טְרַד (te.rad)
te.rad
to chase away
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- Biblical Hebrew
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- Old Testament
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- 1 verses
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Word Overview
The Aramaic verb terad means to drive someone away or chase them from a place. It appears only once in the Hebrew Bible, in Daniel 11:40, where it describes kings forcing people out of their land during times of war and political upheaval.
This word is the Aramaic equivalent of the Hebrew terad, which generally means to pursue or drive out. In its single biblical occurrence, it conveys a sense of forceful expulsion rather than simple movement. The context involves military conflict, where powerful rulers push others from their territory, highlighting the vulnerability of those displaced by violence.
Translators typically render this word as "drive away" or "chase off," capturing the physical and coercive nature of the action. Unlike terms that might imply voluntary departure, terad emphasizes the external pressure applied to remove people from their homes or lands.
Based on public-domain lexicons (Strong's, Thayer, Gesenius, Brown-Driver-Briggs and others).
What This Word Means for Your Faith
The word terad describes a forceful expulsion, where people are chased away from their homes by external pressure. In Daniel 5:21, King Nebuchadnezzar is driven from human society to live among wild animals. This vivid image shows how pride can lead to total isolation and loss of dignity.
Yet this harsh judgment serves a higher purpose. The text notes that through this exile, the king finally recognized that God rules over all kingdoms. Even in our deepest moments of displacement or fear, we can find hope. God’s sovereignty remains steady when human power crumbles around us.
How it's translated
How this word is rendered word-by-word in the 1 verses where it appears, by frequency.
- he was chased1×
Forms in the text
The inflected forms of this word as they appear in Scripture, by frequency.
- טְרִ֜יד1×
Key Verses
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Daniel 5:21
He was driven from the sons of men, and his heart was made like the animals’, and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys. He was fed with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of the sky, until he knew that the Most High God rules in the kingdom of men, and that he sets up over it whomever he will.
This verse uses the word to describe Nebuchadnezzar's forced removal from society, highlighting how divine judgment can strip away human pride to reveal God's ultimate authority.