Strongs Number: H8582
- Hebrew Word
- תָּעָה
- Transliteration
- tâʻâh
- Phonetic
- taw-aw'
- Part of Speech
- Verb
- Strongs Definition
-
to {vacillate} that {is} reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causatively of both
- BDB Definition
-
1. to err, wander, go astray, stagger
a. (Qal) to err
1. to wander about (physically)
2. of intoxication
3. of sin (ethically)
4. wandering (of the mind)
b. (Niphal)
1. to be made to wander about, be made to stagger (drunkard)
2. to be led astray (ethically)
c. (Hiphil) to cause to wander
1. to cause to wander about (physically)
2. to cause to wander (of intoxication)
3. to cause to err, mislead (mentally and morally)
- Origin
- A primitive root
- Bible Usage
- (cause to) go {astray} {deceive} {dissemble} (cause {to} make to) {err} {pant} {seduce} (make to) {stagger} (cause to) {wander} be out of the way.