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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 51 times in 45 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 20:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:13 - When God made me wander from my father's house, I told her, 'This is what you can do to show your loyalty to me: Every place we go, say about me, "He is my brother."'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:14 - Early in the morning Abraham took some food and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar. He put them on her shoulders, gave her the child, and sent her away. So she went wandering aimlessly through the wilderness of Beer Sheba.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:15 - When Joseph reached Shechem, a man found him wandering in the field, so the man asked him, "What are you looking for?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:4 - "If you encounter your enemy's ox or donkey wandering off, you must by all means return it to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 21:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:9 - But they did not obey, and Manasseh misled them so that they sinned more than the nations whom the LORD had destroyed from before the Israelites.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:9 - But Manasseh misled the people of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem so that they sinned more than the nations whom the LORD had destroyed ahead of the Israelites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:24 - He deprives the leaders of the earth of their understanding; he makes them wander in a trackless desert waste.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:25 - They grope about in darkness without light; he makes them stagger like drunkards.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:31 - Let him not trust in what is worthless, deceiving himself; for worthlessness will be his reward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:41 - Who prepares prey for the raven, when its young cry out to God and wander about for lack of food?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 58:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:3 - The wicked turn aside from birth; liars go astray as soon as they are born.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 95:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:10 - For forty years I was continually disgusted with that generation, and I said, 'These people desire to go astray; they do not obey my commands.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:4 - They wandered through the wilderness on a desert road; they found no city in which to live.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:40

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:40 - He would pour contempt upon princes, and he made them wander in a wasteland with no road.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:110

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:110 - The wicked lay a trap for me, but I do not wander from your precepts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:176

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:176 - I have wandered off like a lost sheep. Come looking for your servant, for I do not forget your commands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:25 - Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways - do not wander into her pathways;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:17 - The one who heeds instruction is on the way to life, but the one who rejects rebuke goes astray.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:26 - The righteous person is cautious in his friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:22 - Do not those who devise evil go astray? But those who plan good exhibit faithful covenant love.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:16 - The one who wanders from the way of wisdom will end up in the company of the departed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:12 - Oppressors treat my people cruelly; creditors rule over them. My people's leaders mislead them; they give you confusing directions.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:16 - The leaders of this nation were misleading people, and the people being led were destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:8 - For the fields of Heshbon are dried up, as well as the vines of Sibmah. The rulers of the nations trample all over its vines, which reach Jazer and spread to the desert; their shoots spread out and cross the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:13 - The officials of Zoan are fools, the officials of Memphis are misled; the rulers of her tribes lead Egypt astray.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:14 - The LORD has made them undiscerning; they lead Egypt astray in all she does, so that she is like a drunk sliding around in his own vomit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 21:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:4 - My heart palpitates, I shake in fear; the twilight I desired has brought me terror.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:7 - Even these men stagger because of wine, they stumble around because of beer - priests and prophets stagger because of beer, they are confused because of wine, they stumble around because of beer; they stagger while seeing prophetic visions, they totter while making legal decisions.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:24 - Those who stray morally will gain understanding; those who complain will acquire insight.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:28

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:28 - His battle cry overwhelms like a flooding river that reaches one's neck. He shakes the nations in a sieve that isolates the chaff; he puts a bit into the mouth of the nations and leads them to destruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 35:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:8 - A thoroughfare will be there - it will be called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel on it; it is reserved for those authorized to use it - fools will not stray into it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 47:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:15 - They will disappoint you, those you have so faithfully dealt with since your youth. Each strays off in his own direction, leaving no one to rescue you."

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 53:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:6 - All of us had wandered off like sheep; each of us had strayed off on his own path, but the LORD caused the sin of all of us to attack him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 63:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:17 - Why, LORD, do you make us stray from your ways, and make our minds stubborn so that we do not obey you? Return for the sake of your servants, the tribes of your inheritance!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:13 - The LORD says, "I saw the prophets of Samaria doing something that was disgusting. They prophesied in the name of the god Baal and led my people Israel astray.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:32 - I, the LORD, affirm that I am opposed to those prophets who dream up lies and report them. They are misleading my people with their reckless lies. I did not send them. I did not commission them. They are not helping these people at all. I, the LORD, affirm it!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 42:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:20 - You are making a fatal mistake. For you sent me to the LORD your God and asked me, 'Pray to the LORD our God for us. Tell us what the LORD our God says and we will do it.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:6 - "My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have allowed them to go astray. They have wandered around in the mountains. They have roamed from one mountain and hill to another. They have forgotten their resting place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 14:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:11 - so that the house of Israel will no longer go astray from me, nor continue to defile themselves by all their sins. They will be my people and I will be their God, declares the sovereign LORD.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 44:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:10 - "'But the Levites who went far from me, straying off from me after their idols when Israel went astray, will be responsible for their sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 44:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:15 - "'But the Levitical priests, the descendants of Zadok who kept the charge of my sanctuary when the people of Israel went astray from me, will approach me to minister to me; they will stand before me to offer me the fat and the blood, declares the sovereign LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 48:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:11 - This will be for the priests who are set apart from the descendants of Zadok who kept my charge and did not go astray when the people of Israel strayed off, like the Levites did.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:12 - They consult their wooden idols, and their diviner's staff answers with an oracle. The wind of prostitution blows them astray; they commit spiritual adultery against their God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:4 - This is what the LORD says: "Because Judah has committed three covenant transgressions - make that four! - I will not revoke my decree of judgment. They rejected the LORD's law; they did not obey his commands. Their false gods, to which their fathers were loyal, led them astray.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:5 - This is what the LORD says: "The prophets who mislead my people are as good as dead. If someone gives them enough to eat, they offer an oracle of peace. But if someone does not give them food, they are ready to declare war on him.
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