What does תָּעָה · πλανάω mean in the Bible?
תָּעָה · πλανάω is a Hebrew phrase meaning "to wander, stagger, go astray".
Hebrew · H8582, G4105
Taah
To vacillate , i.e. reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both · to (properly, cause to) roam (from safety, truth, or virtue)
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תָּעָה H8582 to vacillate , i.e. reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both
Pronunciation tāʿāh
Vacillating movement—physical staggering or moral straying—often implies deception or leading others deliberately astray.
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πλανάω G4105 to (properly, cause to) roam (from safety, truth, or virtue)
Pronunciation planáō
To be led astray from truth or virtue, especially through deception or spiritual error.
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What does taah (taah) mean in the Bible?
תָּעָה · πλανάω is a Hebrew phrase meaning "to wander, stagger, go astray".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H8582, G4105?
H8582, G4105 is connected to 51 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. to wander, stagger, go astray
Source Gloss
to wander, stagger, go astray
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 3 Aligned forms 32
Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 23×
Perfect Ezek 44:10 · Ezek 48:11 · Isa 16:8 · Isa 28:7 · Isa 47:15 · Ps 58:4 · Ps 107:4 · Ps 119:110 · Ps 119:176 · Isa 21:4 · Isa 53:6 13×
Participle active Exod 23:4 · Gen 37:15 · Isa 29:24 · Prov 21:16 · Ps 95:10 5×
Imperfect Ezek 14:11 · Isa 35:8 · Job 38:41 · Prov 14:22 4×
Jussive Prov 7:25 1×
Hiphil causative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action 8×
Participle active Isa 3:12 · Isa 9:15 · Isa 30:28 · Prov 10:17 4×
Perfect Gen 20:13 · Isa 19:13 · Hos 4:12 · Jer 42:20 4×
Niphal passive or reflexive — the subject receives or experiences the action 1×
Perfect Job 15:31 1×
Word Origins
taah is a primitive root - no further derivation.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain