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Strong's #5081 - נָדִיב
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
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- adj
- inclined, willing, noble, generous
- incited, inclined, willing
- noble, princely (in rank)
- noble (in mind and character)
- inclined, willing, noble, generous
- n m
- noble one
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2380) bdn (נדב NDB) AC: Offer CO: Offering AB: Honor: The offering of something with a willing heart as a sign of honor.
V) bdn (נדב NDB) - Offer: To offer something from a willing heart. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (21): (vf: Paal, Hitpael) willingly, offer, freely, freewill, offering - Strongs: H5068 (נָדַב), H5069 (נְדַב)
Nf1) ebdn (נדבה NDBH) - Offering: A freewill offering. KJV (26): freewill, offering, free, willing, voluntary, plentiful, willingly - Strongs: H5071 (נְדָבָה)
bm) bidn (נדיב NDYB) - I. Willing: II. Noble:One with a willing heart. KJV (28): prince, noble, willing, free, liberal - Strongs: H5081 (נָדִיב)
bf1) ebidn (נדיבה NDYBH) - Honor: Of one with a willing heart. KJV (1): soul - Strongs: H5082 (נְדִיבָה)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
noun masculine Isaiah 32:8 inclined, Generous, noble; — absolute ׳נ Isaiah 32:5 6t.; construct נְדִיב Exodus 35:5 2t.; feminine נְדִיבָה Psalm 51:4; plural נְדִיבִים Isaiah 13:2 9t.; construct נְדִיבֵי Numbers 21:18 2t.; suffix נְדִיבֵמוֺ Psalm 83:12; —
1 incited, inclined, willing, נְדִיב לֵב Exodus 35:5,22 (P), 1 Chronicles 29:31 (see נָדַב
Qal), נָדִיב בְחָכְמָה 1 Chronicles 28:21; רוּחַ נְדִיבָה Psalm 51:14 a willing spirit.
2 noble, princely, in rank 1 Samuel 2:8 (poem), Job 12:21 = Psalm 107:40; Job 34:18; Proverbs 8:16; Psalm 47:10; Psalm 83:12; Psalm 113:8 (twice in verse); Psalm 118:9; Psalm 146:3; מְּנֵי נדיב Proverbs 19:6; Proverbs 25:7; ׳בית נ Job 21:28; ׳פתחי נ Isaiah 13:2; ׳בת נ Song of Solomon 7:2; נְדִיבֵי הָעָם Numbers 21:18 (poem).
3 noble in mind and character "" צדּיק Proverbs 17:26; opposed to נָבָל Isaiah 32:5,8.
נָדִיב m. (from the root נָדַב.
(1) voluntary, willing, spontaneous, ready, 1 Chronicles 28:21 more fully נְדִיב לִבּוֹ “willing of heart,” Exodus 35:5, 22 Exodus 35:22; 2 Chronicles 29:31 (see נָדַב Kal and Hithp.); Psalms 51:14, רוּחַ נְדִיבָה “a ready spirit.”
(2) giving spontaneously, i.e. liberal, Proverbs 19:6 hence
(3) generous, noble (which, indeed, amongst the Orientals is closely connected with liberality in giving), used of character, Isaiah 32:5, Isaiah 32:8; Proverbs 17:7, 26 Proverbs 17:26. It is applied
(4) to nobility of race, and is a subst., a prince, Job 34:18; Psalms 107:40, 113:8 118:9 Proverbs 25:7; 1 Samuel 2:8 used even in a bad sense, a tyrant, Job 21:28; Isaiah 13:2, compare משְׁלִים.-In many of the significations this word agrees with its synonym נָגִיד; but their order is exactly contrary. This word, from the idea of readiness and liberality of mind, which it originally means, has been applied to nobility of race; נָגִיד, from the original idea of a leader and ruler, is applied to those virtues which become a prince.