To guide
נָהַלStrong’s H5095nahal (na-hal)
Appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Nahal is the Hebrew word usually translated “journey on”, “refreshed them” and “have led”. It appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament.
“Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.”
Meaning
- To lead, give rest, lead with care, guide to a watering place or station, cause to rest, bring to a station or place of rest, guide, refresh(Piel) · (Hithpael)
How it's translated
- i will journey on 1
- and he refreshed them 1
- you have led 1
- and they led them 1
- and he led them 1
- he leads me 1
- and you lead me 1
- he will lead 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 3
- Genesis 2
- 2 Chronicles 2
- Psalms 2
- Exodus 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 47:17And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for the asses: and he fed them with bread for all their cattle for that year.
- Exodus 15:13Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.
- 2 Chronicles 28:15And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brethren: then they returned to Samaria.
- 2 Chronicles 32:22Thus the LORD saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all other, and guided them on every side.
- Psalms 23:2He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
- Psalms 31:3For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name’s sake lead me, and guide me.
Hebrew dictionary
נָהַל nahal · to guide
1) to lead, give rest, lead with care, guide to a watering place or station, cause to rest, bring to a station or place of rest, guide, refresh 1a) (Piel) 1a1) to lead to a watering-place or station and cause to rest there 1a2) to lead or bring to a station or goal 1a3) to lead, guide 1a4) to give rest to 1a5) to refresh (with food) 1b) (Hithpael) 1b1) to lead on 1b2) to journey by stations or stages
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “guide” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
GUIDE, verb transitive
gide.
- To lead or direct in a way; to conduct in a course or path; as, to guide an enemy or a traveler, who is not acquainted with the road or course.“The meek will he guide in judgment” Psalms 25:9
- To direct; to order.“He will guide his affairs with discretion.” Psalms 112:5
- To influence; to give direction to.
- To instruct and direct.
All definitions and other forms of “guide”
- To direct; to regulate and manage; to superintend.“I will that the younger women marry, bear children, and guide the house” 1 Timothy 5:14
GUIDE, noun
- A person who leads or directs another in his way or course; a conductor.
- One who directs another in his conduct or course of life.
- A director; a regulator; that which leads or conducts.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.