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נָדַד H5074
H5074 is the Hebrew word נָדַד, transliterated nâdad and said naw-dad'. The King James Version most often renders it fled.
What it means
properly, to wave to and fro (rarely to flap up and down); figuratively, to rove, flee, or (causatively) to drive away.
Where it comes from
a primitive root.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 18 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: chase (away), [idiom] could not, depart, flee ([idiom] apace, away), (re-) move, thrust away, wander (abroad, -er, -ing).
Verses using נָדַד
All 20 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 31:40 · KJV
Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
2 Samuel 23:6 · KJV
But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands:
Esther 6:1 · KJV
On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.
Job 15:23 · KJV
He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
Job 18:18 · KJV
He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
Job 20:8 · KJV
He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
Psalm 55:7 · KJV
Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.
Psalm 68:12 · KJV
Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil.
Proverbs 27:8 · KJV
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
Isaiah 10:14 · KJV
And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.
Isaiah 10:31 · KJV
Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to flee.
Isaiah 16:2 · KJV
For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.
Isaiah 21:15 · KJV
For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.
Isaiah 22:3 · KJV
All thy rulers are fled together, they are bound by the archers: all that are found in thee are bound together, which have fled from far.
Isaiah 33:3 · KJV
At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered.
Jeremiah 9:10 · KJV
For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone.
Hosea 7:13 · KJV
Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me.
Hosea 9:17 · KJV
My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations.
Nahum 3:7 · KJV
And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?
Nahum 3:17 · KJV
Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.
Common questions
What does Strong's H5074 mean?
H5074 is the Hebrew word נָדַד (nâdad), meaning properly, to wave to and fro (rarely to flap up and down); figuratively, to rove, flee, or (causatively) to drive away.
How is H5074 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it fled (5 times), flee (2 times), wandereth (2 times), departed (1 time), thrust away (1 time), among others.
How many times does H5074 appear in the Bible?
נָדַד (nâdad) is tagged in 20 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H5074 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.
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