Strong H5046נָגַד

to tell

Transliteration: nâgad
Pronunciation: naw-gad'
Morphology: Hebrew Verb

Definition

A primitive root; properly to {front} that {is} stand boldly out opposite; by implication ({causatively}) to manifest; figuratively to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically to {expose} predict 6
{explain} praise: - {bewray} X {certainly} {certify} declare ({-ing}) {denounce} {expound} X {fully} {messenger} {plainly} {profess} {rehearse} {report} shew ({forth}) {speak} X {surely} {tell} utter.

Detailed definition

1) to be conspicuous, tell, make known
1a) (Hiphil) to tell, declare
1a1) to tell, announce, report
1a2) to declare, make known, expound
1a3) to inform of
1a4) to publish, declare, proclaim
1a5) to avow, acknowledge, confess
1a5a) messenger (participle)
1b) (Hophal) to be told, be announced, be reported

In the Bible

Strong H5046 appears in 343 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

tell206
declare60
shew52
utter5
sheweth4
declareth3
expound2
messenger2
telleth2
will2
another1
be1

First verses

Genesis 3:11
And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
Genesis 9:22
And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
Genesis 12:18
And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?
Genesis 14:13
And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.
Genesis 21:26
And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day.
Genesis 22:20
And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor;
Genesis 24:23
And said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there room in thy father’s house for us to lodge in?
Genesis 24:28
And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother’s house these things.
Genesis 24:49
And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.
Genesis 26:32
And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac’s servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water.
Genesis 27:42
And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee.
Genesis 29:12
And 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
And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?
Genesis 31:20
And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.
Genesis 31:22
And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.
Genesis 31:27
Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?
Genesis 32:5
And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.
Genesis 32:29
And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.
Genesis 37:5
And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.
Genesis 37:16
And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks.

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