Hebrew Study
Strong’s Concordance H5059
A readable Hebrew dictionary entry from Strong’s Concordance. Definitions help with word study; the meaning in a verse still depends on context.
Word study
- Source
- Strong’s Concordance
- Transliteration
- nagan
- Pronunciation
- naw-gan'
- Occurrences
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- Strong’s number
- H5059
- Brief meaning
- Properly, to thrum, i.e. beat a tune with the fingers, expec. to play on a stringed instrument, hence (generally)
- Source renderings
- player on instruments, sing to the stringed instruments, melody, ministrel, play(-er, -ing)
- Root word
- a primitive root
- Full definition from the source
- Properly, to thrum, i.e. beat a tune with the fingers; expec. to play on a stringed instrument; hence (generally), to make music. Root word: a primitive root.
Source info
Source and edition
James Strong, Strong's Hebrew Bible Dictionary (1890); Bible Foundation text source; Michael Grier's 1996 ASCII e-text; CrossWire module 1.2.
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05059\ 5059 nagan naw-gan' 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).