Strong H5287נָעַר

to shake

Transliteration
nâ‛ar
Pronunciation
naw-ar'
Morphology
Hebrew Verb

Definition

A primitive root (probably identical with {H5286 } through the idea of the rustling of {mane} which usually accompanies the lion´ s roar); to tumble about: - shake ({off} {out} {self}) {overthrow} toss up and down.

Detailed definition

1) to shake, shake out or off
1a) (Qal) to shake out, show emptiness
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be shaken
1b2) to shake oneself
1c) (Piel) to shake off or out
1d) (Hithpael) to shake oneself

In the Bible

Strong H5287 appears in 9 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • shake5
  • overthrew2
  • shaken1
  • shaketh1
  • toss1

First verses

  1. Exodus 14:27
    And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
  2. Judges 16:20
    And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the Lord was departed from him.
  3. Nehemiah 5:13
    Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen, and praised the Lord. And the people did according to this promise.
  4. Job 38:13
    That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
  5. Psalms 109:23
    I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
  6. Psalms 136:15
    But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea: for his mercy endureth for ever.
  7. Isaiah 33:9
    The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.
  8. Isaiah 33:15
    He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;
  9. Isaiah 52:2
    Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.
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