נָדַד (na.dad) means “to wander” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: naw-dad' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
נָדַד · na.dad · to wander
1) to retreat, flee, depart, move, wander abroad, stray, flutter 1a)(Qal) 1a1) to retreat, flee 1a2) to flee, depart 1a3) to wander, stray 1a4) to flutter (of birds) 1b) (Poal) to flee away, be chased 1c) (Hiphil) to chase away 1d) (Hophal) to be chased away 1e) (Hithpolel) to flee away Aramaic equivalent: ne.dad (נְדַד "to flee" H5075)
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a primitive root; properly, to wave to and fro (rarely to flap up and down); figuratively, to rove, flee, or (causatively) to drive away
KJV glosses: chase (away), [idiom] could not, depart, flee ([idiom] apace, away), (re-) move, thrust away, wander (abroad, -er, -ing).
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| have fled | 2 |
| they flee | 2 |
| and is chased | 1 |
| escaped | 1 |
| fled | 1 |
| flee | 1 |
| flee in haste | 1 |
| flees | 1 |
| fluttered | 1 |
| had fled | 1 |
| he will be chased away | 1 |
| i would flee | 1 |
| raked aside | 1 |
| that strays | 1 |
| the fugitives | 1 |
| the one who flees | 1 |
| the refugees | 1 |
| they fly away | 1 |
| they have strayed | 1 |
| wanderers | 1 |
| wanders about | 1 |
| who wanders | 1 |
| will recoil | 1 |
| will shake their heads | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| are fled | 2 |
| fled | 2 |
| that wandereth | 2 |
| and chased | 1 |
| and there was none that moved | 1 |
| apace | 1 |
| as a wandering | 1 |
| could not | 1 |
| departed | 1 |
| did flee | 1 |
| for they fled | 1 |
| he wandereth abroad | 1 |
| him that fled | 1 |
| him that wandereth | 1 |
| is removed | 1 |
| not him that wandereth | 1 |
| them shall flee away | 1 |
| they flee away | 1 |
| thrust away | 1 |
| unto him and they shall be wanderers | 1 |
| unto them for they have fled | 1 |
| upon thee shall flee | 1 |
| were fled | 1 |
| would i wander | 1 |
| yea he shall be chased away | 1 |
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As it was, the heat consumed me by day and the frost by night, and sleep fled from my eyes.
Read word by wordBut the worthless are all like thorns raked aside, for they can never be gathered by hand.
Read word by wordThat night sleep escaped the king; so he ordered the Book of Records, the Chronicles, to be brought in and read to him.
Read word by wordHe wanders about as food for vultures; he knows the day of darkness is at hand.
Read word by wordHe is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.
Read word by wordHe will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night.
Read word by wordAmong all my enemies I am a disgrace, and among my neighbors even more. I am dreaded by my friends—they flee when they see me on the street.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 31.12
How far away I would flee! In the wilderness I would remain. Selah
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 55.8
They will be made to stumble, their own tongues turned against them. All who see will shake their heads.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 64.9
“Kings and their armies flee in haste; she who waits at home divides the plunder.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 68.13
Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who wanders from his home.
Read word by wordMy hand reached as into a nest to seize the wealth of the nations. Like one gathering abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth. No wing fluttered, no beak opened or chirped.’”
Read word by wordMadmenah flees; the people of Gebim take refuge.
Read word by wordLike fluttering birds pushed out of the nest, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon:
Read word by word“Give us counsel; render a decision. Shelter us at noonday with shade as dark as night. Hide the refugees; do not betray the one who flees.
Read word by wordBring water for the thirsty, O dwellers of Tema; meet the refugees with food.
Read word by wordFor they flee from the sword—the sword that is drawn—from the bow that is bent, and from the stress of battle.
Read word by wordAll your rulers have fled together, captured without a bow. All your fugitives were captured together, having fled to a distant place.
Read word by wordThe peoples flee the thunder of Your voice; the nations scatter when You rise.
Read word by wordI looked, and no man was left; all the birds of the air had fled.
Read word by wordI will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains, a dirge over the wilderness pasture, for they have been scorched so no one passes through, and the lowing of cattle is not heard. Both the birds of the air and the beasts have fled; they have gone away.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 9.9
Behold, I am about to bring terror upon you, declares the Lord GOD of Hosts, from all those around you. You will each be driven headlong, with no one to regather the fugitives.
Read word by wordWoe to them, for they have strayed from Me! Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against Me! Though I would redeem them, they speak lies against Me.
Read word by wordMy God will reject them because they have not obeyed Him; and they shall be wanderers among the nations.
Read word by wordThen all who see you will recoil from you and say, ‘Nineveh is devastated; who will grieve for her?’ Where can I find comforters for you?”
Read word by wordYour guards are like the swarming locust, and your scribes like clouds of locusts that settle on the walls on a cold day. When the sun rises, they fly away, and no one knows where.
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