נוּעַ
nu.a
“to shake”
Definition
to waver, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (as subjoined)
a primitive root;
- 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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Grammar & Morphology
Verb
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Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
נוּעַ appears 33 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Hannah was praying in her heart, and though her lips were moving, her voice could not be heard.So Eli thought she was drunk
“For surely I will give the command,and I will shake the house of Israelamong all the nationsas grain is sifted in a sieve;but not a pebble will reach the ground.
The earth staggers like a drunkardand sways like a shack.Earth’s rebellion weighs it down,and it falls, never to rise again.
But the fig tree replied,‘Should I stop giving my sweetnessand my good fruit,to hold sway over the trees?’
They wandered blind in the streets,defiled by this blood,so that no one daredto touch their garments.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.