Words the Bible translates as wander
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 6 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- planaōπλανάωto lead someone off the right path, or (when it happens to you) to stray from it: literally to wander, and almost always to be deceived away from the truth.
- ta'ahתָּעָהto stray from the right course: to wander off and lose the way, or to be led off it
- nu'aנוּעַto move unsteadily: to shake or quiver in place, to reel, or to roam with no settled place to rest.
- nadadנָדַדto move away in flight: to flee, roam as a fugitive, flutter off, or be driven from one's place
- nudנוּדto move restlessly to and fro: to wander or flee as a homeless fugitive, and, by the shaking of the head over another's pain, to grieve with and console the suffering
- shagahשָׁגָהto go astray: to wander off the right course, whether on a path, in conduct, or through the loss of steady judgment
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