Tôwʻâh — H8442

Definition

feminine noun

mistake, i.e. (morally) impiety, or (political) injury

1. error, wandering, impiety, perversions
1. error (in morals and religion)
2. confusion, disturbance

Usually translated as

error, hinder

Origin

feminine active participle of H8582

• Tâʻâh (H8582)

Greek equivalents

• seíō (G4579)

Occurrences

Tôwʻâh occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Nehemiah (1), Isaiah (1)

• Nehemiah 4:8 — And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder (תּוֹעָֽה) it.
• Isaiah 32:6 — For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error (תּוֹעָ֔ה) against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.