Quick Definition
to go astray
Strong's Definition
to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV 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.
TWOT Reference: 2531
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
תָּעָה (ta.ah) — to go astray. 1) to err, wander, go astray, stagger 1a) (Qal) to err 1a1) to wander about (physically) 1a2) of intoxication 1a3) of sin (ethically) 1a4) wandering (of the mind) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be made to wander about, be made to stagger (drunkard) 1b2) to be led astray (ethically) 1c) (Hiphil) to cause to wander 1c1) to cause to wander about (physically) 1c2) to cause to wander (of intoxication) 1c3) to cause to err, mislead (mentally and morally)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · תֹּועָה
Move | verb qal
to wander, to stray = action by which humans or animals move about without apparent purpose or destination
GEN 21:14 · GEN 37:15 · EXO 23:4 · JOB 38:41 · PSA 107:4 · ISA 16:8 · ISA 21:4 · ISA 28:7 · ISA 28:7 · ISA 35:8 · ISA 53:6
Move | verb hif, verb nif
to make wander, to make stray = causative action by which humans or deities cause (other) humans) or animals to move about without apparent purpose or destination
GEN 20:13 · JOB 12:24 · JOB 12:25 · PSA 107:40 · ISA 19:14 · ISA 19:14 · ISA 30:28 · JER 50:6
Unfaithful | verb qal
to go astray literally: to wander; hence: = action by which humans depart from a morally and ethically correct course
PSA 58:4 · PSA 95:10 · PSA 119:110 · PSA 119:176 · PRO 7:25 · PRO 14:22 · PRO 21:16 · ISA 29:24 · ISA 47:15 · EZK 14:11 · EZK 44:10 · EZK 44:10 · EZK 44:15 · EZK 48:11 · EZK 48:11 · EZK 48:11
Unfaithful | verb hif, verb nif | ≠ אשׁר
to lead astray, to deceive literally: to make wander; hence: = causative action by which humans or deities cause (other) humans to depart from a morally and ethically correct course
2KI 21:9 · 2CH 33:9 · JOB 15:31 · PRO 10:17 · PRO 12:26 · ISA 3:12 · ISA 9:15 · ISA 19:13 · ISA 63:17 · JER 23:13 · JER 23:32 · JER 42:20 · HOS 4:12 · AMO 2:4 · MIC 3:5
1 JOB 38:41 MT HOTTP-A RSV | NJB תעל 2 JER 42:20 MT-K התעתים | MT-Q הִתְעֵתֶם
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
תָּעָה vb. err Qal physically wander about
of intoxication
ethically
Niph. be made to wander about, as a drunkard
ethically: be led astray
Hiph. physically cause to wander about
of intoxication
mentally and morally, cause to err, mislead
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