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Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well.
Read in context →Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well.
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nâgan · naw-gan'
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).
Strong's first: 1 Samuel 16:16Strong's last: 1 Samuel 16:16
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Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well.
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PLA'YER, noun One who plays in any game or sport.
1. An idler.
2. An actor of dramatic scenes; one whose occupation is to imitate characters on the stage.
3. A mimic.
4. One who performs on an instrument of music.
5. A gamester.
6. One that acts a part in a certain manner.
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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