Hebrew word study

נוּעַnûwaʻ — to waver, in a great variety of applications, literally a…

Pronounced “noo'-ah”

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

Translated in the King James as: continually, fugitive, 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).

Appears 40 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive root;

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Where it appears

Genesis — 2×

Genesis 4:12 Genesis 4:14

Exodus — 1×

Exodus 20:18

Numbers — 1×

Numbers 32:13

Judges — 3×

Judges 9:9 Judges 9:11 Judges 9:13

1 Samuel — 1×

1 Sam 1:13

2 Samuel — 1×

2 Sam 15:20

2 Kings — 2×

2 Ki 19:21 2 Ki 23:18

Job — 2×

Job 16:4 Job 28:4

Psalms — 7×

Psalms 22:7 Psalms 59:11 Psalms 59:15 Psalms 107:27 Psalms 109:10 Psalms 109:25+ 1 more in Psalms

Proverbs — 1×

Proverbs 5:6

Isaiah — 8×

Isaiah 6:4 Isaiah 7:2 Isaiah 19:1 Isaiah 24:20 Isaiah 29:9 Isaiah 37:22+ 2 more in Isaiah

Jeremiah — 1×

Jeremiah 14:10

Lamentations — 3×

Lam 2:15 Lam 4:14 Lam 4:15

Daniel — 1×

Daniel 10:10

Amos — 4×

Amos 4:8 Amos 8:12 Amos 9:9+ 1 more in Amos

Nahum — 1×

Nahum 3:12

Zephaniah — 1×

Zeph 2:15

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