נָדַח
nâdach · naw-dakh'
to push off; used in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (to expel, mislead, strike, inflict, etc.)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to push off; used in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (to expel, mislead, strike, inflict, etc.)
- to push off
- used in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (to expel, mislead, strike, inflict, etc.)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: banish, bring, cast down (out), chase, compel, draw away, drive (away, out, quite), fetch a stroke, force, go away, outcast, thrust away (out), withdraw.
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
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › the doorway, the way in › to separate and protect
The seed, life continuing of the doorway, the way in that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נָדַח 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
55 occurrences · 55 OT · 0 NT · 50 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- whither i have driven6 · 19%
- that which was driven away2 · 6%
- shouldest be driven1 · 3%
- to thrust1 · 3%
- to thrust thee away1 · 3%
- you, and have withdrawn1 · 3%
- fetcheth a stroke1 · 3%
- thereof by forcing1 · 3%
- go astray1 · 3%
- hath driven1 · 3%
- if any of thine be driven out1 · 3%
- but shalt be drawn away1 · 3%
- his banished1 · 3%
- that his banished1 · 3%
- be not expelled1 · 3%
- and bring1 · 3%
- drave1 · 3%
- have ye not cast out1 · 3%
- and compelled1 · 3%
- them; though there were of you cast out1 · 3%
- driven quite1 · 3%
- cast them out1 · 3%
- to cast him down1 · 3%
- she forced1 · 3%
- and they shall be driven1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
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.