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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).
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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 42 times in 36 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:12 - when thou tillest the ground, it doth not add to give its strength to thee -- a wanderer, even a trembling one, thou art in the earth.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:14 - lo, Thou hast driven me to-day from off the face of the ground, and from Thy face I am hid; and I have been a wanderer, even a trembling one, in the earth, and it hath been -- every one finding me doth slay me.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 20:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:18 - And all the people are seeing the voices, and the flames, and the sound of the trumpet, and the mount smoking; and the people see, and move, and stand afar off,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:13 - and the anger of Jehovah burneth against Israel, and He causeth them to wander in the wilderness forty years, until the consumption of all the generation which is doing the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:9 - And the olive saith to them, Have I ceased from my fatness, by which they honour gods and men, that I have gone to stagger over the trees?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:11 - And the fig saith to them, Have I ceased from my sweetness, and my good increase, that I have gone to stagger over the trees?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:13 - And the vine saith to them, Have I ceased from my new wine, which is rejoicing gods and men, that I have gone to stagger over the trees?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:13 - and Hannah, she is speaking to her heart, only her lips are moving, and her voice is not heard, and Eli reckoneth her to be drunken.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:20 - Yesterday is thy coming in, and to-day I move thee to go with us, and I am going on that which I am going! -- turn back, and take back thy brethren with thee, -- kindness and truth.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:21 - this is the word that Jehovah spake concerning him: 'Trampled on thee -- laughed at thee, Hath the virgin daughter of Zion Behind thee shaken the head -- Hath the daughter of Jerusalem?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:18 - And he saith, 'Let him alone, let no man touch his bones;' and they let his bones escape, with the bones of the prophet who came out of Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:4 - I also, like you, might speak, If your soul were in my soul's stead. I might join against you with words, And nod at you with my head.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:4 - A stream hath broken out from a sojourner, Those forgotten of the foot, They were low, from man they wandered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:7 - All beholding me do mock at me, They make free with the lip -- shake the head,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:11 - Slay them not, lest my people forget, Shake them by Thy strength, And bring them down, O Lord our shield.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:15 - They -- they wander for food, If they are not satisfied -- then they murmur.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:27 - They reel to and fro, and move as a drunkard, And all their wisdom is swallowed up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:10 - And wander continually do his sons, Yea, they have begged, And have sought out of their dry places.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:25 - And I -- I have been a reproach to them, They see me, they shake their head.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:6 - The path of life -- lest thou ponder, Moved have her paths -- thou knowest not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:4 - And the posts of the thresholds are moved by the voice of him who is calling, and the house is full of smoke.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:2 - And it is declared to the house of David, saying, 'Aram hath been led towards Ephraim,' And his heart and the heart of his people is moved, like the moving of trees of a forest by the presence of wind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:1 - The burden of Egypt. Lo, Jehovah is riding on a swift thick cloud, And He hath entered Egypt, And moved have been the idols of Egypt at His presence, And the heart of Egypt melteth in its midst.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:20 - Stagger greatly doth the land as a drunkard, And it hath been moved as a lodge, And heavy on it hath been its transgression, And it hath fallen, and addeth not to rise.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:9 - Tarry and wonder, look ye, yea, look, Be drunk, and not with wine, Stagger, and not with strong drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:22 - this is the word that Jehovah spake concerning him: Trampled on thee, laughed at thee, Hath the virgin daughter of Zion, Behind thee shaken the head hath the daughter of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:10 - Thus said Jehovah concerning this people: Well they have loved to wander, Their feet they have not restrained, And Jehovah hath not accepted them, Now doth He remember their iniquity, And inspect their sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:15 - Clapped hands at thee have all passing by the way, They have hissed -- and they shake the head At the daughter of Jerusalem: 'Is this the city of which they said: The perfection of beauty, a joy to all the land?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:14 - They have wandered naked in out-places, They have been polluted with blood, Without any being able to touch their clothing,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:15 - 'Turn aside -- unclean,' they called to them, 'Turn aside, turn aside, touch not,' For they fled -- yea, they have wandered, They have said among nations: 'They do not add to sojourn.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:10 - and lo, a hand hath come against me, and shaketh me on my knees and the palms of my hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:8 - And wandered have two or three cities, Unto the same city to drink water, And they are not satisfied, And ye have not turned back unto Me, An affirmation of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:12 - And they have wandered from sea unto sea, And from north even unto east, They go to and fro to seek the word of Jehovah, And they do not find.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:9 - For lo, I am commanding, And I have shaken among all the nations the house of Israel, As one doth shake with a sieve, And there falleth not a grain to the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:12 - All thy fortresses are fig-trees with first-fruits, If they are shaken, They have fallen into the mouth of the eater.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:15 - This is the exulting city that is dwelling confidently, That is saying in her heart, 'I am, and beside me there is none,' How hath she been for a desolation, A crouching-place for beasts, Every one passing by her doth hiss, He doth shake his hand!
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