Genesis 20:13
And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.
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Wander
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Amos 8:12
And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it.
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4 occurrences in 4 verses.
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תָּעָה
tâʻâh · taw-aw'
5 times translated as this KJV form51 total Strong's occurrences
to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both
Strong's 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.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 20:13Strong's last: Isaiah 47:15
Open full H8582 profile →נוּעַ
nûwaʻ · noo'-ah
3 times translated as this KJV form40 total Strong's occurrences
to waver, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (as subjoined)
Strong's KJV usage: continually, fugitive, × make, to (go) up and down, be gone away, (be) move(-able, -d), be promoted, reel, remove, scatter, set, shake, sift, stagger, to and fro, be vagabond, wag, (make) wander (up and down).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Numbers 32:13Strong's last: Amos 8:12
Open full H5128 profile →שָׁגָה
shâgâh · shaw-gaw'
2 times translated as this KJV form21 total Strong's occurrences
to stray (causatively, mislead), usually (figuratively) to mistake, especially (morally) to transgress; by extension (through the idea of intoxication) to reel, (figuratively) be enraptured
Strong's KJV usage: (cause to) go astray, deceive, err, be ravished, sin through ignorance, (let, make to) wander.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 27:18Strong's last: Psalms 119:10
Open full H7686 profile →נָדַד
nâdad · naw-dad'
1 times translated as this KJV form28 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to wave to and fro (rarely to flap up and down); figuratively, to rove, flee, or (causatively) to drive away
Strong's KJV usage: chase (away), × could not, depart, flee (× apace, away), (re-) move, thrust away, wander (abroad, -er, -ing).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 55:7Strong's last: Psalms 55:7
Open full H5074 profile →צָעָה
tsâʻâh · tsaw-aw'
1 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences
to tip over (for the purpose of spilling or pouring out), i.e. (figuratively) depopulate; by implication, to imprison or conquer; (reflexive) to lie down (for coitus)
Strong's KJV usage: captive exile, travelling, (cause to) wander(-er).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Jeremiah 48:12Strong's last: Jeremiah 48:12
Open full H6808 profile →רָעָה
râʻâh · raw-aw'
1 times translated as this KJV form172 total Strong's occurrences
to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend)
Strong's KJV usage: × break, companion, keep company with, devour, eat up, evil entreat, feed, use as a friend, make friendship with, herdman, keep (sheep) (-er), pastor, shearing house, shepherd, wander, waste.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Numbers 14:33Strong's last: Numbers 14:33
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H8582
And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.
H7462
And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness.
H5128
And the LORD's anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of the LORD, was consumed.
H7686
Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.
H8582
He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
H8582
Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.
H5074
Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.
no direct Strong's tag
Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied.
H8582
He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.
H7686
With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
H8582
Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, even thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee.
H5128
Thus saith the LORD unto this people, Thus have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet, therefore the LORD doth not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.
H6808
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will send unto him wanderers, that shall cause him to wander, and shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles.
H5128
And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it.
English meaning and historical usage.
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wander
WANDER, verb intransitive [G., to wander to walk, to change, exchange or transform.]
1. To rove; to ramble here and there without any certain course or object in view; as, to wander over the fields; to wander about the town, or about the country. Men may sometimes wander for amusement or exercise. Persons sometimes wander because they have no home and are wretched, and sometimes because they have no occupation.
They wandered about in sheep-skins and goat-skins. Hebrews 11:37.
He wandereth abroad for bread. Job 15:23.
He was wandering in the field. Genesis 37:1.
2. To leave home; to depart; to migrate.
When God caused me to wander from my fathers house-- Genesis 20:13.
3. To depart from the subject in discussion; as, to wander from the point.
4. In a moral sense, to stray; to deviate; to depart from duty or rectitude.
O let me not wander from they commandments. Psalms 119:10.
5. To be delirious; not to be under the guidance of reason; as, the mind wanders.
WANDER, verb transitive To travel over without a certain course.
Wandring many a famous realm. [Elliptical.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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