People who moved about from place to place, having no settled abode. They lived in tents and frequented desert places

Psalms 105:12-13

Examples of nomads

Hebrews 11:8-9

The patriarchs

See also

Genesis 12:8; 13:3,15,18; 26:25; 31:25; 35:21
Deuteronomy 26:5
1 Chronicles 16:18-20
Numbers 32:13

See also

Israel during her desert wanderings

1 Chronicles 17:5-6
Genesis 4:20

The Tabernacle was designed as a place of worship during this nomadic existence.

Other nomadic peoples

Judges 4:17

Jabal

Judges 6:3

the Kenites

Habakkuk 3:7

The Midianites:

Psalms 120:5
Jeremiah 49:28-29

Kedar:

Ezekiel 25:4
Isaiah 13:20
Jeremiah 35:1-11

Arabs

Judges 8:11

The Recabites retained their nomadic ways long after Israel had settled in the land of Canaan.

Jeremiah 3:2

Desert tracks followed by nomads

1 Peter 2:11

The nomadic life as a spiritual symbol

See also

Hebrews 11:13-16
1 Peter 1:17
Matthew 8:20

Jesus Christ as a nomad

See also

5077 Abraham, character
5245 captain
5578 tents
5590 travel
7221 exodus, the
7459 tabernacle, in OT
7530 foreigners