To roam
רוּדStrong’s H7300rud
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Rud is the Hebrew word usually translated “restless”, “am restless” and “we have roamed”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.”
Meaning
- To wander restlessly, roam(Qal) to roam · (Hiphil) to be restless, show restlessness
How it's translated
- you will be restless 1
- i am restless 1
- we have roamed 1
- it has roamed 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 1
- Psalms 1
- Jeremiah 1
- Hosea 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Psalms 55:2Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;
- Jeremiah 2:31O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee?
- Hosea 11:12Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit: but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the saints.
Hebrew dictionary
רוּד rud · to roam
1) to wander restlessly, roam 1a) (Qal) to roam 1b) (Hiphil) to be restless, show restlessness
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “roam” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ROAM, verb intransitive
[If m is radical, this word seems to be connected with ramble, Latin ramus.]
All definitions and other forms of “roam”
ROAM, verb transitive
To range; to wander over; as, to roam the woods; but the phrase is elliptical.
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.