תָּעָה (tāʿâ) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning err. It appears
51 times
in 13 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H8582).
Also rendered
to go astray
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2531)
Range of meaning (TWOT 2531)err; wander about; be made to wander about, be led astray; cause to wander about, cause to err, mislead; vacillate, reel, stray; go astray, deceive, dissemble, pant, seduce, stagger, wander, be out of the way
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
תָּעָהverb: err
Qal
1.physically wander about
2.of intoxication
3.ethically
Niphal
1.be made to wander about, as a drunkard
2.ethically: be led astray
Hiphil
1.physically cause to wander about
2.of intoxication
3.mentally and morally, cause to err, mislead
Strong's H8582תָּעָה: 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.
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.