Strong's Hebrew · H5128
H5128 nûwaʻ
נוּעַ
noo'-ah
to shake
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nûwaʻ appears 40 times in Scripture, including Genesis 4:12 and Exodus 20:18. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
to waver, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (as subjoined)
In the King James Version
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).
Derivation
a primitive root;
Appears 40 times in Scripture
“But the olive tree replied, ‘Should I stop giving my oil that honors both God and man, to hold sway over the trees?’”
“This is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.”
“But the grapevine replied, ‘Should I stop giving my wine that cheers both God and man, to hold sway over the trees?’”
“The anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until the whole generation who had done evil in His sight was gone.”
“In fact, you arrived only yesterday; should I make you wander around with us today while I do not know where I am going? Go back and take your brothers with you. May the LORD show you loving devotion and faithfulness.””
“Hannah was praying in her heart, and though her lips were moving, her voice could not be heard. So Eli thought she was drunk”
“When you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.””
“But the fig tree replied, ‘Should I stop giving my sweetness and my good fruit, to hold sway over the trees?’”
“Behold, this day You have driven me from the face of the earth, and from Your face I will be hidden; I will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.””
“When all the people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the sounding of the ram’s horn, and the mountain enveloped in smoke, they trembled and stood at a distance.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
