תּוֹעָה
toa · confusion, error; harm
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H8442 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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toa (תּוֹעָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “confusion, error; harm”.
Confusion, disorder; also error (Isaiah 32:6). In Nehemiah 4:8, the harm that the enemies wanted to cause to Jerusalem.
How to say it
to·a
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Words that lead away from the truth about God.
- Disorder and harm one aims to bring on a city.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- confusion ×1
- error ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Nehemiah 4:8
and they conspired all of them together to come and fight against Jerusalem and to cause it confusion.
- Isaiah 32:6
For the fool speaks folly, and his heart does wickedness, to practice godlessness and to speak error against YHWH, to leave empty the soul of the hungry, and the drink of the thirsty he makes fail.