נָדַף
nâdaph · naw-daf'
to shove asunder, i.e. disperse
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to shove asunder, i.e. disperse
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: drive (away, to and fro), thrust down, shaken, tossed to and fro.
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
- 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)
the seed, life continuing › the doorway, the way in › to speak, the word
The seed, life continuing of the doorway, the way in that works to speak, the word.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נָדַף 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
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of a shaken1 · 11%
- driven to and fro1 · 11%
- thrusteth him down1 · 11%
- driveth away1 · 11%
- is driven away1 · 11%
- so drive them away1 · 11%
- tossed to and fro of1 · 11%
- be driven away1 · 11%
- and as driven1 · 11%
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.