נָדָה
nâdâh · naw-daw'
properly, to toss; figuratively, to exclude, i.e. banish, postpone, prohibit
Lexicon
Derivation: or נָדָא; (2 Kings 17:21), a primitive root;
properly, to toss; figuratively, to exclude, i.e. banish, postpone, prohibit
- properly, to toss
- figuratively, to exclude, i.e. banish, postpone, prohibit
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: cast out, drive, put far away.
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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › the doorway, the way in › to reveal, behold
The seed, life continuing of the doorway, the way in that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נָדָה 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
2 occurrences · 2 OT · 0 NT · 2 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- drave1 · 33%
- you, that cast you out1 · 33%
- ye that put far away1 · 33%
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.