תָּעָה taah

Hebrew word for “to go astray” · Strong’s H8582 · used 50 times in 45 verses

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Meaning

1) to err, wander, go astray, stagger;

How it is translated

Glosses given for taah in context, with how often each is used:

• made wander 3
• have gone astray 3
• have misled 3
• caused to err 3
• when went astray 3
• went astray 3
• wandered 2
• misled 2
• will wander about 2
• go astray 2
• misleading 2
• staggered 2

Where it is used

Also in 1 more book.

Chapters where it is used most

Job 12 (2), Psalms 107 (2), Psalms 119 (2), Isaiah 19 (2), Jeremiah 23 (2), Ezekiel 44 (2), Genesis 20 (1), Genesis 21 (1), Genesis 37 (1), Exodus 23 (1)

Forms

• תעו 9
• ויתעם 4
• יתעו 4
• תעה 3
• בתעות 3
• התעו 2
• תעי 2
• תעיתי 2
• מתעה 2
• מתעים 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with taah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• דֶּרֶךְ derekh “way” 11
• בָּלַע bala “to swallow up” 3
• רוּחַ ruach “spirit” 4
• נִי ni “me” 5
• שָׁמַר shamar “to keep” 4
• גּוֹי goy “nation” 4
• שִׁכֹּר shikkor “drunken” 2
• אָשַׁר ashar “to bless” 2
• תֹּהוּ tohu “formlessness” 2
• רָשָׁע rasah “wicked” 3
• מִדְבָּר midbar “wilderness” 3
• לֵוִי leviyyi “Levi” 3

Key verses

The verses using taah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Psalms 107:40 — He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.
• Psalms 119:176 — I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.
• Isaiah 28:7 — But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are…
• Isaiah 35:8 — And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the…
• Isaiah 53:6 — All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
• Isaiah 63:17 — O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants’ sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.
• Jeremiah 23:32 — Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I…
• Jeremiah 50:6 — My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to…
• Ezekiel 44:15 — But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to…
• Hosea 4:12 — My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring…
• Amos 2:4 — Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the…
• Micah 3:5 — Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths,…

See all 45 verses in the Word Atlas

Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.