Strong's Definition
a primitive root; properly, to thrum, i.e. beat a tune with the fingers; expec. to play on a stringed instrument; hence (generally), to make music
KJV Usage: player on instruments, sing to the stringed instruments, melody, ministrel, play(-er, -ing)
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
נָגַן (na.gan) — to play. 1) to play or strike strings, play a stringed instrument 1a) (Qal) 1a1) player (participle) 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to play 1b1a) player, minstrel (participle)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · מַנְגִּינָה · נְגִינָה
Play | verb pi
to play = action by which humans play an instrument with strings, such as a lute or lyre, which can be for silent meditation or to accompany singing and dancing
1SA 16:16 · 1SA 16:16 · 1SA 16:17 · 1SA 16:18 · 1SA 16:23 · 1SA 18:10 · 1SA 19:9 · 2KI 3:15 · PSA 33:3 · ISA 23:16 · ISA 38:20 · EZK 33:32
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[נָגַן] vb. touch (strings), play a stringed instrument Qal players
Pi. play
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