Strong's H8582 · Hebrew
תָּעָה
tâʻâh · /taw-aw'/
Definition
to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both
KJV: (cause to) go astray, deceive, dissemble, (cause to, make to) err, pant, seduce, (make to) stagger, (cause to) wander, be out of the way.
Root / derivation: a primitive root;
KJV usage breakdown
How the Authorized (KJV) translators rendered תָּעָה across 45 verses.
Every occurrence (KJV)
45 verses use this word, grouped by book — the translated form is highlighted.
Genesis3 verses
And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.
Genesis 21:14And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.
Genesis 37:15And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?
Exodus1 verse
Job4 verses
He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
Job 12:25They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man. stagger: Heb. wander
Job 15:31Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.
Job 38:41Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.
Psalms6 verses
The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies. as soon: Heb. from the belly
Psalms 95:10Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:
Psalms 107:4They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.
Psalms 107:40He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way. wilderness: or, void place
Psalms 119:110The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.
Psalms 119:176I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.
Proverbs5 verses
Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
Proverbs 10:17He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth. erreth: or, causeth to err
Proverbs 12:26The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them. excellent: or, abundant
Proverbs 14:22Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
Proverbs 21:16The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
Isaiah13 verses
As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths. lead: or, call thee blessed destroy: Heb. swallow up
Isaiah 9:16For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed. the leaders: or, they that call them blessed led of: or, called blessed of destroyed: Heb. swallowed up
Isaiah 16:8For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea. stretched: or, plucked up
Isaiah 19:13The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they that are the stay of the tribes thereof. they that: or, governors: Heb. corners
Isaiah 19:14The LORD hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit. a perverse: Heb. a spirit of perversities
Isaiah 21:4My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me. heart: or, mind wandered turned: Heb. put
Isaiah 28:7But 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 swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.
Isaiah 29:24They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine. come: Heb. know understanding
Isaiah 30:28And 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.
Isaiah 35:8And 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 wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein. but: or, for he shall be with them
Isaiah 47:15Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, even thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee.
Isaiah 53:6All 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. laid: Heb. made the iniquity of us all to meet on him
Isaiah 63:17O 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.
Jeremiah4 verses
And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err. folly: or, an absurd thing: Heb. unsavoury
Jeremiah 23:32Behold, 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 sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 42:20For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the LORD your God, saying, Pray for us unto the LORD our God; and according unto all that the LORD our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it. ye dissembled: or, ye have used deceit against your souls
Jeremiah 50:6My 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 hill, they have forgotten their restingplace. restingplace: Heb. place to lie down in
Ezekiel4 verses
That the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither be polluted any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel 44:10And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel went astray, which went astray away from me after their idols; they shall even bear their iniquity.
Ezekiel 44:15But 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 me to minister unto me, and they shall stand before me to offer unto me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord GOD:
Ezekiel 48:11It shall be for the priests that are sanctified of the sons of Zadok; which have kept my charge, which went not astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray. It: or, The sanctified portion shall be for the priests charge: or, ward, or, ordinance
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Frequently asked questions
What does Strong's H8582 (tâʻâh) mean?
to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both
How many times does H8582 appear in the Bible?
Strong's H8582 (תָּעָה) appears in 45 verses of the King James Version, most often translated “err.”
How is tâʻâh translated in the KJV?
In the KJV, Strong's H8582 is rendered as “err” (14×), “astray” (12×), “wander” (5×), “wandered” (3×), among other words.
Where does the Hebrew word תָּעָה come from?
a primitive root;