Wander
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]
for which see Deceit , C, No. 6, is translated "to wander" in Hebrews 11:38 , Passive Voice, lit., "were made to wander."
1—Timothy 5:13 Hebrews 11:37Go
"a wanderer" (Eng., "planet"), is used metaphorically in Jude 1:13 , of the evil teachers there mentioned as "wandering (stars)." In the Sept., Hosea 9:17 .
King James Dictionary [2]
Wander, G to wander, to walk, to change, exchange or transform.
1. To rove to ramble here and there without any certain course or object in view as, to wander over the fields to wander about the town, or about the country. Men may sometimes wander for amusement or exercise. Persons sometimes wander because they have no home and are wretched, and sometimes because they have no occupation.
They wandered about in sheep-skins and goat-skins. Hebrews 11 .
He wandereth abroad for bread. Job 15 .
He was wandering in the field. Genesis 37 .
2. To leave home to depart to migrate.
When God caused me to wander from my fathers house-- Genesis 20 .
3. To depart from the subject in discussion as, to wander from the point. 4. In a moral sense, to stray to deviate to depart from duty or rectitude.
O let me not wander from they commandments. Psalms 119 .
5. To be delirious not to be under the guidance of reason as, the mind wanders.
Wander To travel over without a certain course.
Wandring many a famous realm. Elliptical.
Webster's Dictionary [3]
(1): ( v. t.) To travel over without a certain course; to traverse; to stroll through.
(2): ( v. i.) To go away; to depart; to stray off; to deviate; to go astray; as, a writer wanders from his subject.
(3): ( v. i.) To ramble here and there without any certain course or with no definite object in view; to range about; to stroll; to rove; as, to wander over the fields.
(4): ( v. i.) To be delirious; not to be under the guidance of reason; to rave; as, the mind wanders.
