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Hebrew H5128 nûwaʻ

Original: נוּעַ

Meaning:
a primitive root; to waver, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (as subjoined); continually, fugitive, [idiom] make, to (go) up and down, be gone away, (be) move(-able, -d), be promoted, reel, remove, scatter, set, shake, sift, stagger, to and fro, be vagabond, wag, (make) wander (up and down).

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: continually, fugitive, [idiom] make, to (go) up and down, be gone away, (be) move(-able, -d), be promoted, reel, remove, scatter, set, shake, sift, stagger, to and fro, be vagabond, wag, (make) wander (up and down).

Hebrew H5130 nûwph

Original: נוּף

Meaning:
a primitive root; to quiver (i.e. vibrate up and down, or rock to and fro); used in a great variety of applications (including sprinkling, beckoning, rubbing, bastinadoing, sawing, waving, etc.); lift up, move, offer, perfume, send, shake, sift, strike, wave.

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: lift up, move, offer, perfume, send, shake, sift, strike, wave.

Verses containing this word showing 3 of 3

^{Isaiah 30:28} And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err. Open

^{Amos 9:9} For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth. Open

^{Luke 22:31} And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: Open

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