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wandering

Meaning of “wandering”

Moving without a settled course; straying from the right way.

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First occurrence: Genesis 37:15

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Every verse containing “wandering”

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Genesis 37:15
¶ And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 37:15 · retained source text

¶ And a certaine man found him, and behold, hee was wandring in the field, and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?

Proverbs 26:2
As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Proverbs 26:2 · retained source text

As the bird by wandring, as the swallow by flying: so the curse causelesse shall not come.

Ecclesiastes 6:9
¶ Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 6:9 · retained source text

¶ Better is the sight of the eyes, then the wandering of the desire: this is also vanitie and vexation of spirit.

1611 marginal noteHeb. then the walking of the soule.

Isaiah 16:2
For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 16:2 · retained source text

For it shalbe that as a wandering bird cast out of the nest: so the daughters of Moab shalbe at the fordes of Arnon.

1611 marginal noteOr, a nest forsaken.

1 Timothy 5:13
And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Timothy 5:13 · retained source text

And withall they learne to bee idle, wandering about from house to house; and not onely idle, but tatlers also, and busibodies, speaking things which they ought not.

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