נָדַד
nâdad · naw-dad'
properly, to wave to and fro (rarely to flap up and down); figuratively, to rove, flee, or (causatively) to drive away
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to wave to and fro (rarely to flap up and down); figuratively, to rove, flee, or (causatively) to drive away
- properly, to wave to and fro (rarely to flap up and down)
- figuratively, to rove, flee, or (causatively) to drive away
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: chase (away), [idiom] could not, depart, flee ([idiom] apace, away), (re-) move, thrust away, wander (abroad, -er, -ing).
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › the doorway, the way in › the doorway, the way in
The seed, life continuing of the doorway, the way in of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נָדַד 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
28 occurrences · 28 OT · 0 NT · 26 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- fled2 · 7%
- that wandereth2 · 7%
- are fled2 · 7%
- departed1 · 4%
- thrust away1 · 4%
- could not1 · 4%
- he wandereth abroad1 · 4%
- and chased1 · 4%
- yea, he shall be chased away1 · 4%
- lo, then would i wander1 · 4%
- them shall flee away1 · 4%
- did flee1 · 4%
- apace1 · 4%
- and there was none that moved1 · 4%
- is removed1 · 4%
- for it shall be, that, as a wandering1 · 4%
- not him that wandereth1 · 4%
- him that fled1 · 4%
- for they fled1 · 4%
- were fled1 · 4%
- him that wandereth1 · 4%
- unto them! for they have fled1 · 4%
- unto him: and they shall be wanderers1 · 4%
- upon thee shall flee1 · 4%
- they flee away1 · 4%
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.