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ن ب ذ Root n-b-dh in the Qur’an 12 occurrences in 12 verses

Occurrences
12
Verses
12
Surahs
10 of 114
Words
2

Most Arabic words are built from a root of three letters, and words from one root share a core meaning. In the Qur’an, the root ن ب ذ (n-b-dh) gives 2 words. It appears most in Al-Baqarah (2), Maryam (2), Ali 'Imran (1).

Words from this root

Meanings are the most common word-by-word translations of each word in the Qur’an.

WordTypeTimesTranslated as
نَبَذَverb10threw it away, threw away, they threw it
انتَبَذَتْverb2she withdrew

نَبَذَ 10 times

  • 2:100 · Al-Baqarahنَّبَذَهُۥ threw it awayIs it not [true] that every time they took a covenant a party of them threw it away? But, [in fact], most of them do not believe.
  • 2:101 · Al-Baqarahنَبَذَ threw awayAnd when a messenger from Allah came to them confirming that which was with them, a party of those who had been given the Scripture threw the Scripture of Allah behind their backs as if they did not know [what it contained].
  • 3:187 · Ali 'Imranفَنَبَذُوهُ Then they threw itAnd [mention, O Muhammad], when Allah took a covenant from those who were given the Scripture, [saying], "You must make it clear to the people and not conceal it." But they threw it away behind their backs and exchanged it for a small price. And wretched is that which they purchased.
  • 8:58 · Al-Anfalفَٱنۢبِذْ throw backIf you [have reason to] fear from a people betrayal, throw [their treaty] back to them, [putting you] on equal terms. Indeed, Allah does not like traitors.
  • 20:96 · Ta-Haفَنَبَذْتُهَا then threw itHe said, "I saw what they did not see, so I took a handful [of dust] from the track of the messenger and threw it, and thus did my soul entice me."
  • 28:40 · Al-Qasasفَنَبَذْنَـٰهُمْ and We threw themSo We took him and his soldiers and threw them into the sea. So see how was the end of the wrongdoers.
  • 37:145 · As-Saffat۞ فَنَبَذْنَـٰهُ But We cast himBut We threw him onto the open shore while he was ill.
  • 51:40 · Adh-Dhariyatفَنَبَذْنَـٰهُمْ and threw themSo We took him and his soldiers and cast them into the sea, and he was blameworthy.
  • 68:49 · Al-Qalamلَنُبِذَ surely he would have been thrownIf not that a favor from his Lord overtook him, he would have been thrown onto the naked shore while he was censured.
  • 104:4 · Al-Humazahلَيُنۢبَذَنَّ Surely he will be thrownNo! He will surely be thrown into the Crusher.

انتَبَذَتْ 2 times

  • 19:16 · Maryamٱنتَبَذَتْ she withdrewAnd mention, [O Muhammad], in the Book [the story of] Mary, when she withdrew from her family to a place toward the east.
  • 19:22 · Maryamفَٱنتَبَذَتْ and she withdrewSo she conceived him, and she withdrew with him to a remote place.

How we count

Each Qur’an word whose stem comes from this root counts once. Attached prefixes and pronouns, such as wa- (and) or al- (the), are not counted separately. Root and lemma data: Quranic Arabic Corpus (Kais Dukes, University of Leeds), revised by quran-morphology, GNU GPL. All sources. Verse translation: Saheeh International.

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