תָּעָה
tâʻâh · H8582 · Hebrew · 50 occurrences
Meanings
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to wander, to stray
Action by which humans or animals move about without apparent purpose or destination
ExamplesGenesis 21:14 So Abraham got up early in the morning and took bread and a skin of water, and gave them to Hagar, putting them on her shoulder, and gave her the boy, and sent her away. And she departed and wandered about in the wilderness of Beersheba.
Genesis 37:15 A man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field; and the man asked him, “What are you looking for?”
Exodus 23:4 “If you encounter your enemy’s ox or his donkey wandering away, you must return it to him.
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to go astray
Literally: to wander; hence: action by which humans depart from a morally and ethically correct course
ExamplesPsalm 58:3 The wicked have turned away from the womb; These who speak lies go astray from birth.
Psalm 95:10 “For forty years I was disgusted with that generation, And said they are a people who err in their heart, And they do not know My ways.
Psalm 119:110 The wicked have set a trap for me, Yet I have not wandered from Your precepts.
How it’s used In 9 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
46 occurrences in 27 groups
- Not stated: they 11
- Not stated: he, she or it 5
- Not stated (participle) 3
- Other words · 24 groups that occur once or twice (28) 28
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
15 occurrences in 7 groups
- הֶםthem 7
- עַםpeople 3
- מִצְרַיִםEgypt 2
- יְהוּדָהJudah 1
- יָשַׁבto dwell, to live, to sit 1
- נִיme 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
24 occurrences in 23 groups
- Other words · 23 groups that occur once or twice (27) 27
With adverbsAdverbs
6 occurrences in 3 groups
- לֹאnot 5
- אַלnot, do not 1
- עוֹדstill, again, yet 1
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- לֵבָבheart, mind 1
- רוּחַspirit, wind 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- עַםpeople 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- יָדַעto know 1
What is done to itIt is the object
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- הָיָהto be, to become 1
- פָּגַעto meet 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
7 occurrences in 3 groups
- בin/on/with 3
- כlike/as 3
- עַלon, upon, over, against 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- πλανάω planáō · G4105 · to mislead, to deceive, deception
- Greek πλανάω (planáō, G4105) serves as the standard LXX rendering of Hebrew תָּעָה (tâʻâh, H8582), both denoting the core concept of going astray or wandering from a correct path, whether literal (physical wandering) or figurative (moral/spiritual deception or error).
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Move002002001012
- This verb denotes physical wandering, as in Genesis 21:14's account of Hagar departing and wandering about in the wilderness of Beersheba.
- Unfaithful002001002027
- The verb also denotes being led into wrongdoing, as in 2 Kings 21:9's account of Manasseh causing Judah to do more evil than the nations the LORD had eliminated.
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H8582. taah תָּעָה verb err (|| form of טָעָה, q. v.; Aramaic (sometimes) תְּעִי תְּעָא,…
תָּעָה verb err (|| form of טָעָה, q. v.; Aramaic (sometimes) תְּעִי תְּעָא, id.; Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew (rare)); —
Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳ת Isa 21:4; Isa 21:1singular תָּעִ֫יתִי Psa 119:110; Psa 119:176, etc.; imperfect3feminine singular תֵּתַע Gen 21:14; Pro 7:25; Pro 7:3masculine plural יִתְעוּ Isa 35:8 +; Infinitive construct תְּעוֺת Eze 44:10 +; Participle תֹּעֶה Gen 37:15 +, etc.; —
1 physically, wander about, absolute Exo 23:4 (E) Isa 35:8; Isa 53:6; Job 38:41; Psa 119:176; with ב location Gen 21:14; Gen 37:15 (JE), Pro 7:25; Psa 107:4; with ל location Isa 47:15; accusative of location Isa 16:8.
2 of intoxication, with בְּ of wine Isa 28:7; מן of wine Isa 28:7; figurative of perplexity, subject לבב Isa 21:4.
3 ethically, absolute Eze 44:10; Eze 48:11 (3 t. in verse); Psa 58:4, probably Pro 14:22 (compare חוטא Pro 14:21, but Bu Toy go astray to ruin); רוח תֹּעֵי Isa 29:24, לבב תֹּעֵי Psa 95:10; with מן Psa 119:110; Pro 21:16, מֵאַחֲרַי Eze 14:11, מֵעָלַי Eze 44:10, Eze 44:15.
Niph`al 1. be made to wander about, as a drunkard: Infinitive construct הִתָּעוֺת Isa 19:14.
2 ethically: Perfect3masculine singular נִתְעָה be led astray Job 15:31 (with בשׁוֺא).
Hiph`il Perfect3masculine singular הִתְעָה Hos 4:12 (We הִתְעָם); Imperfect וַיֶּ֫תַע2Ch 33:9; suffix וַיַּתְעֵם Job 12:24 +; Participle מַתְעֶה Isa 30:28 +; —
1 physically: cause to wander about: absolute Isa 30:28 (of bridle, in figure), Pro 10:17; Jer 50:6 (accusative of people as sheep); accusative of person Pro 12:26; with מן location Gen 20:13 (E), ב location Job 12:24 = Psa 107:40.
2 of intoxication, Isa 19:13-14, Job 12:25.
3 mentally and morally: cause to err, mislead: absolute Isa 3:12; Isa 9:15; Hos 4:12; with accusative of person Amo 2:4; Mic 3:5; 2Ki 21:9 2Ch 33:9; Jer 23:13, Jer 23:32; with ב object Jer 42:20 (so Gf; Ke and others (so Pro 10:17) intransitive err at cost of; ᵐ5 Ew Du Co הֲרֵעֹתֶם); with מן of ׳י Isa 63:17.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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