Lexical Definition

‎נָדַח‎ nâdach (naw-dakh') to banish ^H:V
a primitive root

banish, bring, cast down (out), chase, compel, draw away, drive (away, out, quite), fetch a stroke, force, go away, outcast, thrust away (out), withdraw.

• to push off
• used in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (to expel, mislead, strike, inflict, etc.)

1) to impel, thrust, drive away, banish
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to impel
1a2) to thrust away, banish
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be impelled
1b2) to be thrust out, be banished
1b2a) banished, outcast (participle)
1b3) to be driven away
1b4) to be thrust away, thrust aside
1c) (Pual) to be thrust into
1c1) thrust (participle)
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to thrust, move, impel
1d2) to thrust out, banish
1d3) to thrust away, thrust aside
1e) (Hophal) to be chased, be hunted
1e1) chased, hunted (participle)

See Greek: ἄπειμι · ἀπόλλυμι · ἀποπλανάω · ἀπωθέομαι · ἀφίστημι · διασκορπίζω · διασπείρω · διασπορά · ἐκβάλλω · ἐξωθέω · ἐπιβάλλω · πλανάω · σπείρω · φεύγω

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[‎נָדַח‎] verb impel, thrust, banish (especially Deuteronomy, Jeremiah and later) (Late Hebrew id., beguile, Hiph, Niph`al; Aramaic ‎נְדַח‎ (rare) = Biblical Hebrew; Ethiopic ; thrust; Arabic is drive a ship to shore); —

Qal Imperfect ‎יִדַּח‎ 2Sam 14:14 Infinitive ‎לִנְדֹּחַ‎ Deut 20:19 — transitive

1. impel (i.e. wield) an axe, followed by‎עַלֿ‎ Deut 20:19

2. thrust away, banish followed by‎מִןֿ‎ 2Sam 14:14. Niph`al Perfect 3 feminine singular ‎נִדְּחָה‎ Job 6:13, etc.; (Imperfect ‎יִדַּ֫חוּ‎ Jer 23:12 see ‎דחח‎); Participle ‎נִדָּח‎ 2Sam 14:14 ‎נִדָּחָה‎ Mic 4:6 + 2 t.; ‎נִדַּ֫חַת‎ Ezek 34:4; Ezek 34:16, etc. On ‎נִדְחֵי‎ Isa 11:12; Isa 56:8; Ps 147:2 see Ki Kö^{i. 317}; —

1. be impelled: ‎וְנִדְּחָה יָרוֺ בַּגַּרְוֶן‎ be impelled with the axe Deut 19:5.

2. be thrust out, banished: of dispersion in exile, followed by ‎שָׁם‎ Jer 40:12; Jer 43:5 (|| ‎שׁוּב‎); followed by ‎לִפְנֵי‎ Jer 49:5 (|| ‎קִבֵּץ‎); compare also figurative ‎תֻּשִׁיָּה נִדְּחָה מִמֶּנִּי‎ Job 6:13 is banished from me, i.e. is non-existent; especially Participle banished one(s), outcast(s), as accusative of congnate meaning with verb with ‎נָדַח‎2Sam 14:14 with ‎קִבֵּץ‎ Mic 4:6; Deut 30:4; Zeph 3:19; Neh 1:9 ‎יִשִׂרָאֵל‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎, with ‎אָסַף‎ Isa 11:12 (|| ‎נְפֻצוֺת יְקַבֵּץ‎); with ‎קִבֵּץ‎ Isa 56:8 with ‎כִּנֵּס‎ Ps 147:2 with ‎הֵשִׁיב‎ 2Sam 14:13; Ezek 34:4; Ezek 34:16 (both || ‎אֹבֵד‎); with ‎בּוֺא‎ Isa 27:13 (|| id.); see also Isa 16:3; Isa 16:4; Jer 49:36 outcast = neglected one, figurative of Zion Jer 30:17 (|| ‎דֹּרֵשׁ אֵין לָהּ‎).

3. driven away (from herd, i.e.) straying Deut 22:1.

4. thrust away, aside from ‎׳‎‎י‎ to idiolatry Deut 4:19; Deut 30:17 (followed by ‎וְהִשְׁתַּחֲוָה‎).

Pu`al Participle ‎אֲקֵלָה מְנֻדָּח‎ Isa 8:22 thrust into darkness.

Hiph`il Perfect ‎וְהִדִּיחַ‎ consecutive 2Sam 15:14 ‎הִדַּ֫חְתִּי‎ Jer 23:3; Jer 29:14, etc.; Imperfect suffix ‎וַיַּדַּח‎ 2Chr 21:11 + 2Kgs 17:21 Qr; ‎וַיַּדִּ֫יחוּ‎ Deut 13:14*, etc.; Imperative suffix ‎הַדִּיחֵ֫מוֺ‎ Ps 5:11* Infinitive ‎הַדִּיחַ‎ Ps 62:5*, etc.; —

1. thrust, move, impel, figurative, object ‎רָעָה‎ 2Sam 15:14 (followed by ‎עַלֿ‎.

2. thrust out, banish, especially of exile, subject ‎׳‎‎י‎, with accusative followed by ‎שָׁ֫מָּה‎ Deut 30:1; Jer 46:28; Jer 16:15 (|| ‎הֶעֱלָה‎); followed by ‎שָׁם‎ Jer 8:3; Jer 24:9; Jer 29:18; Dan 9:7 + Ezek 4:13 (omitted by ᵐ5 Co); Jer 23:3 (|| ‎קִבֵּץ‎), vJer 23:8 (|| ‎הֶעֱלָה‎, ‎הֵבִיא‎) Jer 29:14 (|| ‎קִבֵּץ‎, ‎הֵשֹׁיב‎), so Jer 32:37 also Jer 27:10 (|| ‎הַרְחִיק‎), vJer 27:15 (|| ‎אָבַד‎), compare Jer 23:2 (Judah under figure of flock, subject evil shepherd, || ‎הֵפִיץ‎), Jer 50:17 (Israel as sheep, subject enemies as lions); of driving out priests 2Chr 13:9 invader Joel 2:20 (followed by ‎אֶלֿ‎); wicked Ps 5:11* (|| ‎הַאֲשִׁימֵם‎); good man from his eminence Ps 62:5* (followed by ‎מִן‎).

3. thrust away, aside, from ‎׳‎‎י‎ to idolatry, with accusative, Deut 13:14* followed by ‎מִןהַֿדֶּרֶךְ‎ v.Deut 13:6* ‎׳‎‎מֵעַל י‎ v.Deut 13:11* ‎׳‎‎מֵאַחֲרֵי י‎ 2Kgs 17:21 Qr (Kt see ‎נדא‎); compare 2Chr 21:11 (|| ‎הִזְנָה‎).

4. compel, force, subject adulteress (by flattery), followed by accusative Prov 7:21 (|| ‎הִטָּה‎).

Hoph`al Participle ‎מֻדָּח‎ chased, hunted, ‎׳‎‎צְבִי מ‎ Isa 13:14, simile of fugitive Babylonians.

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