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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Minstrel

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

2exact KJV occurrences 2Old Testament 0New Testament 1books containing the word 1mapped Strong's IDs 2occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

2 Kings 3:15

But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

2 Kings 3:15

But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where minstrel appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

2 Kings 21 verses
ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

HebrewH5059
נָגַן

nâgan · naw-gan'

2 times translated as this KJV form15 total Strong's occurrences

v

properly, to thrum, i.e. beat a tune with the fingers; expectation. to play on a stringed instrument; hence (generally), to make music

Strong's KJV usage: player on instruments, sing to the stringed instruments, melody, ministrel, play(-er, -ing).

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: 2 Kings 3:15Strong's last: 2 Kings 3:15

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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2 Kings 3:15
H5059

But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.

2 Kings 3:15
H5059

But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

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minstrel

MIN'STREL, noun A singer and musical performer on instruments. Minstrels were formerly poets as well as musicians, and held in high repute by our rude ancestors. Their attendance was sought and their performances lavishly rewarded by princes. It was in the character of a minstrel that king Alfred entered the camp of the Danes his enemies, and explored their situation.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.

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