5086. nadaph
Berean Strong's Lexicon
nadaph: To drive away, scatter, chase

Original Word: נָדַף
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: nadaph
Pronunciation: naw-daf'
Phonetic Spelling: (naw-daf')
Definition: To drive away, scatter, chase
Meaning: to shove asunder, disperse

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 Origin
a 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 yiddəp̄ennū
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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
HEB: הֶעָלֶ֣ה נִדָּ֣ף תַּעֲר֑וֹץ וְאֶת־
NAS: Will You cause a driven leaf
KJV: a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue
INT: leaf A driven cause stubble

Job 32:13
HEB: חָכְמָ֑ה אֵ֖ל יִדְּפֶ֣נּוּ לֹא־ אִֽישׁ׃
NAS: wisdom; God will rout him, not man.'
KJV: God thrusteth him down, not man.
INT: wisdom God will rout not man

Psalm 1:4
HEB: כַּ֝מֹּ֗ץ אֲ‍ֽשֶׁר־ תִּדְּפֶ֥נּוּ רֽוּחַ׃
NAS: which the wind drives away.
KJV: which the wind driveth away.
INT: chaff which drives the wind

Psalm 68:2
HEB: כְּהִנְדֹּ֥ף עָשָׁ֗ן תִּ֫נְדֹּ֥ף
NAS: As smoke is driven away, [so] drive [them] away;
KJV: As smoke is driven away, [so] drive [them] away:
INT: is driven smoke away

Psalm 68:2
HEB: כְּהִנְדֹּ֥ף עָשָׁ֗ן תִּ֫נְדֹּ֥ף כְּהִמֵּ֣ס דּ֭וֹנַג
NAS: is driven away, [so] drive [them] away; As wax
KJV: is driven away, [so] drive [them] away: as wax
INT: is driven smoke away melts wax

Proverbs 21:6
HEB: שָׁ֑קֶר הֶ֥בֶל נִ֝דָּ֗ף מְבַקְשֵׁי־ מָֽוֶת׃
NAS: tongue Is a fleeting vapor,
KJV: [is] a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek
INT: A lying vapor fleeting the pursuit of death

Isaiah 19:7
HEB: יְא֔וֹר יִיבַ֥שׁ נִדַּ֖ף וְאֵינֶֽנּוּ׃
NAS: Will become dry, be driven away, and be no more.
KJV: shall wither, be driven away, and be no [more].
INT: the Nile will become be driven and be no

Isaiah 41:2
HEB: חַרְבּ֔וֹ כְּקַ֥שׁ נִדָּ֖ף קַשְׁתּֽוֹ׃
KJV: to his sword, [and] as driven stubble
INT: his sword chaff driven his bow

9 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 5086
9 Occurrences


kə·hin·dōp̄ — 1 Occ.
nid·dāp̄ — 5 Occ.
tid·də·p̄en·nū — 1 Occ.
tin·dōp̄ — 1 Occ.
yid·də·p̄en·nū — 1 Occ.
















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