נָדַף
Transliteration
nāḏap̄
Pronunciation
naw-daf'
Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1307

Strong’s Definitions

נָדַף nâdaph, naw-daf'; a primitive root; to shove asunder, i.e. disperse:—drive (away, to and fro), thrust down, shaken, tossed to and fro.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's H5086 in the following manner: drive away (4x), drive (1x), thrust him down (1x), shaken (1x), driven to and fro (1x), tossed to and fro (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's H5086 in the following manner: drive away (4x), drive (1x), thrust him down (1x), shaken (1x), driven to and fro (1x), tossed to and fro (1x).

  1. to drive, drive away, drive asunder

    1. (Qal) to drive about

    2. (Niphal) to be driven, be driven about

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נָדַף nâdaph, naw-daf'; a primitive root; to shove asunder, i.e. disperse:—drive (away, to and fro), thrust down, shaken, tossed to and fro.
STRONGS H5086: Abbreviations
† [נָדַף] verb drive, drive asunder (Late Hebrew id., spread, be diffused, disseminated (of odour); Arabic strike, beat, especially bow-string with mallet, to clean cotton; also play the lyre; Aramaic נְדַף = Late Hebrew; Ethiopic throw, hurl); —
Qal Imperfect suffix יִדְּפֶנּוּ Job 32:13 (jussive); 3rd person feminine singular suffix תִּדְּפֶנּוּ Psalm 1:4; 2nd person masculine singular תִּנְדֹּף Psalm 68:3; — drive about, chaff, subject wind Psalm 1:4; wicked, subject God Psalm 68:3 (כְּהִנְדֹּף עָשָׁן, see below); compare Job 32:13 (= defeat, anguish).
Niph. Perfect נִדַּף Isaiah 19:7; Infinitive. כְּהִנְדֹּף Psalm 68:3 (see Köi. 306 f); Participle נִדָּף Leviticus 26:36 + 3 times; — be driven, driven about (especially by wind) Psalm 68:3, see above (like a driving [Che drift] of smoke); of breath (הֶבֶל) figurative of deceitful gain Proverbs 21:6 ( Hi Ew רֹדֵף; see De Now); of withered plant Isaiah 19:7 (where subject עָרוֺת, מִוְרָע i.e. place; whence Che transitive נ׳ vanish; but reference probably to plant-life in these places, see Di); of leaf Leviticus 26:36 (as making slight sound), Job 13:25 (figurative of sufferer, || קַשׁ יָבֵשׁ), of chaff (קַשׁ) Isaiah 41:2 (simile of bow of hostile kings || עָפָר).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

26:36; 26:36

Job

13:25; 32:13; 32:13

Psalms

1:4; 1:4; 68:3; 68:3; 68:3; 68:3

Proverbs

21:6

Isaiah

19:7; 19:7; 41:2