Nadad נָדַד
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| נָדַד | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | nadad |
| Strong's number | H5074 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to wander |
| Occurrences | 28 in 26 verses |
| Most frequent in | Isaiah (8) |
Nadad (Hebrew נָדַד, Strong's H5074) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to wander”. It occurs 28 times in 26 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to retreat, flee, depart, move, wander abroad, stray, flutter
1a)(Qal)
1a1) to retreat, flee
1a2) to flee, depart
1a3) to wander, stray
1a4) to flutter (of birds)
1b) (Poal) to flee away, be chased
1c) (Hiphil) to chase away
1d) (Hophal) to be chased away
1e) (Hithpolel) to flee away
Aramaic equivalent: ne.dad (נְדַד "to flee" H5075)
1a)(Qal)
1a1) to retreat, flee
1a2) to flee, depart
1a3) to wander, stray
1a4) to flutter (of birds)
1b) (Poal) to flee away, be chased
1c) (Hiphil) to chase away
1d) (Hophal) to be chased away
1e) (Hithpolel) to flee away
Aramaic equivalent: ne.dad (נְדַד "to flee" H5075)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | fled (8), away (4), wandereth (4), departed (1), not (1), abroad (1), chased (1), wander (1), flee apace (1), moved (1), removed (1), wandering (1), and 2 other renderings |
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| BSB | they flee (2), have fled (2), fled (1), raked aside (1), escaped (1), wanders about (1), is chased (1), he will be chased away (1), i would flee (1), will shake their heads (1), flee in haste (1), strays (1), and 12 other renderings |
Verses
Every verse with Nadad, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 31:40Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.As it was, the heat consumed me by day and the frost by night, and sleep fled from my eyes.
2 Samuel
- 2 Samuel 23:6But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands:But the worthless are all like thorns raked aside, for they can never be gathered by hand.
Esther
- Esther 6:1On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.That night sleep escaped the king; so he ordered the Book of Records, the Chronicles, to be brought in and read to him.
Job
- Job 15:23He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.He wanders about as food for vultures; he knows the day of darkness is at hand.
- Job 18:18He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.
- Job 20:8He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night.
Psalms
- Psalm 31:11I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.Among all my enemies I am a disgrace, and among my neighbors even more. I am dreaded by my friends— they flee when they see me on the street.
- Psalm 55:7Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.How far away I would flee! In the wilderness I would remain. Selah
- Psalm 64:8So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.They will be made to stumble, their own tongues turned against them. All who see will shake their heads.
- Psalm 68:12Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil.“Kings and their armies flee in haste; she who waits at home divides the plunder.
Proverbs
- Proverbs 27:8As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who wanders from his home.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 10:14And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.My hand reached as into a nest to seize the wealth of the nations. Like one gathering abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth. No wing fluttered, no beak opened or chirped.’”
- Isaiah 10:31Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to flee.Madmenah flees; the people of Gebim take refuge.
- Isaiah 16:2For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.Like fluttering birds pushed out of the nest, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon:
- Isaiah 16:3Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.“Give us counsel; render a decision. Shelter us at noonday with shade as dark as night. Hide the refugees; do not betray the one who flees.
- Isaiah 21:14The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled.Bring water for the thirsty, O dwellers of Tema; meet the refugees with food.
- Isaiah 21:15For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.For they flee from the sword— the sword that is drawn— from the bow that is bent, and from the stress of battle.
- Isaiah 22:3All thy rulers are fled together, they are bound by the archers: all that are found in thee are bound together, which have fled from far.All your rulers have fled together, captured without a bow. All your fugitives were captured together, having fled to a distant place.
- Isaiah 33:3At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered.The peoples flee the thunder of Your voice; the nations scatter when You rise.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 4:25I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.I looked, and no man was left; all the birds of the air had fled.
- Jeremiah 9:10For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone.I will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains, a dirge over the wilderness pasture, for they have been scorched so no one passes through, and the lowing of cattle is not heard. Both the birds of the air and the beasts have fled; they have gone away.
- Jeremiah 49:5Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord God of hosts, from all those that be about thee; and ye shall be driven out every man right forth; and none shall gather up him that wandereth.Behold, I am about to bring terror upon you, declares the Lord GOD of Hosts, from all those around you. You will each be driven headlong, with no one to regather the fugitives.
Hosea
- Hosea 7:13Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me.Woe to them, for they have strayed from Me! Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against Me! Though I would redeem them, they speak lies against Me.
- Hosea 9:17My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations.My God will reject them because they have not obeyed Him; and they shall be wanderers among the nations.
Nahum
- Nahum 3:7And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?Then all who see you will recoil from you and say, ‘Nineveh is devastated; who will grieve for her?’ Where can I find comforters for you?”
- Nahum 3:17Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.Your guards are like the swarming locust, and your scribes like clouds of locusts that settle on the walls on a cold day. When the sun rises, they fly away, and no one knows where.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).