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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 you try to cultivate the ground it will no longer yield its best for you. You will be a homeless wanderer on the earth."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:14 - Look! You are driving me off the land today, and I must hide from your presence. I will be a homeless wanderer on the earth; whoever finds me will kill me."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 20:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:18 - All the people were seeing the thundering and the lightning, and heard the sound of the horn, and saw the mountain smoking - and when the people saw it they trembled with fear and kept their distance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:13 - So the LORD's anger was kindled against the Israelites, and he made them wander in the wilderness for forty years, until all that generation that had done wickedly before the LORD was finished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:9 - But the olive tree said to them, 'I am not going to stop producing my oil, which is used to honor gods and men, just to sway above the other trees!'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:11 - But the fig tree said to them, 'I am not going to stop producing my sweet figs, my excellent fruit, just to sway above the other trees!'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:13 - But the grapevine said to them, 'I am not going to stop producing my wine, which makes gods and men so happy, just to sway above the other trees!'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:13 - Now Hannah was speaking from her heart. Although her lips were moving, her voice was inaudible. Eli therefore thought she was drunk.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:20 - It seems like you arrived just yesterday. Today should I make you wander around by going with us? I go where I must go. But as for you, go back and take your men with you. May genuine loyal love protect you!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:21 - This is what the LORD says about him: "The virgin daughter Zion despises you, she makes fun of you; Daughter Jerusalem shakes her head after you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:18 - The king said, "Leave it alone! No one must touch his bones." So they left his bones undisturbed, as well as the bones of the Israelite prophet buried beside him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:4 - I also could speak like you, if you were in my place; I could pile up words against you and I could shake my head at you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:4 - Far from where people live he sinks a shaft, in places travelers have long forgotten, far from other people he dangles and sways.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:7 - All who see me taunt me; they mock me and shake their heads.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:11 - Do not strike them dead suddenly, because then my people might forget the lesson. Use your power to make them homeless vagabonds and then bring them down, O Lord who shields us!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:15 - They wander around looking for something to eat; they refuse to sleep until they are full.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:27 - They swayed and staggered like a drunk, and all their skill proved ineffective.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:10 - May his children roam around begging, asking for handouts as they leave their ruined home!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:25 - I am disdained by them. When they see me, they shake their heads.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:6 - Lest she should make level the path leading to life, her paths are unstable but she does not know it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:4 - The sound of their voices shook the door frames, and the temple was filled with smoke.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:2 - It was reported to the family of David, "Syria has allied with Ephraim." They and their people were emotionally shaken, just as the trees of the forest shake before the wind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:1 - Here is a message about Egypt: Look, the LORD rides on a swift-moving cloud and approaches Egypt. The idols of Egypt tremble before him; the Egyptians lose their courage.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:20 - The earth will stagger around like a drunk; it will sway back and forth like a hut in a windstorm. Its sin will weigh it down, and it will fall and never get up again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:9 - You will be shocked and amazed! You are totally blind! They are drunk, but not because of wine; they stagger, but not because of beer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:22 - this is what the LORD says about him: "The virgin daughter Zion despises you - she makes fun of you; daughter Jerusalem shakes her head after you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:10 - Then the LORD spoke about these people. "They truly love to go astray. They cannot keep from running away from me. So I am not pleased with them. I will now call to mind the wrongs they have done and punish them for their sins."

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:15 - All who passed by on the road clapped their hands to mock you. They sneered and shook their heads at Daughter Jerusalem. "Ha! Is this the city they called 'The perfection of beauty, the source of joy of the whole earth!'?" פ (Pe)

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:14 - They wander blindly through the streets, defiled by the blood they shed, while no one dares to touch their garments. ס (Samek)

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:15 - People cry to them, "Turn away! You are unclean! Turn away! Turn away! Don't touch us!" So they have fled and wander about; but the nations say, "They may not stay here any longer." פ (Pe)

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:10 - Then a hand touched me and set me on my hands and knees.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:8 - People from two or three cities staggered into one city to get water, but remained thirsty. Still you did not come back to me." The LORD is speaking!

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:12 - People will stagger from sea to sea, and from the north around to the east. They will wander about looking for a revelation from the LORD, but they will not find any.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:9 - "For look, I am giving a command and I will shake the family of Israel together with all the nations. It will resemble a sieve being shaken, when not even a pebble falls to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:12 - All your fortifications will be like fig trees with first-ripe fruit: If they are shaken, their figs will fall into the mouth of the eater!

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:15 - This is how the once-proud city will end up - the city that was so secure. She thought to herself, "I am unique! No one can compare to me!" What a heap of ruins she has become, a place where wild animals live! Everyone who passes by her taunts her and shakes his fist.
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