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Lexicon :: Strong's H8582 - tāʿâ

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תָּעָה
Transliteration
tāʿâ
Pronunciation
taw-aw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2531

Strong’s Definitions

תָּעָה tâʻâh, taw-aw'; a primitive root; to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both:—(cause to) go astray, deceive, dissemble, (cause to, make to) err, pant, seduce, (make to) stagger, (cause to) wander, be out of the way.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 50x

The KJV translates Strong's H8582 in the following manner: err (17x), astray (12x), wander (10x), seduced (3x), stagger (2x), out of the way (2x), away (1x), deceived (1x), miscellaneous (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 50x
The KJV translates Strong's H8582 in the following manner: err (17x), astray (12x), wander (10x), seduced (3x), stagger (2x), out of the way (2x), away (1x), deceived (1x), miscellaneous (2x).

  1. to err, wander, go astray, stagger

    1. (Qal) to err

      1. to wander about (physically)

      2. of intoxication

      3. of sin (ethically)

      4. wandering (of the mind)

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to be made to wander about, be made to stagger (drunkard)

      2. to be led astray (ethically)

    3. (Hiphil) to cause to wander

      1. to cause to wander about (physically)

      2. to cause to wander (of intoxication)

      3. to cause to err, mislead (mentally and morally)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
תָּעָה tâʻâh, taw-aw'; a primitive root; to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both:—(cause to) go astray, deceive, dissemble, (cause to, make to) err, pant, seduce, (make to) stagger, (cause to) wander, be out of the way.
STRONGS H8582: Abbreviations
† תָּעָה verb err (|| form of טָעָה, q. v.; Aramaic (sometimes) תְּעָא, תְּעִי id.; Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew (rare)); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular ת׳ Isaiah 21:4; 1st person singular תָּעִ֫יתִי Psalm 119:110; Psalm 119:176, etc.; imperfect 3rd person feminine singular תֵּתַע Genesis 21:14; Proverbs 7:25; 3rd person masculine plural יִתְעוּ Isaiah 35:8 +; Infinitive construct תְּעוֺת Ezekiel 44:10 +; Participle תֹּעֶה Genesis 37:15 +, etc.; —
1. physically, wander about, absolute Exodus 23:4 (E) Isaiah 35:8; Isaiah 53:6; Job 38:41; Psalm 119:176; with ב location Genesis 21:14; Genesis 37:15 (JE), Proverbs 7:25; Psalm 107:4; with ל location Isaiah 47:15; accusative of location Isaiah 16:8.
2. of intoxication, with בְּ of wine Isaiah 28:7; מן of wine Isaiah 28:7; figurative of perplexity, subject לבב Isaiah 21:4.
3. ethically, absolute Ezekiel 44:10; Ezekiel 48:11 (3 times in verse); Psalm 58:4, probably Proverbs 14:22 (compare חוטא Proverbs 14:21, but Bu Toy go astray to ruin); תֹּעֵי רוח Isaiah 29:24, תֹּעֵי לבב Psalm 95:10; with מן Psalm 119:110; Proverbs 21:16, מֵאַחֲרַי Ezekiel 14:11, מֵעָלַי Ezekiel 44:10, 15.
Niph.
1. be made to wander about, as a drunkard: Infinitive construct הִתָּעוֺת Isaiah 19:14.
2. ethically: Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נִתְעָה be led astray Job 15:31 (with בשׁוֺא).
Hiph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הִתְעָה Hosea 4:12 (We הִתְעָם); Imperfect וַיֶּ֫תַע 2 Chronicles 33:9; suffix וַיַּתְעֵם Job 12:24 +; Participle מַתְעֶה Isaiah 30:28 +; —
1. physically: cause to wander about: absolute Isaiah 30:28 (of bridle, in figure), Proverbs 10:17; Jeremiah 50:6 (accusative of people as sheep); accusative of person Proverbs 12:26; with מן location Genesis 20:13 (E), ב location Job 12:24 = Psalm 107:40.
2. of intoxication, Isaiah 19:13, 14; Job 12:25.
3. mentally and morally: cause to err, mislead: absolute Isaiah 3:12; Isaiah 9:15; Hosea 4:12; with accusative of person Amos 2:4; Micah 3:5; 2 Kings 21:9 2 Chronicles 33:9; Jeremiah 23:13, 32; with ב object Jeremiah 42:20 (so Gf; Ke and others (so Proverbs 10:17) intransitive err at cost of; Greek Version of the LXX Ew Du Co הֲרֵעֹתֶם); with מן of י׳ Isaiah 63:17.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

20:13; 21:14; 21:14; 37:15; 37:15

Exodus

23:4

2 Kings

21:9

2 Chronicles

33:9; 33:9

Job

12:24; 12:24; 12:25; 15:31; 38:41

Psalms

58:4; 95:10; 107:4; 107:40; 119:110; 119:110; 119:176; 119:176

Proverbs

7:25; 7:25; 10:17; 10:17; 12:26; 14:21; 14:22; 21:16

Isaiah

3:12; 9:15; 16:8; 19:13; 19:14; 19:14; 21:4; 21:4; 28:7; 28:7; 29:24; 30:28; 30:28; 35:8; 35:8; 47:15; 53:6; 63:17

Jeremiah

23:13; 23:32; 42:20; 50:6

Ezekiel

14:11; 44:10; 44:10; 44:10; 44:15; 48:11

Hosea

4:12; 4:12

Amos

2:4

Micah

3:5

H8582

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Strong's Number H8582 matches the Hebrew תָּעָה (tāʿâ),
which occurs 50 times in 45 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:13 - And it came to pass when God brought me forth out of the house of my father, that I said to her, This righteousness thou shalt perform to me, in every place into which we may enter, say of me, He is my brother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:14 - And Abraam rose up in the morning and took loaves and a skin of water, and gave them to Agar, and he put the child on her shoulder, and sent her away, and she having departed wandered in the wilderness [fn]near the well of the oath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:15 - And a man found him wandering in the field; and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:4 - And if thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt turn them back and restore them to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:9 - But they hearkened not; and Manasses led them astray to do evil in the sight of the Lord, beyond the nations whom the Lord utterly destroyed from before the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:9 - So Manasses led astray Juda and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to do evil beyond all the nations which the Lord cast out from before the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:24 - Perplexing the minds of the princes of the earth: and he causes them to wander in a way they have not known, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:25 - Let them grope in darkness, and let there be no light, and let them wander as a drunken man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:31 - Let him not think that he shall endure; for his end shall be vanity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:41 - And who has prepared food for the raven? for its young ones wander and cry to the Lord, in search of food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:3 - (LXX 57:4) Sinners have gone astray from the womb: they go astray from the belly: they speak lies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:10 - (LXX 94:10) Forty years was I grieved with this generation, and said, They do always err in their heart, and they have not known my ways.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:4 - (LXX 106:4) They wandered in the wilderness in a dry land; they found no way to a city of habitation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:40

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:40 - (LXX 106:40) Contempt is poured upon their princes, and he causes them to wander in a desert and trackless land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:110

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:110 - (LXX 118:110) Sinners spread a snare for me; but I erred not from thy commandments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:176

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:176 - (LXX 118:176) I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I have not forgotten thy commandments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:25 - Let not thine heart turn aside to her ways:[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:17 - Instruction keeps the right ways of life; but instruction unchastened goes astray.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:26 - A just arbitrator shall be his own friend; but mischief shall pursue sinners; and the way of ungodly men shall lead them astray.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:22 - They that go astray devise evils: but the good devise mercy and truth. The framers of evil do not understand mercy and truth: but compassion and faithfulness are with the framers of good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:16 - A man that wanders out of the way of righteousness, shall rest in the congregation of [fn]giants.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:12 - O my people, your exactors [fn]strip you, and extortioners rule over you: O my people, they that pronounce you blessed lead you astray, and pervert the path of your feet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:16 - (LXX 9:15) And they that pronounce this people blessed shall mislead them; and they mislead them that they may devour them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:8 - The plains of Esebon shall mourn, the vine of Sebama: swallowing up the nations, trample ye her vines, even to Jazer: ye shall not come together; wander ye in the desert: they that were sent are deserted, for they have gone over to the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:13 - The princes of Tanis have failed, and the princes of Memphis are lifted up with pride, and they shall cause Egypt to wander by tribes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:14 - For the Lord has prepared for them a spirit of error, and they have caused Egypt to err in all their works, as one staggers who is drunken and vomits also.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:4 - My heart wanders, and transgression [fn]overwhelms me; my soul is occupied with fear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:7 - For these have trespassed through wine; they have erred through strong drink: the priest and the prophet are mad through strong drink, they are swallowed up by reason of wine, they have staggered [fn]through drunkenness; they have erred: this is their vision.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:24 - And they that erred in spirit shall know understanding, and the murmurers shall learn obedience, and the stammering tongues shall learn to speak peace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:28

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:28 - And his breath, as rushing water in a valley, shall reach as far as the neck, and be divided, to confound the nations for their vain error: error also shall pursue them, and [fn]overtake them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:8 - There shall be there a pure way, and it shall be called a holy way; and there shall not pass by there any unclean person, neither shall there be there an unclean way; but the dispersed shall walk on it, and they shall not go astray.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:15 - these shall be thy help. Thou hast wearied thyself with traffic from thy youth: every man has wandered to his own home, but thou shalt have no deliverance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:6 - All we as sheep have gone astray; every one has gone astray in his way; and the Lord gave him up for our sins.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:17 - Why hast thou caused us to err, O Lord, from thy way? and hast hardened our hearts, that we should not fear thee? Return for thy servants' sake, for the sake of the tribes of thine inheritance,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:13 - And in the prophets of Samaria I have seen lawless deeds; they prophesied by Baal, and led my people Israel astray.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:32 - Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets that prophesy false dreams, and have not told them truly, and have caused my people to err by their lies, and by their errors; yet I sent them not, and commanded them not; therefore, they shall not profit this people at all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:20 - (LXX 49:20) that ye have wrought wickedness in your hearts, when ye sent me, saying, Pray thou for us to the Lord; and according to all that the Lord shall speak to thee we will do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:6 - (LXX 27:6) My people have been lost sheep: their shepherds thrust them out, they caused them to wander on the mountains: they went from mountain to hill, they forgot their resting-place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:11 - that the house of Israel may no more go astray from me, and that they may no more defile themselves with any of their transgressions: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God, saith the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:10 - But as for the Levites who departed far from me when Israel went astray from me after their imaginations, they shall even bear their iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:15 - The priests the Levites, the sons of Sadduc, who kept the charges of my sanctuary when the house of Israel went astray from me, these shall draw nigh to me to minister to me, and shall stand before my face, to offer sacrifice to me, the fat and the blood, saith the Lord God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:11 - for the priests, for the consecrated sons of Sadduc, who keep the charges of the house, who erred not in the error of the children of Israel, as the Levites erred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:12 - They asked counsel by means of signs, and they reported answer to them by their staves: they have gone astray in a spirit of whoredom, and gone grievously a-whoring from their God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:4 - Thus saith the Lord; For three sins of the children of Juda, and for four, I will not turn away from him; because they have rejected the law of the Lord, and have not kept his ordinances, and their vain idols which they made, which their fathers followed, caused them to err.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:5 - Thus saith the Lord concerning the prophets that lead my people astray, that bite with their teeth, and proclaim peace to them; and when nothing was put into their mouth, they raised up war against them:
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