Search Bible
Click for Help   Click for QuickNav   Click for Advanced Search Options
Search NASB20
Your Bible Version is the NASB20
Go to Top
Link to This Page Cite This Page
Share this page Follow the BLB
Printable Page
 
 
Left Context Bar Edge 1Left Context Bar BackgroundLeft Context Bar Edge 2Previous Strongs NumberCopy VersesCopy OptionsShow StrongsRed Letter OnNext Strongs NumberRight Context Bar Edge 2Right Context Bar BackgroundRight Context Bar Edge 1
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's H7363 - rāḥap̄

Choose a new font size and typeface
רָחַף
Transliteration
rāḥap̄
Pronunciation
raw-khaf'
Listen
Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2148,2149

Strong’s Definitions

רָחַף râchaph, raw-khaf'; a primitive root; to brood; by implication, to be relaxed:—flutter, move, shake.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's H7363 in the following manner: shake (1x), move (1x), flutter (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's H7363 in the following manner: shake (1x), move (1x), flutter (1x).
  1. (Qal) to grow soft, relax

  2. (Piel) to hover

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רָחַף râchaph, raw-khaf'; a primitive root; to brood; by implication, to be relaxed:—flutter, move, shake.
STRONGS H7363: Abbreviations
† I. [רָחַף] verb grow soft, relax (compare Arabic bdb093403 be soft); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person plural רָֽחֲפוּ Jeremiah 23:9 (bones of one appalled).

II. רָחַף verb Pi. hover (Late Hebrew id., compare GrünbaumZMG xxxix (1885), 607; Syriac Pa. bdb093404 move Gently, also cherish, and brood, compare Theson verse; connection with I. ר׳ dubious); —
Pi. Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יְרַחֵף עַל Deuteronomy 32:11 (poem) of vulture hovering over young; Participle הַמָּ֑יִם עַל־פְּנֵי מְרַחֶפֶת א׳ רוּחַ Genesis 1:2 (P); hovering over face of waters, or perhaps (see Syriac) brooding (and fertilizing), so JerQuaest. in Gen. ed. Lag. 4 (reading 'marahaefeth), compare Di Gunk.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:2

Deuteronomy

32:11

Jeremiah

23:9

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7363 matches the Hebrew רָחַף (rāḥap̄),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:2 - And the earth was a [fn]formless and desolate emptiness, and darkness was over the [fn]surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering H7363 over the [fn]surface of the waters.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:11 - “As an eagle stirs up its nest,
And hovers H7363 over its young,
He spread His wings, He caught them,
He carried them on His pinions.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:9 - As for the prophets:
My heart is broken within me,
All my bones tremble H7363;
I have become like a drunken man,
And like a man overcome by wine,
Because of the LORD
And because of His holy words.
BLB Searches
Search the Bible
Search NASB20
 [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
Search NASB20

Let's Connect
x
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan


Donate Contact

Blue Letter Bible study tools make reading, searching and studying the Bible easy and rewarding.

Blue Letter Bible is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization