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Lexicon :: Strong's H5128 - nûaʿ

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נוּעַ
Transliteration
nûaʿ
Pronunciation
noo'-ah
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1328

Strong’s Definitions

נוּעַ nûwaʻ, noo'-ah; a primitive root; to waver, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (as subjoined):—continually, fugitive, × make, to (go) up and down, be gone away, (be) move(-able, -d), be promoted, reel, remove, scatter, set, shake, sift, stagger, to and fro, be vagabond, wag, (make) wander (up and down).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 42x

The KJV translates Strong's H5128 in the following manner: shake (6x), wander (6x), move (6x), promoted (3x), fugitive (2x), sift (2x), stagger (2x), wag (2x), miscellaneous (13x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 42x
The KJV translates Strong's H5128 in the following manner: shake (6x), wander (6x), move (6x), promoted (3x), fugitive (2x), sift (2x), stagger (2x), wag (2x), miscellaneous (13x).

  1. to quiver, totter, shake, reel, stagger, wander, move, sift, make move, wave, waver, tremble

    1. (Qal)

      1. to wave, quiver, vibrate, swing, stagger, tremble, be unstable

      2. to totter, go tottering

        1. vagabond (participle)

    2. (Niphal) to be tossed about or around

    3. (Hiphil)

      1. to toss about

      2. to shake, cause to totter

      3. to shake, disturb

      4. to cause to wander

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נוּעַ nûwaʻ, noo'-ah; a primitive root; to waver, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (as subjoined):—continually, fugitive, × make, to (go) up and down, be gone away, (be) move(-able, -d), be promoted, reel, remove, scatter, set, shake, sift, stagger, to and fro, be vagabond, wag, (make) wander (up and down).
STRONGS H5128: Abbreviations
† נוּעַ verb quiver, wave, waver, tremble, totter (Late Hebrew Pilp. נִעְנַע shake, Aramaic נוּעַ waver, stagger (rare); Arabic bdb063101, bdb063102 bend (of boughs), see commotus fuit (of id.), so Kam Frey; also change, bdb063103 kind, species, variety; Di compare Ethiopic bdb063104 hunt); —
Qal Perfect נָ֫עוּ Job 28:4 +; וְנָע֫וּ Amos 4:8 + 2 times; Imperfect וַיָּ֫נַע Isaiah 7:2; 3rd person feminine singular תָּנוּעַ Isaiah 24:20; אֲנוּעֲךָ 2 Samuel 15:20 Kt (but read Qr Hiph. q. v.); יָנ֫וּעוּ Psalm 109:10; יְנוּע֑וּן Psalm 59:16 Kt (so read; not Qr Hiph.), etc.; Infinitive absolute Isaiah 24:20; Psalm 109:10; construct נוּעַ Judges 9:9 + 3 times; נוֺעַ Isaiah 7:2; Participle נָע Genesis 4:12, 14; נָעִים Proverbs 22:19; נָעוֺת 1 Samuel 1:13: —
1. wave, of trees, followed by עַל Judges 9:9, 11, 13 followed by מִפְּנֵי of cause Isaiah 7:2; quiver, vibrate, of lips 1 Samuel 1:13; swing (to and fro) of miners Job 28:4 (|| דלל); stagger like drunkard, of mariners in storm Psalm 107:27 (|| חגג), compare Isaiah 29:9 (|| שׁכר); hence be unstable, figurative of ways of harlot Proverbs 5:6; tremble, of doorposts, Isaiah 6:4 (followed by מִן causative), idols Isaiah 19:1 (followed by מִפְּנֵי), earth Isaiah 24:20 (|| התנודד), people Exodus 20:18 (E); figurative of heart Isaiah 7:2.
2. totter, go tottering (faint and uncertain) Lamentations 4:14 Lamentations 4:15 (|| נוּץ), Amos 8:12 (|| שׁוטט); as beggars Psalm 109:10 (|| שִׁאֵל), compare Psalm 59:16; Amos 4:8 followed by אֶלֿ; participle vagabond Genesis 4:12, 14 (both || נָד); figurative = err, sin, Jeremiah 14:10.
Niph. Imperfect יִנּוֺעַ Amos 9:9 be tossed about (of corn) in a sieve; יִנּוֺעוּ id., of bulwarks as fig-trees Nahum 3:12 (|| נפל).
Hiph. Perfect 3rd person feminine singular הֵנִ֫יעָה 2 Kings 19:21 = Isaiah 37:22; וַהֲנִָֽעוֺתִ֫י Amos 9:9; Imperfect יָנִיעַ Zephaniah 2:15; jussive יָ֫נַע 2 Kings 23:18; אֲנִיעֲךָ 2 Samuel 15:20 Qr (compare Qal); יְנִיעוּן Psalm 109:25 + Psalm 59:16 Qr (read Kt
Qal q. v.), etc.; Imperative suffix הֲנִיעֵ֫מוֺ Psalm 59:12; —
1. toss about Amos 9:9 subject י׳, object Israel followed by בַּגּוֺיִם (compare Niph.).
2. shake, cause to totter: = set me tottering Daniel 10:10 on my knees and hands; especially shake or wag the head, in mockery 2 Kings 19:21 = Isaiah 37:22 (|| בוז, לעג) compare Psalm 22:8; Psalm 109:25; followed by עַלֿ Job 16:4 (בְּמוֺ ר׳ [Ges§ 119q]), also Lamentations 2:15 (|| שׁרק), Zephaniah 2:15 יָדוֺ (|| id.), [see also Ecclus 12:18; Ecclus 13:7 (בְּר׳)].
3. (shake), disturb, bones of dead 2 Kings 23:18.
4. cause to wander Numbers 32:13 (J); 2 Samuel 15:20 (followed by ללכת); Psalm 59:12 (|| הוריד, for which LagProph. Chald. xlviii. proposes הניד).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

4:12; 4:12; 4:14; 4:14

Exodus

20:18

Numbers

32:13

Judges

9:9; 9:9; 9:11; 9:13

1 Samuel

1:13; 1:13

2 Samuel

15:20; 15:20; 15:20

2 Kings

19:21; 19:21; 23:18; 23:18

Job

16:4; 28:4; 28:4

Psalms

22:8; 59:12; 59:12; 59:16; 59:16; 59:16; 107:27; 109:10; 109:10; 109:10; 109:25; 109:25

Proverbs

5:6; 22:19

Isaiah

6:4; 7:2; 7:2; 7:2; 7:2; 19:1; 24:20; 24:20; 24:20; 29:9; 37:22; 37:22

Jeremiah

14:10

Lamentations

2:15; 4:14; 4:15

Daniel

10:10

Amos

4:8; 4:8; 8:12; 9:9; 9:9; 9:9

Nahum

3:12

Zephaniah

2:15; 2:15

H5128

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5128 matches the Hebrew נוּעַ (nûaʿ),
which occurs 40 times in 36 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:12 - “When H3588 you cultivate H5647 the ground, H127 it will no H3808 longer H3254 yield H5414 its strength H3581 to you; you will be a vagrant H5128 and a wanderer H5110 on the earth.” H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:14 - “Behold, H2005 You have driven H1644 me this day H3117 from the face H6440 of the ground; H127 and from Your face H6440 I will be hidden, H5641 and I will be a vagrant H5128 and a wanderer H5110 on the earth, H776 and whoever H3605 finds H4672 me will kill H2026 me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:18 - All H3605 the people H5971 perceived H7200 the [fn]thunder H6963 and the lightning H3940 flashes H3940 and the sound H6963 of the trumpet H7782 and the mountain H2022 smoking; H6226 and when the people H5971 saw H7200 it, they trembled H5128 and stood H5975 at a distance. H7350

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:13 - “So the LORD’S H3068 anger H639 burned H2734 against Israel, H3478 and He made them wander H5128 in the wilderness H4057 forty H705 years, H8141 until H5704 the entire H3605 generation H1755 of those who had done H6213 evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068 was destroyed. H8552

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:9 - “But the olive H2132 tree H2132 said H559 to them, ‘Shall I leave H2308 my fatness H1880 with [fn]which H834 God H430 and men H376 are honored, H3513 and go H1980 to wave H5128 over H5921 the trees?’ H6086

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:11 - “But the fig H8384 tree H8384 said H559 to them, ‘Shall I leave H2308 my sweetness H4987 and my good H2896 [fn]fruit, H8570 and go H1980 to wave H5128 over H5921 the trees?’ H6086

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:13 - “But the vine H1612 said H559 to them, ‘Shall I leave H2308 my new H8492 wine, H8492 which cheers H8055 God H430 and men, H376 and go H1980 to wave H5128 over H5921 the trees?’ H6086

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:13 - As for Hannah, H2584 she was speaking H1696 in her heart, H3820 only H7534 her lips H8193 were moving, H5128 but her voice H6963 was not heard. H8085 So Eli H5941 thought H2803 she was drunk. H7910

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:20 - “You came H935 only yesterday, H8543 and shall I today H3117 make you wander H5128 with us, while I go H1980 where H5921 H834 I will? Return H7725 and take H7725 back H7725 your brothers; H251 mercy H2617 and [fn]truth H571 be with you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:21 - “This H2088 is the word H1697 that the LORD H3068 has spoken H1696 against H5921 him:
‘She has despised H959 you and mocked H3932 you,
The virgin H1330 daughter H1323 of Zion; H6726
She has shaken H5128 her head H7218 behind H310 you,
The daughter H1323 of Jerusalem! H3389

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:18 - He said, H559 “Let H5117 him alone; H5117 let no H408 one H376 disturb H5128 his bones.” H6106 So they [fn]left H4422 his bones H6106 undisturbed H4422 with the bones H6106 of the prophet H5030 who H834 came H935 from Samaria. H8111

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:4 - “I too H1571 could speak H1696 like you,
If H3863 [fn]I were in your place. H8478
I could compose H2266 words H4405 against H5921 you
And shake H5128 my head H7218 at you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:4 - “He [fn]sinks H6555 a shaft H5158 far from [fn]habitation, H1481
Forgotten H7911 by the foot; H7272
They hang H1809 and swing H5128 to and fro H5128 far from men. H582

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:7 - All H3605 who see H7200 me [fn]sneer H3932 at me;
They [fn]separate H6362 with the lip, H8193 they wag H5128 the head, H7218 saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:11 - Do not slay H2026 them, or H6435 my people H5971 will forget; H7911
[fn]Scatter H5128 them by Your power, H2428 and bring H3381 them down, H3381
O Lord, H136 our shield. H4043

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:15 - They wander H5128 about [fn]for food H398
And [fn]growl H3885 if H518 they are not satisfied. H7646

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:27 - They reeled H2287 and staggered H5128 like a drunken H7910 man, H7910
And [fn]were at their wits’ H2451 end. H1104

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:10 - Let his children H1121 wander H5128 about and beg; H7592
And let them seek H1875 sustenance [fn]far from their ruined H2723 homes. H2723

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:25 - I also have become H1961 a reproach H2781 to them;
When they see H7200 me, they wag H5128 their head. H7218

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:6 - [fn]She does not ponder H6424 the path H734 of life; H2416
Her ways H4570 are unstable, H5128 she does not know H3045 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:4 - And the [fn]foundations H520 of the thresholds H5592 trembled H5128 at the voice H6963 of him who called H7121 out, while the [fn]temple H1004 was filling H4390 with smoke. H6227

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:2 - When it was reported H5046 to the house H1004 of David, H1732 saying, H559 “The Arameans H758 [fn]have camped H5117 in Ephraim,” H669 his heart H3824 and the hearts H3824 of his people H5971 shook H5128 as the trees H6086 of the forest H3293 shake H5128 [fn]with the wind. H7307

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:1 - The [fn]oracle H4853 concerning Egypt. H4714
Behold, H2009 the LORD H3068 is riding H7392 on a swift H7031 cloud H5645 and is about to come H935 to Egypt; H4714
The idols H457 of Egypt H4714 will tremble H5128 at His presence, H6440
And the heart H3824 of the Egyptians H4714 will melt H4549 within H7130 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:20 - The earth H776 reels H5128 to and fro H5128 like a drunkard H7910
And it totters H5110 like a [fn]shack, H4412
For its transgression H6588 is heavy H3513 upon it,
And it will fall, H5307 never H3808 to rise H6965 again. H3254

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:9 - Be delayed H4102 and wait, H8539
Blind H8173 yourselves and be blind; H8173
They become H7937 drunk, H7937 but not with wine, H3196
They stagger, H5128 but not with strong H7941 drink. H7941

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:22 - this H2088 is the word H1697 that the LORD H3068 has spoken H1696 against H5921 him:
“She has despised H959 you and mocked H3932 you,
The virgin H1330 daughter H1323 of Zion; H6726
She has shaken H5128 her head H7218 behind H310 you,
The daughter H1323 of Jerusalem! H3389

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:10 - Thus H3541 says H559 the LORD H3068 to this H2088 people, H5971 “Even so H3651 they have loved H157 to wander; H5128 they have not kept H2820 their feet H7272 in check. H2820 Therefore the LORD H3068 does not accept H7521 them; now H6258 He will remember H2142 their iniquity H5771 and call H6485 their sins H2403 to account.” H6485

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:15 - All H3605 who pass H5674 along H5674 the way H1870
Clap H5606 their hands H3709 in derision at you;
They hiss H8319 and shake H5128 their heads H7218
At the daughter H1323 of Jerusalem, H3389
“Is this H2088 the city H5892 of which H7945 they said, H559
‘The perfection H3632 of beauty, H3308
A joy H4885 to all H3605 the earth’?” H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:14 - They wandered, H5128 blind, H5787 in the streets; H2351
They were defiled H1351 with blood H1818
So that no H3808 one could H3201 touch H5060 their garments. H3830

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:15 - “Depart! H5493 Unclean!” H2931 [fn]they cried H7121 of themselves.
“Depart, H5493 depart, H5493 do not touch!” H5060
So H3588 they fled H5327 and wandered; H5128
Men among the nations H1471 said, H559
“They shall not continue H3254 to dwell H1481 with us.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:10 - Then behold, H2009 a hand H3027 touched H5060 me and set H5128 me trembling H5128 on my [fn]hands H3709 H3027 and knees. H1290

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:8 - “So two H8147 or three H7969 cities H5892 would stagger H5128 to another H259 city H5892 to drink H8354 water, H4325
But would not be satisfied; H7646
Yet you have not returned H7725 to Me,” declares H5002 the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:12 - “People will stagger H5128 from sea H3220 to sea H3220
And from the north H6828 even to the east; H4217
They will go H7751 to and fro H7751 to seek H1245 the word H1697 of the LORD, H3068
But they will not find H4672 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:9 - “For behold, H2009 I am commanding, H6680
And I will shake H5128 the house H1004 of Israel H3478 among all H3605 nations H1471
As grain is shaken H5128 in a sieve, H3531
But not a [fn]kernel H6872 will fall H5307 to the ground. H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:12 - All H3605 your fortifications H4013 are fig H8384 trees H8384 with [fn]ripe H1061 fruit H1061—
When H518 shaken, H5128 they fall H5307 into the eater’s H398 mouth. H6310

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:15 - This H2088 is the exultant H5947 city H5892
Which dwells H3427 securely, H983
Who says H559 in her heart, H3824
“I am, and there H657 is no H657 one H657 besides H5750 me.”
How H349 she has become H1961 a desolation, H8047
A resting H4769 place H4769 for beasts! H2416
Everyone H3605 who passes H5674 by her will hiss H8319
And wave H5128 his hand H3027 in contempt.
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