BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5128
nu.a — to shake
1) to quiver, totter, shake, reel, stagger, wander, move, sift, make move, wave, waver, tremble 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to wave, quiver, vibrate, swing, stagger, tremble, be unstable 1a2) to totter, go tottering 1a2a) vagabond (participle) 1b) (Niphal) to be tossed about or around 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to toss about 1c2) to shake, cause to totter 1c3) to shake, disturb 1c4) to cause to wander
36 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G213
alazōn — braggart
ἀλαζών, -όνος, ὁ, ἡ (ἄλη, wandering) [in LXX: Job.28:8 (שַׁחַץ) Hab.2:5 (יָהִיר), Pro.21:24 (לוּץ)* ;] prop, a vagabond, hence, an impostor, a boaster: Rom.1:30, 2Ti.3:2.† SYN.: ὐβριστής, ὑπερήφανος (see Tr., Syn., § xxix; Lft., Notes, 256) (AS)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G790
astateō — be unsettled
ἀστατέω, -ῶ (ἄστατος, unstable), [in Aq.: Isa.58:7 (LXX, ἄστεγος)* ;] to be unsettled, be homeless, lead a vagabond life (Cremer, 738 MM, see word): 1Co.4:11 † (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →From Lat. vagabundus, “a wanderer,” “a fugitive;” not used opprobriously (Gen. 4:12, R.V., “wanderer;” Ps. 109:10; Acts 19:13, R.V., “strolling”).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
