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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 - From now on, when you till the ground, it won't yield its strength to you. You shall be a fugitive and a wanderer in the eretz."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:14 - Behold, you have driven me out this day from the surface of the ground. I will be hidden from your face, and I will be a fugitive and a wanderer in the eretz. It will happen that whoever finds me will kill me."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 20:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:18 - All the people perceived the thunderings, the lightnings, the sound of the shofar, and the mountain smoking. When the people saw it, they trembled, and stayed at a distance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:13 - The LORD's anger was kindled against Yisra'el, and he made them wander back and forth in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, who had done evil in the sight of the LORD, was consumed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:9 - But the olive tree said to them, Should I leave my fatness, with which by me they honor God and man, and go to wave back and forth over the trees?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:11 - But the fig tree said to them, Should I leave my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to wave back and forth over the trees?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:13 - The vine said to them, Should I leave my new wine, which cheers God and man, and go to wave back and forth over the trees?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:13 - Now Hannah, she spoke in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore `Eli thought she had been drunken.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:20 - Whereas you came but yesterday, should I this day make you go up and down with us, seeing I go where I may? return you, and take back your brothers; mercy and truth be with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:21 - This is the word that the LORD has spoken concerning him: The virgin daughter of Tziyon has despised you and ridiculed you; the daughter of Yerushalayim has shaken her head at you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:18 - He said, Let him be; let no man move his bones. So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet who came out of Shomron.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:4 - I also could speak as you do. If your soul were in my soul's place, I could join words together against you, And shake my head at you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:4 - He breaks open a shaft away from where people live. They are forgotten by the foot. They hang far from men, they swing back and forth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:7 - All those who see me mock me. They insult me with their lips. They shake their heads, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:11 - Don't kill them, or my people may forget. Scatter them by your power, and bring them down, Lord our shield.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:15 - They shall wander up and down for food, And wait all night if they aren't satisfied.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:27 - They reel back and forth, and stagger like a drunken man, And are at their wits' end.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:10 - Let his children be wandering beggars. Let them be sought from their ruins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:25 - I have also become a reproach to them. When they see me, they shake their head.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:6 - She gives no thought to the way of life. Her ways are crooked, and she doesn't know it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:4 - The foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:2 - It was told the house of David, saying, "Aram is allied with Efrayim." His heart trembled, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the forest tremble with the wind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:1 - The burden of Mitzrayim. Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud, and comes to Mitzrayim: and the idols of Mitzrayim shall tremble at his presence; and the heart of Mitzrayim shall melt in the midst of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:20 - The eretz shall stagger like a drunken man, and shall sway back and forth like a hammock; and the disobedience of it shall be heavy on it, and it shall fall, and not rise again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:9 - Stay you and wonder; take your pleasure and be blind: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:22 - this is the word which the LORD has spoken concerning him: The virgin daughter of Tziyon has despised you and ridiculed you; the daughter of Yerushalayim has shaken her head at you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:10 - Thus says the LORD to this people, Even so have they loved to wander; they have not refrained their feet: therefore the LORD does not accept them; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:15 - All that pass by clap their hands at you; They hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Yerushalayim, saying, Is this the city that men called The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole eretz?

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:14 - They wander as blind men in the streets, they are polluted with blood, So that men can't touch their garments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:15 - Depart you, they cried to them, Unclean! depart, depart, don't touch! When they fled away and wandered, men said among the nations, They shall no more sojourn here.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:10 - Behold, a hand touched me, which set me on my knees and on the palms of my hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:8 - So two or three cities staggered to one city to drink water, And were not satisfied: Yet you haven't returned to me," says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:12 - They will wander from sea to sea, And from the north even to the east; They will run back and forth to seek the word of the LORD, And will not find it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:9 - "For, behold, I will command, and I will sift the house of Yisra'el among all the nations, as grain is sifted in a sieve, yet not the least kernel will fall on the eretz.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:12 - All your fortresses will be like fig trees with the first-ripe figs: if they are shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:15 - This is the joyous city that lived carelessly, that said in her heart, "I am, and there is none besides me." How she has become a desolation, a place for animals to lie down in! Everyone who passes by her will hiss, and shake their fists.
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