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Strong's #5128 - נוּעַ

Transliteration

nûwaʻ

Phonetics

noo'-ah

Origin

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

verb

TWOT

1328

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

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

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 757 ‑ ἄρχω (ar'‑kho); 1839 ‑ ἐξίστημι (ex‑is'‑tay‑mee); 1869 ‑ ἐπαίρω (ep‑ahee'‑ro); 2827 ‑ κλίνω (klee'‑no); 4579 ‑ σείω (si'‑o); 4867 ‑ συναθροίζω (soon‑ath‑royd'‑zo); 5399 ‑ φοβέω (fob‑eh'‑o); 2795 ‑ κινέω (kin‑eh'‑o); 3039 ‑ λικμάω (lik‑mah'‑o); 1287 ‑ διασκορπίζω (dee‑as‑kor‑pid'‑zo); 3334 ‑ μετακινέω (met‑ak‑ee‑nah'‑o); 4531 ‑ σαλεύω (sal‑yoo'‑o);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (39)

Genesis 2

Exodus 1

Numbers 1

Judges 3

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

2 Kings 2

Job 2

Psalms 7

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 8

Jeremiah 1

Lamentations 3

Daniel 1

Amos 3

Nahum 1

Zephaniah 1

BSB (38)

Genesis 2

Exodus 1

Numbers 1

Judges 3

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

2 Kings 2

Job 2

Psalms 7

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 8

Jeremiah 1

Lamentations 3

Daniel 1

Amos 4

Nahum 1

Zephaniah 1

CSB (33)

Genesis 2

Exodus 1

Numbers 1

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

2 Kings 2

Job 2

Psalms 6

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 7

Jeremiah 1

Lamentations 3

Daniel 1

Amos 4

Nahum 1

Zephaniah 1

ESV (36)

Genesis 2

Exodus 1

Numbers 1

Judges 3

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 2

2 Kings 2

Job 2

Psalms 8

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 8

Jeremiah 1

Lamentations 3

Daniel 1

Amos 4

Nahum 1

Zephaniah 1

KJV (40)

Genesis 2

Exodus 1

Numbers 1

Judges 3

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

2 Kings 2

Job 2

Psalms 7

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 8

Jeremiah 1

Lamentations 3

Daniel 1

Amos 4

Nahum 1

Zephaniah 1

LEB (38)

Genesis 2

Exodus 1

Numbers 1

Judges 3

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

2 Kings 2

Job 2

Psalms 6

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 7

Jeremiah 1

Lamentations 3

Daniel 1

Amos 4

Nahum 1

Zephaniah 1

LSB (46)

Genesis 2

Exodus 1

Numbers 1

Judges 3

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

2 Kings 2

Job 3

Psalms 10

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 8

Jeremiah 1

Lamentations 3

Daniel 2

Amos 4

Nahum 1

Zephaniah 1

N95 (35)

Genesis 2

Exodus 1

Numbers 1

Judges 3

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

2 Kings 2

Job 3

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 8

Jeremiah 1

Lamentations 3

Daniel 2

Amos 4

Nahum 1

Zephaniah 1

NAS (41)

Genesis 2

Exodus 1

Numbers 1

Judges 3

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

2 Kings 2

Job 3

Psalms 6

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 8

Jeremiah 1

Lamentations 3

Daniel 2

Amos 4

Nahum 1

Zephaniah 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (40)

Genesis 2

Exodus 1

Numbers 1

Judges 3

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

2 Kings 2

Job 2

Psalms 7

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 8

Jeremiah 1

Lamentations 3

Daniel 1

Amos 4

Nahum 1

Zephaniah 1

ASV (39)

a fugitive 1

afar 1

and he made them wander 1

and i shall be a fugitive 1

and i will sift 1

and stagger 1

and they shall wander 1

and wag 2

and wandered 1

are unstable 1

be 1

hath shaken 2

if they be shaken 1

it, they trembled 1

man 1

me, they shake 1

me, which set 1

move 1

moved 1

scatter 1

shall stagger 1

shall tremble 1

shook 1

they shake 1

they shall wander up and down 1

they stagger 1

they wander 1

to wander 1

to wave 3

together against you, and shake 1

tremble 1

trembled 1

up and down 1

vagabonds 1

wandered 1

BSB (38)

a fugitive 2

and he made them wander 1

and i will shake 1

and set me trembling 1

and shake 3

and shakes 1

and staggered 1

and sways 1

are unstable 1

disturb 1

grain is sifted 1

people staggered 1

people will stagger 1

scatter them 1

scavenge 1

shaken 2

shakes 2

shook 1

should i make you 1

stagger 1

staggers 1

sway 3

they shake 1

they trembled 1

they wandered 1

to wander 1

trembled 1

wander 1

wandered 1

were moving 1

will tremble 1

CSB (33)

and forth 1

and shake 1

and shakes 1

are unstable 1

around 1

disturb 1

homeless wanderers 1

moving 1

raised 1

restless 2

scavenge 1

shake 3

shaken 1

shakes 2

shaking 1

shook 1

stagger 2

staggered 2

staggers 1

stumbled 1

they shake 1

trembled 2

wander 3

will tremble 1

ESV (36)

about 1

fro 1

fugitive 2

hold sway 3

move 1

moved 1

shake 3

shaken 1

shakes 2

shook 2

stagger 1

staggered 1

totter 1

tremble 1

trembled 1

trembling 1

wag 3

wags 2

wander 6

wandered 1

wanderers 1

KJV (40)

away 1

continually 1

down ( 2

fro 1

fugitive 2

move 1

moveable 1

moved 5

promoted 3

reel 1

removed 1

scatter 1

set 1

shake 2

shaked 1

shaken 3

sift 1

sifted 1

stagger 2

vagabonds 1

wag 2

wander 3

wandered 3

LEB (38)

a wanderer 2

and he made 1

and i could shake 1

and i will shake 1

and let 1

and shakes 1

and staggered 1

and they shake 1

and they trembled 1

and they will wander 1

i have caused you to wander 1

like the shaking of 1

make 1

me and it roused 1

move 1

one who shakes 1

shakes 1

she shakes 1

shook 2

staggers to and fro 1

sway 3

they are shaken 1

they left 1

they shake 2

they stagger 1

they sway 1

they wander 2

to wander 1

wander 1

wandered 1

were moving 1

will tremble 1

LSB (46)

about 2

aimlessly 1

are 1

fro 2

make 1

move 1

moving 1

reels 1

set 1

shake 5

shaken 4

shaking 1

shook 3

stagger 1

swayed 1

swing 1

unstable 1

vagrant 2

wag 2

wander 8

wandered 2

wave 4

N95 (35)

disturb 1

fro 2

moving 1

reels 1

set 1

shake 4

shaken 4

shook 1

stagger 3

swing 1

tremble 1

trembled 2

trembling 1

unstable 1

vagrant 2

wander 3

wandered 2

wave 4

NAS (41)

about 2

are 1

disturb 1

quivering 1

scatter 1

shake 6

shaken 4

shook 2

stagger 3

staggered 1

swing 1

tremble 1

trembled 2

trembles 1

unstable 1

wander 5

wandered 2

wanderer 2

wave 4

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (40)

and he made them wander 1

and i will be a fugitive 1

and i will sift 1

and shake 1

and stagger 1

and wag 1

and wandered 1

are crooked 1

as grain is sifted 1

be wandering 1

beggars 1

far 1

has shaken 2

if they are shaken 1

man 1

move 1

moved 1

scatter 1

shook 1

staggered 1

they shake 1

they shall wander up and down 1

they stagger 1

they wander 1

they will wander 1

to wander 1

to wave 3

tremble 1

trembled 1

up and down 1

will stagger 1

will tremble 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1322) g n (נגה NGh) AC: Shake CO: Rattle AB: ?: (eng: wag - with the removal of n)

A) g n (נגה NGh) AC: ? CO: Rattle AB: ?: A musical instrument that is shaken.

kl^m) g n g n m (מנגהנגה MNGhNGh) - Rattle: KJV (1): cornet - Strongs: H4517 (מְנַעַנְעִים)

J) g f n (נוגה NWGh) AC: Shake CO: ? AB: ?

V) g f n (נוגה NWGh) - Shake: To wag or shake back and forth or up and down. Also a wandering as wagging about. KJV (42): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil, Participle) shake, wander, move, promote fugitive sift, stagger, wag - Strongs: H5128 (נוּעַ)

Adopted Roots:

A2458 R g n (Shake)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

נוּעַ verb quiver, wave, waver, tremble, totter (Late Hebrew Pilpal נִעְנַע shake, Aramaic נוּעַ waver, stagger (rare); Arabic

bend (of boughs), see commotus fuit (of id.), so Kam Frey; also change,

kind, species, variety; Di compare Ethiopic

hunt); —

Qal Perfect נָ֫עוּ Job 28:4 +; וְנָע֫וּ Amos 4:8 2t.; Imperfect וַיָּ֫נַע Isaiah 7:2; 3 feminine singular תָּנוּעַ Isaiah 24:20; אֲנוּעֲךָ 2 Samuel 15:20 Kt (but read Qr Hiph`il q. v.); יָנ֫וּעוּ Psalm 109:10; יְנוּע֑וּן Psalm 59:16 Kt (so read; not Qr Hiph`il), etc.; Infinitive absolute Isaiah 24:20; Psalm 109:10; construct נוּעַ Judges 9:9 3t.; 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 9:9,11,13followed by מִמְּנֵי 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 מִמְּנֵי), 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`al 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`il Perfect 3 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`al).

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 Sirach 12:18; Sirach 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 Lag^{Proph. Chald. xlviii.} proposes הניד).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

נוּעַ

(1) to move to and fro, to vacillate; a word appropriated to this kind of motion. (Gr. Lat. νεύω, nuo, Germ. nicken, wanken, fchwanken. Kindred is נוּם specially used of those who are slumbering, like νυστάζω, Pers. نو يدن). Hence

(a) used of the staggering of drunkards, Isaiah 24:20, 29:9 Psalms 107:27 the blind, Lamentations 4:14 (used figuratively of ways, Proverbs 5:6);

(b) of a tremulous motion, tremor, as of leaves shaken by the wind, Isaiah 7:2 hence of men and things seized with terror, Isaiah 6:4, 7:2 19:1 Exodus 20:18.

(c) used of the tremulous motion of things suspended in the air; to vibrate, to swing to and fro, used of miners suspended in the pits, Job 28:4, דַּלּוּ מֵאֱנוֹשׁ נָעוּ “they hang down from (the dwellings of) men, (and) swing to and fro.” To wave over trees is used metaph, for to rule trees, Judges 9:9, 11 Judges 9:11, 13 Judges 9:13.

(d) used of the motion of a person’s lips when speaking softly, 1 Samuel 1:13.

(2) to wander, Amos 4:8, 8:12 Lamentations 4:14, 15 Jeremiah 14:10 compare the verbs which convey a similar notion, נָדַד and נוּד.

Niphal, pass. of Hiph. to be shaken, used of a tree, to make the apples fall down, Nahum 3:12 of a sieve, Amos 9:9.

Hiphil

(1) act. to move to and fro, to wag, e.g. the head, as in derision; like the ἐπιχαιρέκακοι (compare κινεῖν τὴν κεφαλήν Sir_13:7. Matthew 27:39 and on this phrase see Lakemacher, Obss. Phill. t. ix. Obss. 4), Psalms 22:8, 109:25 Lamentations 2:15; 2 Kings 19:21 followed by בְּ as if to nod with the head, id. Job 16:4 comp. Jeremiah 18:16 also to wave the hand, Zephaniah 2:15 likewise done in derision.

(2) to shake, e.g. a sieve, Amos 9:9 hence to disturb, 2 Kings 23:18.

(3) causatt. of Kal No. 1, to cause to stagger. Daniel 10:10, “lo! a hand touched me וַתְּנִיעֵנִי עַל־בִּרְכַּי וְכַפּוֹת יָדַי and set me to reel (so that, although reeling and trembling, I stood) on my knees and the palms of my hands.”

(4) causat, of Kal No. 2, to cause to wander about; πλάζω, Numbers 32:13; Psalms 59:12; 2 Samuel 15:20.

Derivative, מְנַעַנְעִים and pr.n נֹעָה.

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List of Word Forms

אֲנִֽיעֲךָ֤ אניעך הֲנִיעֵ֣מוֹ הֵנִ֔יעָה הניעה הניעמו וְ֭יָנוּעוּ וְאָנִ֥יעָה וְנ֤וֹעַ וְנָע֞וּ וְנָע֡וּ וְנָעוּ֙ וַהֲנִע֥וֹתִי וַיְנִעֵם֙ וַיָּ֤נַע וַיָּנִ֣עוּ וַיָּנֻ֔עוּ וַיָּנֻ֙עוּ֙ וַתְּנִיעֵ֥נִי ואניעה והנעותי וינועו וינע וינעו וינעם ונוע ונעו ותניעני יְנִיע֣וּן יְנִיע֥וּן יִנּ֕וֹעוּ יִנּ֙וֹעַ֙ יָנ֣וּעוּ יָנִ֥יעַ יָנִ֥יעוּ יָנַ֣ע ינוע ינועו יניע יניעו יניעון ינע כְּנ֥וֹעַ כנוע לָנ֔וּעַ לָנ֖וּעַ לנוע נ֣וֹעַ נָ֑עוּ נָ֤ע נָ֥ע נָּע֔וֹת נָֽעוּ׃ נָע֖וּ נָע֤וּ נָע֥וּ נוע נע נעו נעו׃ נעות תָּנ֤וּעַ תנוע ’ă·nî·‘ă·ḵā ’ănî‘ăḵā aniaCha hă·nî·‘ê·mōw hănî‘êmōw haniEmov hê·nî·‘āh hênî‘āh heNiah kə·nō·w·a‘ keNoa kənōwa‘ lā·nū·a‘ laNua lānūa‘ na nā‘ nā‘ōwṯ nā‘ū nā·‘ō·wṯ nā·‘ū naot Nau nō·w·a‘ Noa nōwa‘ tā·nū·a‘ taNua tānūa‘ vahanioti vaiYana vaiyaNiu vaiyaNuu vatteniEni vayniEm veaNiah venaU veNoa Veyanuu wa·hă·ni·‘ō·w·ṯî wahăni‘ōwṯî wat·tə·nî·‘ê·nî wattənî‘ênî way·ni·‘êm way·yā·na‘ way·yā·ni·‘ū way·yā·nu·‘ū wayni‘êm wayyāna‘ wayyāni‘ū wayyānu‘ū wə’ānî‘āh wə·’ā·nî·‘āh wə·nā·‘ū wə·nō·w·a‘ wə·yā·nū·‘ū wənā‘ū wənōwa‘ wəyānū‘ū yā·na‘ yā·nî·‘ū yā·nî·a‘ yā·nū·‘ū yaNa yāna‘ yānî‘ū yaNia yānîa‘ yaNiu yānū‘ū yaNuu yə·nî·‘ūn yənî‘ūn yeniUn yin·nō·w·‘ū yin·nō·w·a‘ yinNoa yinNou yinnōw‘ū yinnōwa‘