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Lexicon :: Strong's H5774 - ʿûp̄

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עוּף
Transliteration
ʿûp̄
Pronunciation
oof
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Part of Speech
feminine noun, verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1582,1583,158

Strong’s Definitions

עוּף ʻûwph, oof; a primitive root; to cover (with wings or obscurity); hence (as denominative from H5775) to fly; also (by implication of dimness) to faint (from the darkness of swooning):—brandish, be (wax) faint, flee away, fly (away), × set, shine forth, weary.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 32x

The KJV translates Strong's H5774 in the following manner: fly (17x), (fly, flee...) away (6x), faint (3x), brandish (1x), shine forth (1x), set (1x), weary (1x), variant (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 32x
The KJV translates Strong's H5774 in the following manner: fly (17x), (fly, flee...) away (6x), faint (3x), brandish (1x), shine forth (1x), set (1x), weary (1x), variant (2x).
verb

  1. to fly, fly about, fly away

    1. (Qal)

      1. to fly, hover

      2. to fly away

    2. (Hiphil) to cause to fly, light upon

    3. (Polel)

      1. to fly about or to and fro

      2. to cause to fly to and fro, brandish

    4. (Hithpolel) to fly away

  2. (Qal) to cover, be dark

    feminine noun

  3. gloom

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עוּף ʻûwph, oof; a primitive root; to cover (with wings or obscurity); hence (as denominative from H5775) to fly; also (by implication of dimness) to faint (from the darkness of swooning):—brandish, be (wax) faint, flee away, fly (away), × set, shine forth, weary.
STRONGS H5774: Abbreviations
† I. עוּף verb fly (Late Hebrew id., (rare) flicker, flutter, עוֺף fowl; Aramaic עוֺפָא, bdb073301 id.; Ethiopic bdb073302 id.; Arabic bdb073303 augury, from birds (compare WeHeid. 2, 202), fortune, bdb073304, bdb073305 practice augury, bdb073306 augur; also bdb073307, bdb073308 fly about, of birds); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine plural וְעָפוּ consecutive Isaiah 11:14; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יָעוּף Job 20:8; Psalm 91:5 + Proverbs 23:5b Qr (> Kt ועוף [van d. H.], or ועיף [Ginsb]); וַיָּעֹ֑ף 2 Samuel 22:11 = Psalm 18:11 [Psalm 18:10]; Nahum 3:16, וַיָּ֫עָף Isaiah 6:6; 3rd person feminine singular (הֲ)תָעוּף Proverbs 23:5a Kt (see below); 3rd person feminine plural תְּעוּפֶינָה Isaiah 60:8, etc.; Infinitive construct עוּף Job 5:7; Proverbs 26:2; Participle feminine singular עָפָה Zechariah 5:1, Zechariah 5:2; plural עָפוֺת Isaiah 31:5; —
1.
a. fly, of birds Deuteronomy 4:17, specifically of swallow (in simile) Proverbs 26:2 (|| נוּד); of seraph Isaiah 6:6 (compare Pō`l.); י׳ riding (רכב) on cherub 2 Samuel 22:11 = Psalm 18:11 [Psalm 18:10]; roll (in vision) Zechariah 5:1, Zechariah 5:2; arrow Psalm 91:5; of swift army Isaiah 11:14 (under figure of bird, followed by בְּכָתֵף) Habakkuk 1:8 (simile of vulture); figurative of ships (like cloud, or doves) Isaiah 60:8; בְּנֵירֶֿשֶׁף יַגְבִּיהוּ עוּף Job 5:7 make high to fly, i.e. make their flight high, soar aloft (simile of irresistible tendency).
b. hover (protectingly) Isaiah 31:5 (birds, simile of י׳; on sense compare Deuteronomy 32:11).
2. fly away, to a distance, Psalm 55:7 [Psalm 55:6] (figurative; || אַרְחִיק נְדֹד Psalm 55:8 [Psalm 55:7]); = vanish, of locusts Nahum 1:16 (figurative); כְּנֶשֶׁר יָעוּף הַשָּׁמַיִם Proverbs 23:5b (Qr) simile of riches (see Toy); of wicked Job 20:8 (כַּחֲלוֺם); end of life, in general, וַנָּעֻ֑פָה Psalm 90:10. — הֲתָעוּף Proverbs 23:5a Kt, do thine eyes fly (light) upon it? (הֲתָעִיף Hiph. Qr dost thou cause thine eyes to fly, etc. ?) is difficult, and line perhaps not original (see Toy).
Pō`l.
1. fly about, to and fro; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יְעוֺפֵף of birds Genesis 1:20 (P); seraphim Isaiah 6:2; Participle שָׂרָף מְעוֺפֵף flying fiery serpent Isaiah 14:29; Isaiah 30:6.
2. cause to fly to and fro, brandish, Infinitive construct suffix בְּעוֺפְפִי חַרְבִּי Ezekiel 32:10 when I brandish my sword before them.
Hithpō'l Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular כָּעוֺף יִתְעוֺפֵף כְּבוֺדָם Hosea 9:11 like a bird their glory shall fly away.
Hiph. Imperfect 2nd person masculine singular Qr, see Qal near the end

See related Aramaic BDB entry H5776.

† II. [עוּף], I. [עִיף] verb be dark; — only
Qal Imperfect 2nd person masculine singular תָּעֻ֫פָה Job 11:17 (though) it be dark, but read probably תְּעֻפָה, substantive, see below

II. [עִיף] verb be faint (compare Syriac bdb074601 3, PS2835; || form of יעף which see; occurrences dubious); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person feminine singular עָֽיְפָה נַפְשִׁי לְ [H5888 Jeremiah 4:31] (? read עֲיֵפָה); Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular וַיָּ֫עַף Judges 4:21 (< וְיָעֵף GFM Bu), 1 Samuel 14:28 (strike out We Bu Kit Löhr, emendation HPS), 1 Samuel 14:31 (read וַיִּעַף [√ יעף] Buhl HPS), 2 Samuel 21:15 (corrupt, HPS; for Philistine name We Dr Bu Kit).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:20

Deuteronomy

4:17; 32:11

Judges

4:21

1 Samuel

14:28; 14:31

2 Samuel

21:15; 22:11; 22:11

Job

5:7; 5:7; 11:17; 20:8; 20:8

Psalms

18:10; 18:10; 55:6; 55:7; 90:10; 91:5; 91:5

Proverbs

23:5; 23:5; 23:5; 23:5; 26:2; 26:2

Isaiah

6:2; 6:6; 6:6; 11:14; 11:14; 14:29; 30:6; 31:5; 31:5; 60:8; 60:8

Ezekiel

32:10

Hosea

9:11

Nahum

3:16

Habakkuk

1:8

Zechariah

5:1; 5:1; 5:2; 5:2

H5774

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Strong's Number H5774 matches the Hebrew עוּף (ʿûp̄),
which occurs 32 times in 29 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:20 - God said, "Let the water swarm with swarms of living creatures and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky."

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:17 - any kind of land animal, any bird that flies in the sky,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:21 - Then Jael wife of Heber took a tent peg in one hand and a hammer in the other. She crept up on him, drove the tent peg through his temple into the ground while he was asleep from exhaustion, and he died.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:28 - Then someone from the army informed him, "Your father put the army under a strict oath saying, 'Cursed be the man who eats food today!' That is why the army is tired."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:31 - On that day the army struck down the Philistines from Micmash to Aijalon, and they became very tired.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 21:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:15 - Another battle was fought between the Philistines and Israel. So David went down with his soldiers and fought the Philistines. David became exhausted.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:11 - He mounted a winged angel and flew; he glided on the wings of the wind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:7 - but people are born to trouble, as surely as the sparks fly upward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:17 - And life will be brighter than the noonday; though there be darkness, it will be like the morning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:8 - Like a dream he flies away, never again to be found, and like a vision of the night he is put to flight.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:10 - He mounted a winged angel and flew; he glided on the wings of the wind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:6 - I say, "I wish I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and settle in a safe place!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 90:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:10 - The days of our lives add up to seventy years, or eighty, if one is especially strong. But even one's best years are marred by trouble and oppression. Yes, they pass quickly and we fly away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 91:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:5 - You need not fear the terrors of the night, the arrow that flies by day,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:5 - When you gaze upon riches, they are gone, for they surely make wings for themselves, and fly off into the sky like an eagle!

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:2 - Like a fluttering bird or like a flying swallow, so a curse without cause does not come to rest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:2 - Seraphs stood over him; each one had six wings. With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and they used the remaining two to fly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:6 - But then one of the seraphs flew toward me. In his hand was a hot coal he had taken from the altar with tongs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:14 - They will swoop down on the Philistine hills to the west; together they will loot the people of the east. They will take over Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites will be their subjects.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:29 - Don't be so happy, all you Philistines, just because the club that beat you has been broken! For a viper will grow out of the serpent's root, and its fruit will be a darting adder.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:6 - This is a message about the animals in the Negev: Through a land of distress and danger, inhabited by lionesses and roaring lions, by snakes and darting adders, they transport their wealth on the backs of donkeys, their riches on the humps of camels, to a nation that cannot help them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 31:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:5 - Just as birds hover over a nest, so the LORD who commands armies will protect Jerusalem. He will protect and deliver it; as he passes over he will rescue it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:8 - Who are these who float along like a cloud, who fly like doves to their shelters?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 32:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:10 - I will shock many peoples with you, and their kings will shiver with horror because of you. When I brandish my sword before them, every moment each one will tremble for his life, on the day of your fall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:11 - Ephraim will be like a bird; what they value will fly away. They will not bear children - they will not enjoy pregnancy - they will not even conceive!

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:16 - Increase your merchants more than the stars of heaven! They are like the young locust which sheds its skin and flies away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:8 - Their horses are faster than leopards and more alert than wolves in the desert. Their horses gallop, their horses come a great distance; like a vulture they swoop down quickly to devour their prey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:1 - Then I turned to look, and there was a flying scroll!

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:2 - Someone asked me, "What do you see?" I replied, "I see a flying scroll thirty feet long and fifteen feet wide."
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