drive away, to and fro, thrust down, shaken, tossed to and fro
A primitive root; to shove asunder, i.e. Disperse -- drive (away, to and fro), thrust down, shaken, tossed to and fro.
Englishman's Concordance
1) to drive, drive away, drive asunder 1a) (Qal) to drive about 1b) (Niphal) to be driven, be driven about Part of Speech: verb A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root Same Word by TWOT Number: 1307
Brown-Driver-Briggs
[נָדַף] verbdrive, drive asunder ( Late Hebrew id., spread, be diffused, disseminated (of odour); Arabic strike, beat, especially bow-string with mallet, to clean cotton; also play the lyre; Aramaic נְדַף=Late Hebrew; Ethiopic throw, hurl); —
Niph`alPerfectנִדַּףIsaiah 19:7; Infinitive. כְּהִנְדֹּףPsalm 68:3 (see Köi. 306 f); ParticipleנִדָּףLeviticus 26:36 3t.; — be driven, driven about (especially by wind) Psalm 68:3, see above (like a driving [Che drift] of smoke); of breath (הֶבֶל) figurative of deceitful gain Proverbs 21:6 (ᵐ5 Hi Ew רֹדֵף; see De Now); of withered plant Isaiah 19:7 (where subject עָרוֺת, מִוְרָע i.e. place; whence Che transitive ׳נvanish; but reference probably to plant-life in these places, see Di); of leaf Leviticus 26:36 (as making slight sound), Job 13:25 (figurative of sufferer, "" קַשׁ יָבֵשׁ), of chaff (קַשׁ) Isaiah 41:2 (simile of bow of hostile kings "" עָפָר).
Leviticus 26:36 HEB:ק֚וֹל עָלֶ֣ה נִדָּ֔ף וְנָס֧וּ מְנֻֽסַת־ NAS: And the sound of a driven leaf KJV: and the sound of a shaken leaf INT: and the sound leaf of a driven will flee though
Job 13:25 HEB: הֶעָלֶ֣ה נִדָּ֣ף תַּעֲר֑וֹץ וְאֶת־ NAS: Will You cause a driven leaf KJV: a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue INT: leaf A driven cause stubble
Job 32:13 HEB:חָכְמָ֑ה אֵ֖ל יִדְּפֶ֣נּוּ לֹא־ אִֽישׁ׃ NAS: wisdom; God will rout him, not man.' KJV: God thrusteth him down, not man. INT: wisdom God will rout not man
Psalm 1:4 HEB:כַּ֝מֹּ֗ץ אֲֽשֶׁר־ תִּדְּפֶ֥נּוּ רֽוּחַ׃ NAS: which the wind drives away. KJV: which the wind driveth away. INT: chaff which drives the wind
Psalm 68:2 HEB: כְּהִנְדֹּ֥ף עָשָׁ֗ן תִּ֫נְדֹּ֥ף NAS: As smoke is driven away, [so] drive [them] away; KJV: As smoke is driven away, [so] drive [them] away: INT:is driven smoke away
Psalm 68:2 HEB:כְּהִנְדֹּ֥ף עָשָׁ֗ן תִּ֫נְדֹּ֥ף כְּהִמֵּ֣ס דּ֭וֹנַג NAS: is driven away, [so] drive [them] away; As wax KJV: is driven away, [so] drive [them] away: as wax INT: is driven smoke away melts wax
Proverbs 21:6 HEB:שָׁ֑קֶר הֶ֥בֶל נִ֝דָּ֗ף מְבַקְשֵׁי־ מָֽוֶת׃ NAS: tongue Is a fleeting vapor, KJV: [is] a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek INT: A lying vapor fleeting the pursuit of death
Isaiah 19:7 HEB:יְא֔וֹר יִיבַ֥שׁ נִדַּ֖ף וְאֵינֶֽנּוּ׃ NAS: Will become dry, be driven away, and be no more. KJV: shall wither, be driven away, and be no [more]. INT: the Nile will become be driven and be no
Isaiah 41:2 HEB:חַרְבּ֔וֹ כְּקַ֥שׁ נִדָּ֖ף קַשְׁתּֽוֹ׃ KJV: to his sword, [and] as driven stubble INT: his sword chaff driven his bow