נוּעַ (nu.a) means “to shake” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: noo'-ah Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
נוּעַ · nu.a · to shake
1) to quiver, totter, shake, reel, stagger, wander, move, sift, make move, wave, waver, tremble 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to wave, quiver, vibrate, swing, stagger, tremble, be unstable 1a2) to totter, go tottering 1a2a) vagabond (participle) 1b) (Niphal) to be tossed about or around 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to toss about 1c2) to shake, cause to totter 1c3) to shake, disturb 1c4) to cause to wander
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a primitive root; to waver, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (as subjoined)
KJV glosses: continually, fugitive, [idiom] 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).
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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 |
|---|---|
| and shake | 3 |
| sway | 3 |
| a fugitive | 2 |
| shaken | 2 |
| shakes | 2 |
| and he made them wander | 1 |
| and i will shake | 1 |
| and set me trembling | 1 |
| 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 |
| shook | 1 |
| should i make you | 1 |
| stagger | 1 |
| staggers | 1 |
| they shake | 1 |
| they trembled | 1 |
| they wandered | 1 |
| to wander | 1 |
| trembled | 1 |
| wander | 1 |
| wandered | 1 |
| were moving | 1 |
| will tremble | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| to be promoted | 3 |
| hath shaken | 2 |
| moved | 2 |
| a fugitive | 1 |
| against you and shake | 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 | 1 |
| and wandered | 1 |
| are moveable | 1 |
| are moved | 1 |
| be continually | 1 |
| if they be shaken | 1 |
| is sifted | 1 |
| let them wander up and down | 1 |
| me which set | 1 |
| move | 1 |
| scatter | 1 |
| shall be moved | 1 |
| shall reel | 1 |
| they are gone away | 1 |
| they have wandered | 1 |
| they removed | 1 |
| they shake | 1 |
| they stagger | 1 |
| to and fro | 1 |
| to wander | 1 |
| up and down | 1 |
| upon me they shaked | 1 |
| vagabonds | 1 |
| wag | 1 |
| wandered | 1 |
| was moved | 1 |
Page 1 of 1. 36 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
When you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”
Read word by wordBehold, this day You have driven me from the face of the earth, and from Your face I will be hidden; I will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”
Read word by wordWhen all the people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the sounding of the ram’s horn, and the mountain enveloped in smoke, they trembled and stood at a distance.
Read word by wordThe anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until the whole generation who had done evil in His sight was gone.
Read word by wordBut the olive tree replied, ‘Should I stop giving my oil that honors both God and man, to hold sway over the trees?’
Read word by wordBut the fig tree replied, ‘Should I stop giving my sweetness and my good fruit, to hold sway over the trees?’
Read word by wordBut the grapevine replied, ‘Should I stop giving my wine that cheers both God and man, to hold sway over the trees?’
Read word by wordHannah was praying in her heart, and though her lips were moving, her voice could not be heard. So Eli thought she was drunk
Read word by wordIn fact, you arrived only yesterday; should I make you wander around with us today while I do not know where I am going? Go back and take your brothers with you. May the LORD show you loving devotion and faithfulness.”
Read word by wordThis is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.
Read word by word“Let him rest,” said Josiah. “Do not let anyone disturb his bones.” So they left his bones undisturbed, along with those of the prophet who had come from Samaria.
Read word by wordI could also speak like you if you were in my place; I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you.
Read word by wordFar from human habitation he cuts a shaft in places forgotten by the foot of man. Far from men he dangles and sways.
Read word by wordAll who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads:
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 22.8
Do not kill them, or my people will forget. Scatter them by Your power, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 59.12
They scavenge for food, and growl if they are not satisfied.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 59.16
They reeled and staggered like drunkards, and all their skill was useless.
Read word by wordMay his children wander as beggars, seeking sustenance far from their ruined homes.
Read word by wordI am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads.
Read word by wordShe does not consider the path of life; she does not know that her ways are unstable.
Read word by wordAt the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook, and the temple was filled with smoke.
Read word by wordWhen it was reported to the house of David that Aram was in league with Ephraim, the hearts of Ahaz and his people trembled like trees in the forest shaken by the wind.
Read word by wordThis is the burden against Egypt: Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud; He is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble before Him, and the hearts of the Egyptians will melt within them.
Read word by wordThe earth staggers like a drunkard and sways like a shack. Earth’s rebellion weighs it down, and it falls, never to rise again.
Read word by wordStop and be astonished; blind yourselves and be sightless; be drunk, but not with wine; stagger, but not from strong drink.
Read word by wordthis is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.
Read word by wordThis is what the LORD says about this people: “Truly they love to wander; they have not restrained their feet. So the LORD does not accept them; He will now remember their iniquity and punish them for their sins.”
Read word by wordAll who pass by clap their hands at you in scorn. They hiss and shake their heads at the Daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?”
Read word by wordThey wandered blind in the streets, defiled by this blood, so that no one dared to touch their garments.
Read word by word“Go away! Unclean!” men shouted at them. “Away, away! Do not touch us!” So they fled and wandered. Among the nations it was said, “They can stay here no longer.”
Read word by wordSuddenly, a hand touched me and set me trembling on my hands and knees.
Read word by wordPeople staggered from city to city for water to drink, but they were not satisfied; yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
Read word by wordPeople will stagger from sea to sea and roam from north to east, seeking the word of the LORD, but they will not find it.
Read word by word“For surely I will give the command, and I will shake the house of Israel among all the nations as grain is sifted in a sieve; but not a pebble will reach the ground.
Read word by wordAll your fortresses are fig trees with the first ripe figs; when shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater!
Read word by wordThis carefree city that dwells securely, that thinks to herself: “I am it, and there is none besides me,” what a ruin she has become, a resting place for beasts. Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist.
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