Strong's Lexicon

H1920

H1920 — הָדַף

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewHadaphverb-stemOccurrences: 11TWOT: 476

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H1920
Word:הָדַף
Part of Speech:verb-stem
Etymology:a prim root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:11
Transliteration:Hadaph
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:haw-daf'
Meaning:1. to push away or down
KJV Renderings:cast away (out), drive, expel, thrust (away).

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הָדַף verb thrust, .push, drive (הֲדַף in ᵑ7 ; Arabic [untranscribed source text 1254] is ingressus ad aliquem fuit, propinquus fuit, also of time prope accessit) —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular suffix הֲדָפוֺ Num 35:22; Jer 46:15 1 singular suffix וַהֲדַפְתִּיךָ consecutive Isa 22:19 Imperfect 3 masculine singularיֶהְדֹּף Prov 10:3 suffix 3 masculine singular יֶהְדֳּפֶנּוּ Num 35:20 suffix 3 masculine plural יֶהְדֳּפֵם Josh 23:5 3 masculine plural suffix יֶהְדְּפֻהוּ Job 18:18 2 masculine plural תֶּהְדֹּ֑פוּ Ezek 34:21 Infinitive הֲדֹף Deut 6:19; Deut 9:4 suffix הָדְפָהּ 2Kgs 4:27
1. thrust, push, subject man, followed by accusative Num 35:20; Num 35:22 (here fatally); subject cattle, figurative of men, Ezek 34:21 (instrumental בְּכָתֵף; || נָגַח ); push away 2Kgs 4:27 (Gehazi, the Shunammite); thrust away (from oneself) figurative = reject , הַוַּת רְשָׁעִים Prov 10:3 (subject ׳ י).
2. thrust out, drive out, followed by מִן of place whence & accusative of person; of ׳ י driving out enemies of Israel from Canaan Deut 6:19; Deut 9:4; Josh 23:5 compare also indefinite subject יֶהְדְּפֻהוּ מֵאוֺר אֶלחֿשֶׁךְ Job 18:18 (|| וּמִתֵּבֵל יְנִדֻּהוּ); & Jer 46:15 (where no plural whence). Hence
3. = depose Isa 22:19 of ׳ י deposing Shebna (followed byמִן of station).


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

הדף (hah-daph’)

Numbers 35:22

KJV: But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him any thing without laying of wait,
EHCC: But if he thrust him suddenly

Jeremiah 46:15

KJV: Why are thy valiant men swept away? they stood not, because the Lord did drive them.
EHCC: because the Lord did drive them.

Deuteronomy 6:19

KJV: To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the Lord hath spoken.
EHCC: To cast out all thine evemies

Deuteronomy 9:4

KJV: Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the Lord thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the Lord hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the Lord doth drive them out from before thee.
EHCC: after that the Lord thy God hath cast them

2 Kings 4:27

KJV: And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the Lord hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.him…: Heb. by his feetvexed: Heb. bitter
EHCC: Gehasi came near fo thrust her away.

Numbers 35:20

KJV: But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die;
EHCC: But if he thrust him of hatred,

Joshua 23:5

KJV: And the Lord your God, he shall expel them from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as the Lord your God hath promised unto you.
EHCC: he shall expel them from before you,

Job 18:18

KJV: He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.He…: Heb. They shall drive him
EHCC: He shall be dricen from light (marg. They

Proverbs 10:8

KJV: The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.a prating…: Heb. a fool of lipsfall: Heb. be beaten
EHCC: but he casteth away the

Ezekiel 34:21

KJV: Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad;
EHCC: Because ye have thrust with
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