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Lexicon :: Strong's H5128 - nûaʿ

Aa
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 BoxGen 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:12 - No longer will the earth give you her fruit as the reward of your work; you will be a wanderer in flight over the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:14 - You have sent me out this day from the face of the earth and from before your face; I will be a wanderer in flight over the earth, and whoever sees me will put me to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:18 - And all the people were watching the thunderings and the flames and the sound of the horn and the mountain smoking; and when they saw it, they kept far off, shaking with fear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:13 - Then the Lord was angry with Israel, and he made them wanderers in the waste land for forty years? till all that generation who had done evil in the eyes of the Lord was dead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:9 - But the olive-tree said to them, Am I to give up my wealth of oil, by which men give honour to God, and go waving over the trees?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:11 - But the fig-tree said to them, Am I to give up my sweet taste and my good fruit and go waving over the trees?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:13 - But the vine said to them, Am I to give up my wine, which makes glad God and men, to go waving over the trees?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:13 - For Hannah's prayer came from her heart, and though her lips were moving she made no sound: so it seemed to Eli that she was overcome with wine.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:20 - It was only yesterday you came to us; why then am I to make you go up and down with us? for I have to go where I may; go back then, and take your countrymen with you, and may the Lord's mercy and good faith be with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:21 - This is the word which the Lord has said about him: In the eyes of the virgin daughter of Zion you are shamed and laughed at; the daughter of Jerusalem has made sport of you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:18 - So he said, Let him be; let not his bones be moved. So they let his bones be with the bones of the prophet who came from Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:4 - It would not be hard for me to say such things if your souls were in my soul's place; joining words together against you, and shaking my head at you:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:4 - He makes a deep mine far away from those living in the light of day; when they go about on the earth, they have no knowledge of those who are under them, who are hanging far from men, twisting from side to side on a cord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:7 - I am laughed at by all those who see me: pushing out their lips and shaking their heads they say,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:11 - Put them not to death, for so my people will keep the memory of them: let them be sent in all directions by your power; make them low, O Lord our saviour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:15 - Let them go wandering up and down in search of food, and be there all night if they have not enough.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:27 - They are turned here and there, rolling like a man who is full of wine; and all their wisdom comes to nothing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:10 - Let his children be wanderers, looking to others for their food; let them be sent away from the company of their friends.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:25 - As for me, they make sport of me; shaking their heads when they see me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:6 - She never keeps her mind on the road of life; her ways are uncertain, she has no knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:4 - And the bases of the door-pillars were shaking at the sound of his cry, and the house was full of smoke.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:2 - And word came to the family of David that Aram had put up its tents in Ephraim. And the king's heart, and the hearts of his people, were moved, like the trees of the wood shaking in the wind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:1 - The word about Egypt. See, the Lord is seated on a quick-moving cloud, and is coming to Egypt: and the false gods of Egypt will be troubled at his coming, and the heart of Egypt will be turned to water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:20 - The earth will be moving uncertainly, like a man overcome by drink; it will be shaking like a tent; and the weight of its sin will be on it, crushing it down so that it will not get up again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:9 - Be surprised and full of wonder; let your eyes be covered and be blind: be overcome, but not with wine; go with uncertain steps, but not because of strong drink.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:22 - This is the word which the Lord has said about him: In the eyes of the virgin daughter of Zion you are shamed and laughed at; the daughter of Jerusalem has made sport of you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:10 - This is what the Lord has said about this people: Even so they have been glad to go from the right way; they have not kept their feet from wandering, so the Lord has no pleasure in them; now he will keep their wrongdoing in mind and send punishment for their sins.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:15 - All who go by make a noise with their hands at you; they make hisses, shaking their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem, and saying, Is this the town which was the crown of everything beautiful, the joy of all the earth?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:14 - They are wandering like blind men in the streets, they are made unclean with blood, so that their robes may not be touched by men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:15 - Away! unclean! they were crying out to them, Away! away! let there be no touching: when they went away in flight and wandering, men said among the nations, There is no further resting-place for them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:10 - Then a hand gave me a touch, awaking me, and putting me on my knees and my hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:8 - So two or three towns went wandering to one town looking for water, and did not get enough: and still you have not come back to me, says the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:12 - And they will go wandering from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, running here and there in search of the word of the Lord, and they will not get it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:9 - For see, I will give orders, and I will have Israel moved about among all the nations, as grain is moved about by the shaking of the tray, but not the smallest seed will be dropped on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:12 - All your walled places will be like fig-trees and your people like the first figs, falling at a shake into the mouth which is open for them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:15 - This is the town which was full of joy, living without fear of danger, saying in her heart, I am, and there is no other: how has she been made waste, a place for beasts to take their rest in! everyone who goes by her will make hisses, waving his hand.
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