[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/driven.html)

[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/) / driven

[← D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/D/)

# driven

«driven» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a form of drive: to make a car, bus or train move and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (drive, drives, drove, driven, driving); adjective (driven = very keen to succeed)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Driven is a form of drive: to make a car, bus or train move and steer it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/driven/#m1)

2) Driven means taken somewhere in a car: «she was driven to school». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/driven/#m2)

3) Driven means pushed or moved by something: «a wind-driven mill». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/driven/#m3)

4) A driven person works very hard to reach a goal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/driven/#m4)

5) Forced into a state, as when grief drives someone mad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/driven/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Means forced out or pushed away, like enemies driven from the land or lost animals driven off. In poems it is also used for a leaf blown by wind or a wicked person chased from the world. Interpretation: The law of returning a lost animal teaches that one must not ignore a neighbor's loss. Job's "driven leaf" shows a person feeling weak and helpless before God. In the primary lessons: distance travelled by car: miles driven, speed × time; in science: machines driven by electricity, wind or water; in everyday life and safety: wear a seat belt whenever you are driven anywhere; in stories: a driven hero who never gives up

### examples

- and every armed man of you will pass over the Jordan before the LORD, until He hath driven out His enemies from before Him, (Torah NUM.32.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/driven/#x1)
- Not so; go now ye that are men, and serve the LORD; for that is what ye desire.' And they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence. (Torah EXO.10.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/driven/#x2)
- Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep driven away, and hide thyself from them; thou shalt surely bring them back unto thy brother. (Torah DEU.22.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/driven/#x3)
- Wilt Thou harass a driven leaf? (Writings JOB.13.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/driven/#x4)
- He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world. (Writings JOB.18.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/driven/#x5)
- Thy holy people they have well nigh driven out, our adversaries have trodden down Thy sanctuary. (Prophets ISA.63.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/driven/#x6)
- He has driven 120 miles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/driven/#x7)
- The car is driven 40 miles a day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/driven/#x8)
- How far had she driven after 3 hours? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/driven/#x9)
- They have driven half the way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/driven/#x10)
- We were driven to the airport by Uncle Joe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/driven/#x11)
- The old mill was driven by the river. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/driven/#x12)
- She is a driven player who trains every day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/driven/#x13)
- Have you ever driven a go-kart? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/driven/#x14)

### note

Distance done; distance left = whole trip − driven. Irregular: drive, drove, (has) driven. Not «drived». Use «driven» after «has/have/had» or «was/were».

### In the corpora

- [Thy holy people they have well nigh driven out, our adversaries have trodden down Thy sanctuary.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1362/)
- [The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vapour driven to and fro; they that seek them seek death.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.594/)
- [Is it that I have no help in me, and that sound wisdom is driven quite from me?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.130/)
- [Wilt Thou harass a driven leaf?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.336/)
- [He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.463/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «driven» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/driven/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.