הָדַף
Hâdaph · haw-daf'
to push away or down
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to push away or down
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: cast away (out), drive, expel, thrust (away).
Letters
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to reveal, behold › the doorway, the way in › to speak, the word
To reveal, behold of the doorway, the way in that works to speak, the word.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of הָדַף above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- but if he thrust2 · 18%
- to cast out1 · 9%
- hath cast them out1 · 9%
- he shall expel1 · 9%
- to thrust her away1 · 9%
- he shall be driven1 · 9%
- but he casteth away1 · 9%
- and i will drive1 · 9%
- did drive1 · 9%
- because ye have thrust1 · 9%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.