נָדַדnâdad

נָדַד: retreat, flee, depart, stray, wander, flutter

Pronunciation: naw-dad' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5074

Meanings

Qal

1. retreat, flee (Isaiah 21:15; Isaiah 33:3; Isaiah 10:31)

2. flee, depart (Hosea 7:13; Genesis 31:40; Esther 6:1)

3. wander, stray (Isaiah 16:2; Proverbs 27:8; Hosea 9:17)

4. flutter (Isaiah 10:14)

Po`el: fleeth away. (Nahum 3:17)

Hiph`il: chase away (Job 18:18)

Hoph`al: be chased away (Job 20:8; 2 Samuel 23:6)

Hithpo`el: flee away (Psalms 64:9; Nahum 3:7; Psalms 31:12)

נדד: flee

Pe`al: a (Daniel 6:19)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 28 times in the Bible.

Genesis 31:40 “I worked for you through the scorching heat of the day and through cold and sleepless nights.
2 Samuel 23:6 But the godless are like thorns to be thrown away, for they tear the hand that touches them.
Esther 6:1 That night the king had trouble sleeping, so he ordered an attendant to bring the book of the history of his reign so it could be read to him.
Job 15:23 They wander around, saying, ‘Where can I find bread?’ They know their day of destruction is near.
Job 18:18 They will be thrust from light into darkness, driven from the world.
Job 20:8 They will fade like a dream and not be found. They will vanish like a vision in the night.

See every passage

Genesis 31:40
2 Samuel 23:6
Esther 6:1
Job 15:23, 18:18, 20:8
Psalms 31:11, 55:7, 64:8, 68:12
Proverbs 27:8
Isaiah 10:14, 10:31, 16:2, 16:3, 21:14, 21:15, 22:3, 33:3
Jeremiah 4:25, 9:10, 49:5
Hosea 7:13, 9:17
Nahum 3:7, 3:17

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).