King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H5059
Transliteration: nagan
Phonetic Spelling: (naw-gan')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to touch or play a stringed instrument
Meaning: to touch or play a stringed instrument
Word Summary
nagan: to touch or play a stringed instrument
Original Word: נָגַןTransliteration: nagan
Phonetic Spelling: (naw-gan')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to touch or play a stringed instrument
Meaning: to touch or play a stringed instrument
Strong's Concordance
player on instruments, sing to the stringed instruments, melody, ministrel, player, A primitive root; properly, to thrum, i.e. Beat a tune with the fingers; expec. To play on a stringed instrument; hence (generally), to make music -- player on instruments, sing to the stringed instruments, melody, ministrel, play(-er, -ing).
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H5059. nagan
[נָגַּן] verb touch (strings), play a stringed instrument (Late Hebrew Pi`el; Aramaic נְגַן Pa`el); —
Qal Participle נֹגְנִים Psalm 68:26 players ("" תּוֺפֵפוֺת עֲלָמוֺת שָׁרִים,).
Pi`el Perfect וְנִגֵּן 1 Samuel 16:16 (consecutive), 16:23; Imperfect1plural נְנַגֵּן Isaiah 38:20; Infinitive construct נַגֵּן 1 Samuel 16:17 5t.; Participle מְנַגֵּן 16:16 4t.; — play בַּכִנּוֺר 16:16; בְּיָדוֺ 16:16; 16:23 (כִּנּוֺר in context), 18:10; 19:9; with accusative of cognate meaning Isaiah 38:20; in simile נַגֵּן מֵטִב Ezekiel 33:32 ("" יְפֵהקֿוֺל עֲגָבִים שִׁיר); לְנ ׳מֵיטִיב אִישׁ 1 Samuel 16:17, compare Psalm 33:3; Isaiah 23:16 (both "" שִׁיר), נ ׳יָדַע 1 Samuel 16:18; also 2 Kings 3:15; Participle = player, minstrel (compare Qal) 3:15 (twice in verse); compare also בַכִנּוֺר מְנַגֵּן יֹדֵעַ אִישׁ 1 Samuel 16:16 (Ges§ 120b).