Definition

a commander (as occupying the front), civil, military or religious; generally (abstractly, plural), honorable themes

Etymology

or נָגִד; from H5046 (נָגַד);

Where the KJV renders it

• captain
• chief
• excellent thing
• (chief) governor
• leader
• noble
• prince
• (chief) ruler

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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