נָדַח (nādaḥ) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning impel. It appears
52 times
in 15 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H5080).
Also rendered
to banish
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1304)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1304)impel, thrust, banish; wield, thrust away; be impelled, be thrust out, driven away, straying, aside; thrust into darkness; move, compel, force; chased, hunted; off; bring, cast down, chase, draw away, drive, fetch a stroke…
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
נָדַחverb: impel, thrust, banish
Qaltransitive
1.impel (i.e. wield) an axe
2.thrust away, banish
Niphal
1.be impelled
2.be thrust out, banished
3.driven away straying
4.thrust away, aside
Pualthrust into darkness
Hiphil
1.thrust, move, impel
2.thrust out, banish
3.thrust away, aside
4.compel, force, subject adulteress (by flattery)
Hophalchased, hunted
Strong's H5080נָדַח: to push off; used in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (to expel, mislead, strike, inflict, etc.) KJV:banish, bring, cast down (out), chase, compel, draw away, drive (away, out, quite), fetch a stroke, force, go away, outcast, thrust away (out), withdraw.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.