Words the Bible translates as move
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 9 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- saleuōσαλεύωto shake: to make something move back and forth, totter, or lose its firm footing.
- kineōκινέωto move something out of the position it holds: to budge it, shake it, carry it off, or set a crowd going.
- methistēmiμεθίστημιto movenot studied yet
- ra'ashרָעַשׁto shake or quake: to move with a violent, shuddering motion, the way the ground heaves in an earthquake
- sutסוּתto incite: to move someone to a course of action by persuasion, provocation, or enticement
- ramasרָמַשׂto move with a low, light, gliding motion: to creep, crawl, glide, or steal along
- ḥaratsחָרַץto whet to a sharp edge; used in the Bible only of sharpening the tongue at someone, the way a dog growls before it bites
+1 more meaning
- to settle a matter by cutting it off: to decide, determine, or decree, so that the outcome is fixed and cannot be reopened
- nasagנָסַגto push something back out of the place where it belongs; most often, to shift a boundary marker and quietly take over a neighbor's land.
- tsa'anצָעַןto movenot studied yet
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