Strong H5074נָדַד
to wander
- Transliteration
- nâdad
- Pronunciation
- naw-dad'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Verb
Definition
A primitive root; properly to wave to and fro (rarely to flap up and down); figuratively to {rove} {flee } or (causatively) to drive away: - chase ({away}) X could {not} {depart} flee (X {apace} {away}) (re-) {move} thrust {away} wander ({abroad} {-er} -ing).
Detailed definition
1) to retreat, flee, depart, move, wander abroad, stray, flutter
1a)(Qal)
1a1) to retreat, flee
1a2) to flee, depart
1a3) to wander, stray
1a4) to flutter (of birds)
1b) (Poal) to flee away, be chased
1c) (Hiphil) to chase away
1d) (Hophal) to be chased away
1e) (Hithpolel) to flee away
Aramaic equivalent: ne.dad (נְדַד "to flee" H5075)
1a)(Qal)
1a1) to retreat, flee
1a2) to flee, depart
1a3) to wander, stray
1a4) to flutter (of birds)
1b) (Poal) to flee away, be chased
1c) (Hiphil) to chase away
1d) (Hophal) to be chased away
1e) (Hithpolel) to flee away
Aramaic equivalent: ne.dad (נְדַד "to flee" H5075)
In the Bible
Strong H5074 appears in 26 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- flee12
- wandereth4
- chase2
- apace1
- can1
- depart1
- move1
- remove1
- thrust1
- wander1
- wanderer1
- wandering1
First verses
- Genesis 31:40Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
- 2 Samuel 23:6But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands:
- Esther 6:1On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.
- Job 15:23He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
- Job 18:18He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
- Job 20:8He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
- Psalms 31:11I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.
- Psalms 55:7Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.
- Psalms 64:8So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
- Psalms 68:12Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil.
- Proverbs 27:8As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
- Isaiah 10:14And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.
- Isaiah 10:31Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to flee.
- Isaiah 16:2For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.
- Isaiah 16:3Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.
- Isaiah 21:14The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled.
- Isaiah 21:15For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.
- Isaiah 22:3All thy rulers are fled together, they are bound by the archers: all that are found in thee are bound together, which have fled from far.
- Isaiah 33:3At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered.
- Jeremiah 4:25I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.