Neginah נְגִינָה
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| נְגִינָה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | neginah |
| Strong's number | H5058 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | music |
| Occurrences | 7 in 7 verses |
| Most frequent in | Psalms (2) |
Neginah (Hebrew נְגִינָה, Strong's H5058) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “music”. It occurs 7 times in 7 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) music, song, taunt song
1a) music (of stringed instrument)
1b) song
1b1) taunting or mocking song
1a) music (of stringed instrument)
1b) song
1b1) taunting or mocking song
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | song (4), songs (1), musick (1), instruments (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | they mock me in song (2), stringed instruments (2), i am the song (1), my song (1), their music (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Neginah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Job
- Job 30:9And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.And now they mock me in song; I have become a byword among them.
Psalms
- Psalm 69:12They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of drunkards.
- Psalm 77:6I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.At night I remembered my song; in my heart I mused, and my spirit pondered:
Isaiah
- Isaiah 38:20The Lord was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the Lord.The LORD will save me; we will play songs on stringed instruments all the days of our lives in the house of the LORD.
Lamentations
- Lamentations 3:14I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.I am a laughingstock to all my people; they mock me in song all day long.
- Lamentations 5:14The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.The elders have left the city gate; the young men have stopped their music.
Habakkuk
- Habakkuk 3:19The Lord God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds’ feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.GOD the Lord is my strength; He makes my feet like those of a deer; He makes me walk upon the heights! For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).