles×5
• Ezra×1
• Nehemiah×4
• Esther×14
• Job×17
• Psalms×20
• Proverbs×2
• Ecclesiastes×4
• Song of Songs×2
• Isaiah×32
• Jeremiah×28
• Ezekiel×5
• Daniel×4
• Hosea×1
• Amos×1
• Jonah×2
• Micah×3
• Zechariah×1

• Genesis 3:11

  And he said, “Who told you that you are naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?”

• Genesis 9:22

  And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father and told his two brothers outside.

• Genesis 12:18

  So Pharaoh called Abram and said, “What is this you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife?

• Genesis 14:13

  One who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew, who was living by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and brother of Aner; and they had a covenant with Abram.

• Genesis 21:26

  Abimelech said, “I do not know who has done this thing; and you also did not tell me, and I too did not hear of it until today.”

• Genesis 22:20

  After these things it was told to Abraham, saying, “Look, Milcah too has borne sons to Nahor your brother:

• Genesis 24:23

  and said, “Whose daughter are you? Please tell me. Is there room in your father’s house for us to spend the night?”

• Genesis 24:28

  The girl ran and told her mother’s household about these things.

• Genesis 24:49

  So now, if you are going to show loyal love and faithfulness to my lord, tell me; and if not, tell me, so that I may turn to the right or to the left.”

• Genesis 26:32

  On that day Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well that they had dug, and said to him, “We have found water.”

• Genesis 27:42

  The words of Esau her older son were told to Rebekah, and she sent and called Jacob her younger son and said to him, “Look, Esau your brother is consoling himself about you by planning to kill you.

• Genesis 29:12

  Jacob told Rachel that he was her father’s brother and that he was Rebekah’s son; and she ran and told her father.

• Genesis 29:15

  Laban said to Jacob, “Because you are my brother, should you serve me for nothing? Tell me what your wages should be.”

• Genesis 31:20

  And Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was fleeing.

• Genesis 31:22

  It was told to Laban on the third day that Jacob had fled.

• Genesis 31:27

  Why did you secretly flee, deceive me, and not tell me? I would have sent you away with joy and with songs, with tambourine and with lyre.

• Genesis 32:5

  I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, male slaves, and slave women; and I have sent to tell my lord, to find favor in your eyes.’”

• Genesis 32:29

  Jacob asked and said, “Please tell me your name.” But he said, “Why is it that you ask about my name?” And he blessed him there.

• Genesis 37:5

  Joseph dreamed a dream and told it to his brothers, and they hated him even more.

• Genesis 37:16

  He said, “I am seeking my brothers. Please tell me where they are pasturing the flock.”

• Genesis 38:13

  Tamar was told, saying, “Look, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.”

• Genesis 38:24

  About three months later Judah was told, saying, “Tamar your daughter-in-law has prostituted herself, and moreover, look, she is pregnant by prostitution.” And Judah said, “Bring her out and let her be burned!”

• Genesis 41:24

  The thin ears swallowed the seven good ears. I told it to the magicians, but there is no one who can declare it to me.”

• Genesis 41:25

  Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dream of Pharaoh is one. What Elohim is about to do he has declared to Pharaoh.

• Genesis 42:29

  They came to Jacob their father in the land of Canaan and told him all that had happened to them, saying,

• Genesis 43:6

  Israel said, “Why did you do me harm by telling the man that you still had a brother?”

• Genesis 43:7

  They said, “The man asked closely about us and about our kindred, saying, ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have a brother?’ And we told him according to these words. Could we possibly know that he would say, ‘Bring down your brother’?”

• Genesis 44:24

  When we went up to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.

• Genesis 45:13

  Tell my father of all my glory in Egypt and all that you have seen, and hurry and bring down my father here.”

• Genesis 45:26

  They told him, saying, “Joseph is still alive, and he is indeed ruler over all the land of Egypt.” His heart went numb, for he did not believe them.

• Genesis 46:31

  Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, “I will go up and tell Pharaoh, and say to him, ‘My brothers and my father’s household, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me.

• Genesis 47:1

  Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, “My father and my brothers, with their flocks and their herds and all that they have, have come from the land of Canaan; and look, they are in the land of Goshen.”

• Genesis 48:2

  Someone told Jacob and said, “Look, your son Joseph has come to you.” Israel gathered his strength and sat up on the bed.

• Genesis 49:1

  Jacob called his sons and said, “Gather together, that I may tell you what will befall you in the days to come.

• Exodus 4:28

  Moses told Aaron all the words of YHWH with which he had sent him and all the signs that he had commanded him to do.

• Exodus 13:8

  You shall tell your son on that day, saying, ‘This is because of what YHWH did for me when I came out of Egypt.’

• Exodus 14:5

  When it was told to the king of Egypt that the people had fled, the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was changed toward the people, and they said, “What is this we have done, that we have let Israel go from serving us?”

• Exodus 16:22

  And on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one; and all the chiefs of the community came and told Moses.

• Exodus 19:3

  And Moses went up to Elohim, and YHWH called to him from the mountain, saying, “Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob, and tell the sons of Israel:

• Exodus 19:9

  YHWH said to Moses, “Look, I am coming to you in a thick cloud, so that the people may hear when I speak with you, and may also believe in you forever.” Then Moses told the words of the people to YHWH.

And 330 more times.