H5059 · נָגַן
nâgan · naw-gan' · play, instrument, melody
H5059 (nâgan, pronounced naw-gan') is the Hebrew word נָגַן in Strong’s dictionary: properly, to thrum, i.e. beat atune with the fingers. It appears 15 times in 12 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- נָגַן (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- nâgan
- Pronunciation
- naw-gan'
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- Definition
- properly, to thrum, i.e. beat atune with the fingers; expectation. to play on astringed instrument; hence (generally), to make music
- Rendered in the KJV
- player on instruments, sing to the stringed instruments, melody, ministrel, play(-er, -ing).
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
15 occurrences in 12 verses.
How the BSB renders it
- “play” ×2
- “and play” ×1
- “he is to play it” ×1
- “how to play the harp” ×1
- “me a harpist” ×1
- “melody” ×1
- “played” ×1
- “played the harp” ×1
By book
1 Samuel 6 · 2 Kings 1 · Psalms 2 · Isaiah 2 · Ezekiel 1
Verses
- 1 Samuel 16:16
- 1 Samuel 16:17
- 1 Samuel 16:18
- 1 Samuel 16:23
- 1 Samuel 18:10
- 1 Samuel 19:9
- 2 Kings 3:15
- Psalms 33:3
- Psalms 68:25
- Isaiah 23:16
- Isaiah 38:20
- Ezekiel 33:32
Related words
Numbers that share a root with H5059.