נוּעַ

Strong’s Definition

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

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV Usage

continually, fugitive, [idiom] make, to (go) up and down, be gone away, (be) move(-able, -d), be promoted, reel, remove, scatter, set, shake, sift, stagger, to and fro, be vagabond, wag, (make) wander (up and down).

Detailed Definition

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

• 1.to quiver, totter, shake, reel, stagger, wander, move, sift, make move, wave, waver, tremble
• 2.(qal)
• 3.(niphal) to be tossed about or around
• 4.(hiphil)

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: nûwaʻ; Pronunciation: noo'-ah