נָדַד

Strong’s Definition

properly, to wave to and fro (rarely to flap up and down); figuratively, to rove, flee, or (causatively) to drive away

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV Usage

chase (away), [idiom] could not, depart, flee ([idiom] apace, away), (re-) move, thrust away, wander (abroad, -er, -ing).

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to retreat, flee, depart, move, wander abroad, stray, flutter
• 2.(qal)
• 3.(poal) to flee away, be chased
• 4.(hiphil) to chase away
• 5.(hophal) to be chased away
• 6.(hithpolel) to flee away

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: nâdad; Pronunciation: naw-dad'