Nûwaʻ — H5128

H5128 · Hebrew — נוע

Pronunciation: noo'-ah

Definition

verb

to waver, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (as subjoined)

  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

Usually translated as

moved, wander, be promoted, fugitive, shake, stagger, to and fro, wag, move, scatter, set, sift, continually, make, to, up and down, be gone away, moveable, reel, remove, be vagabond

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Nûwaʻ occurs 40 times in 36 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (2), Exodus (1), Numbers (1), Judges (3), 1 Samuel (1), 2 Samuel (1), 2 Kings (2), Job (2), Psalms (6), Proverbs (1), Isaiah (6), Jeremiah (1), Lamentations (3), Daniel (1), Amos (3), Nahum (1), Zephaniah (1)

Strong's Lexicon — N