Nadaph נָדַף
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| נָדַף | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | nadaph |
| Strong's number | H5086 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to drive |
| Occurrences | 9 in 8 verses |
| Most frequent in | Job (2) |
Nadaph (Hebrew נָדַף, Strong's H5086) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to drive”. It occurs 9 times in 8 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to drive, drive away, drive asunder
1a) (Qal) to drive about
1b)(Niphal) to be driven, be driven about
1a) (Qal) to drive about
1b)(Niphal) to be driven, be driven about
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | away (4), shaken (1), fro (1), down (1), driven (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | windblown (3), refute him (1), driven off (1), is blown away (1), is a vanishing (1), blow away (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Nadaph, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Leviticus
- Leviticus 26:36And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.As for those of you who survive, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, so that even the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to flight. And they will flee as one flees the sword, and fall when no one pursues them.
Job
- Job 13:25Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?Would You frighten a windblown leaf? Would You chase after dry chaff?
- Job 32:13Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man.So do not claim, ‘We have found wisdom; let God, not man, refute him.’
Psalms
- Psalm 1:4The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.Not so the wicked! For they are like chaff driven off by the wind.
- Psalm 68:2As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.As smoke is blown away, You will drive them out; as wax melts before the fire, the wicked will perish in the presence of God.
Proverbs
- Proverbs 21:6The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 19:7The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be no more.The bulrushes by the Nile, by the mouth of the river, and all the fields sown along the Nile, will wither, blow away, and be no more.
- Isaiah 41:2Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.Who has aroused one from the east and called him to his feet in righteousness? He hands nations over to him and subdues kings before him. He turns them to dust with his sword, to windblown chaff with his bow.
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).