נָדַחnâdach

impel, thrust, banish

Pronunciation: naw-dakh' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5080

Meanings

Qal

1. impel, (i.e. wield) (Deuteronomy 20:19)

2. thrust away, banish (2 Samuel 14:14)

Niph`al

1. be impelled (Deuteronomy 19:5)

2. be thrust out, banished (Jeremiah 40:12; Jeremiah 43:5; Jeremiah 49:5)

3. driven away, (from herd, i.e.) straying (Deuteronomy 22:1)

4. thrust away, aside from (Deuteronomy 4:19; Deuteronomy 30:17)

Pu`al: thrust into (Isaiah 8:22)

Hiph`il

1. thrust, move, impel (2 Samuel 15:14)

2. thrust out, banish, especially of exile (Deuteronomy 30:1; Jeremiah 46:28; Jeremiah 16:15)

3. thrust away, aside (Deuteronomy 13:14; Deuteronomy 13:6; Deuteronomy 13:11)

4. compel, force (Proverbs 7:21)

Hoph`al: chased, hunted (Isaiah 13:14)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 55 times in the Bible.

  • Deuteronomy 4:19 And when you look up into the sky and see the sun, moon, and stars—all the forces of heaven—don’t be seduced into worshiping them. The Lord your God gave them to all the peoples of the earth.
  • Deuteronomy 13:5 The false prophets or visionaries who try to lead you astray must be put to death, for they encourage rebellion against the Lord your God, who redeemed you from slavery and brought you out of the land of Egypt. Since they try to lead you astray from the way the Lord your God commanded you to live, you must put them to death. In this way you will purge the evil from among you.
  • Deuteronomy 13:10 Stone the guilty ones to death because they have tried to draw you away from the Lord your God, who rescued you from the land of Egypt, the place of slavery.
  • Deuteronomy 13:13 that scoundrels among you are leading their fellow citizens astray by saying, ‘Let us go worship other gods’—gods you have not known before.
  • Deuteronomy 19:5 For example, suppose someone goes into the forest with a neighbor to cut wood. And suppose one of them swings an ax to chop down a tree, and the ax head flies off the handle, killing the other person. In such cases, the slayer may flee to one of the cities of refuge to live in safety.
  • Deuteronomy 20:19 “When you are attacking a town and the war drags on, you must not cut down the trees with your axes. You may eat the fruit, but do not cut down the trees. Are the trees your enemies, that you should attack them?
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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).