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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 - “And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father’s house, that I said to her, ‘This is your kindness that you should do for me: in every place, wherever we go, say of me, “He is my brother.” ’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:14 - So Abraham rose early in the morning, and took bread and a skin of water; and putting it on her shoulder, he gave it and the boy to Hagar, and sent her away. Then she departed and wandered in the Wilderness of Beersheba.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:15 - Now a certain man found him, and there he was, wandering in the field. And the man asked him, saying, “What are you seeking?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:4 - “If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 21:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:9 - But they paid no attention, and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than the nations whom the LORD had destroyed before the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:9 - So Manasseh seduced Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to do more evil than the nations whom the LORD had destroyed before the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:24 - He takes away the understanding[fn] of the chiefs of the people of the earth,
And makes them wander in a pathless wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:25 - They grope in the dark without light,
And He makes them stagger like a drunken man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:31 - Let him not trust in futile things, deceiving himself,
For futility will be his reward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:41 - Who provides food for the raven,
When its young ones cry 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 are estranged from the womb;
They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 95:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:10 - For forty years I was grieved with that generation,
And said, ‘It is a people who go astray in their hearts,
And they do not know My ways.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:4 - They wandered in the wilderness in a desolate way;
They found no city to dwell in.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:40

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:40 - He pours contempt on princes,
And causes them to wander in the wilderness where there is no way;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:110

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:110 - The wicked have laid a snare for me,
Yet I have not strayed from Your precepts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:176

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:176 - I have gone astray like a lost sheep;
Seek Your servant,
For I do not forget Your commandments.

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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 stray into her paths;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:17 - He who keeps instruction is in the way of life,
But he who refuses correction goes astray.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:26 - The righteous should choose his friends carefully,
For the way of the wicked leads them astray.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:22 - Do they not go astray who devise evil?
But mercy and truth belong to those who devise good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:16 - A man who wanders from the way of understanding
Will rest in the assembly of the dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:12 - As for My people, children are their oppressors,
And women rule over them.
O My people! Those who lead you cause you to err,
And destroy the way of your paths.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:16 - For the leaders of this people cause them to err,
And those who are led by them are destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:8 - For the fields of Heshbon languish,
And the vine of Sibmah;
The lords of the nations have broken down its choice plants,
Which have reached to Jazer
And wandered through the wilderness.
Her branches are stretched out,
They are gone over the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:13 - The princes of Zoan have become fools;
The princes of Noph[fn] are deceived;
They have also deluded Egypt,
Those who are the mainstay of its tribes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:14 - The LORD has mingled a perverse spirit in her midst;
And they have caused Egypt to err in all her work,
As a drunken man staggers in his vomit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 21:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:4 - My heart wavered, fearfulness frightened me;
The night for which I longed He turned into fear for me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:7 - But they also have erred through wine,
And through intoxicating drink are out of the way;
The priest and the prophet have erred through intoxicating drink,
They are swallowed up by wine,
They are out of the way through intoxicating drink;
They err in vision, they stumble in judgment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:24 - These also who erred in spirit will come to understanding,
And those who complained will learn doctrine.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:28

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:28 - His breath is like an overflowing stream,
Which reaches up to the neck,
To sift the nations with the sieve of futility;
And there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people,
Causing them to err.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 35:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:8 - A highway shall be there, and a road,
And it shall be called the Highway of Holiness.
The unclean shall not pass over it,
But it shall be for others.
Whoever walks the road, although a fool,
Shall not go astray.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 47:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:15 - Thus shall they be to you
With whom you have labored,
Your merchants from your youth;
They shall wander each one to his quarter.
No one shall save you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 53:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:6 - All we like sheep have gone astray;
We have turned, every one, to his own way;
And the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 63:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:17 - O LORD, why have You made us stray from Your ways,
And hardened our heart from Your fear?
Return for Your servants’ sake,
The tribes of Your inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:13 - “And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria:
They prophesied by Baal
And caused My people Israel to err.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:32 - “Behold, I am against those who prophesy false dreams,” says the LORD, “and tell them, and cause My people to err by their lies and by their recklessness. Yet I did not send them or command them; therefore they shall not profit this people at all,” says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 42:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:20 - “For you were hypocrites in your hearts when you sent me to the LORD your God, saying, ‘Pray for us to the LORD our God, and according to all that the LORD your God says, so declare to us 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 led them astray;
They have turned them away on the mountains.
They have gone from mountain to hill;
They have forgotten their resting place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 14:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:11 - “that the house of Israel may no longer stray from Me, nor be profaned anymore with all their transgressions, but that they may be My people and I may be their God,” says the Lord GOD.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 44:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:10 - “And the Levites who went far from Me, when Israel went astray, who strayed away from Me after their idols, they shall bear their iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 44:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:15 - “But the priests, the Levites, the sons of Zadok, who kept charge of My sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from Me, they shall come near Me to minister to Me; and they shall stand before Me to offer to Me the fat and the blood,” says the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 48:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:11 - “It shall be for the priests of the sons of Zadok, who are sanctified, who have kept My charge, who did not go astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:12 - My people ask counsel from their wooden idols,
And their staff informs them.
For the spirit of harlotry has caused them to stray,
And they have played the harlot against their God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:4 - Thus says the LORD:

“For three transgressions of Judah, and for four,
I will not turn away its punishment,
Because they have despised the law of the LORD,
And have not kept His commandments.
Their lies lead them astray,
Lies which their fathers followed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:5 - Thus says the LORD concerning the prophets
Who make my people stray;
Who chant “Peace”
While they chew with their teeth,
But who prepare war against him
Who puts nothing into their mouths:
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