Strong's Lexicon nadaph: To drive away, scatter, chase Original Word: נָדַף Word Origin: A primitive root Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Greek equivalent for "nadaph," the concept of scattering or driving away can be found in Greek words such as διασκορπίζω (diaskorpizō - Strong's Greek 1287), which means to scatter or disperse. Usage: The Hebrew verb "nadaph" primarily means to drive away or scatter. It is often used in the context of dispersing or chasing away something or someone. This action can be both literal, such as scattering physical objects or people, and metaphorical, such as dispersing fears or doubts. Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israelite culture, the concept of scattering or driving away was significant in both agricultural and military contexts. Shepherds would drive away predators from their flocks, and armies would scatter their enemies in battle. The term also carries spiritual connotations, as God is often depicted as one who scatters the plans of the wicked or disperses His enemies. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. root Definition to drive, drive asunder NASB Translation drive away (1), driven (2), driven away (2), drives away (1), fleeting (1), rout (1). Brown-Driver-Briggs [נָדַף] verb drive, drive asunder ( Late Hebrew id., spread, be diffused, disseminated (of odour); Arabic  strike, beat, especially bow-string with mallet, to clean cotton; also play the lyre; Aramaic נְדַף = Late Hebrew; Ethiopic  throw, hurl); — Qal Imperfect suffix יִדְּפֶנּוּ Job 32:13 (jussive); 3 feminine singular suffix תִּדְּפֶנּוּ Psalm 1:4; 2masculine singular תִּנְדֹּף Psalm 68:3; — drive about, chaff, subject wind Psalm 1:4; wicked, subject God Psalm 68:3 (כְּהִנְדֹּף עָשָׁן, see below); compare Job 32:13 (= defeat, anguish). Niph`al Perfect נִדַּף Isaiah 19:7; Infinitive. כְּהִנְדֹּף Psalm 68:3 (see Köi. 306 f); Participle נִדָּף Leviticus 26:36 3t.; — be driven, driven about (especially by wind) Psalm 68:3, see above (like a driving [Che drift] of smoke); of breath (הֶבֶל) figurative of deceitful gain Proverbs 21:6 (ᵐ5 Hi Ew רֹדֵף; see De Now); of withered plant Isaiah 19:7 (where subject עָרוֺת, מִוְרָע i.e. place; whence Che transitive ׳נ vanish; but reference probably to plant-life in these places, see Di); of leaf Leviticus 26:36 (as making slight sound), Job 13:25 (figurative of sufferer, "" קַשׁ יָבֵשׁ), of chaff (קַשׁ) Isaiah 41:2 (simile of bow of hostile kings "" עָפָר). Strong's Exhaustive Concordance drive away, to and fro, thrust down, shaken, tossed to and fro A primitive root; to shove asunder, i.e. Disperse -- drive (away, to and fro), thrust down, shaken, tossed to and fro. Forms and Transliterations יִדְּפֶ֣נּוּ ידפנו כְּהִנְדֹּ֥ף כהנדף נִ֝דָּ֗ף נִדַּ֖ף נִדָּ֔ף נִדָּ֖ף נִדָּ֣ף נדף תִּ֫נְדֹּ֥ף תִּדְּפֶ֥נּוּ תדפנו תנדף kə·hin·dōp̄ kehinDof kəhindōp̄ nid·dap̄ nid·dāp̄ nidDaf niddap̄ niddāp̄ tid·də·p̄en·nū tiddeFennu tiddəp̄ennū tin·dōp̄ tinDof tindōp̄ yid·də·p̄en·nū yiddeFennu yiddəp̄ennūLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Leviticus 26:36 HEB: ק֚וֹל עָלֶ֣ה נִדָּ֔ף וְנָס֧וּ מְנֻֽסַת־ NAS: And the sound of a driven leaf KJV: and the sound of a shaken leaf INT: and the sound leaf of a driven will flee though Job 13:25 Job 32:13 Psalm 1:4 Psalm 68:2 Psalm 68:2 Proverbs 21:6 Isaiah 19:7 Isaiah 41:2 9 Occurrences |
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