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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 - And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:17 - the likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flieth in the heavens,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:21 - Then Jael Heber’s wife took a tent-pin, and took a hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the pin into his temples, and it pierced through into the ground; for he was in a deep sleep; so he swooned and died.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:28 - Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth food this day. And the people were faint.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:31 - And they smote of the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon. And the people were very faint;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 21:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:15 - And the Philistines had war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines. And David waxed faint;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:11 -
And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly;
Yea, he was seen upon the wings of the wind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:7 -
But man is born unto trouble,
As the sparks fly upward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:17 -
And thy life shall be clearer than the noonday;
Though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:8 -
He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found:
Yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:10 -
And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly;
Yea, he soared upon the wings of the wind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:6 -
And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove!
Then would I fly away, and be at rest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 90:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:10 -
The days of our years are threescore years and ten,
Or even by reason of strength fourscore years;
Yet is their pride but labor and sorrow;
For it is soon gone, and we fly away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:5 -
Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night,
Nor for the arrow that flieth by day;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:5 -
Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not?
For riches certainly make themselves wings,
Like an eagle that flieth toward heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:2 -
As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying,
So the curse that is causeless alighteth not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:2 - Above him stood the seraphim: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:6 - Then flew one of the seraphim unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:14 - And they shall fly down upon the shoulder of the Philistines on the west; together shall they despoil the children of the east: they shall put forth their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:29 - Rejoice not, O Philistia, all of thee, because the rod that smote thee is broken; for out of the serpent’s root shall come forth an adder, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:6 - The burden of the beasts of the South. Through the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the lioness and the lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the humps of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 31:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:5 - As birds hovering, so will Jehovah of hosts protect Jerusalem; he will protect and deliver it, he will pass over and preserve it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:8 - Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 32:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:10 - Yea, I will make many peoples amazed at thee, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for thee, when I shall brandish my sword before them; and they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of thy fall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:11 - As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird: there shall be no birth, and none with child, and no conception.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:16 - Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the canker-worm ravageth, and fleeth away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:8 - Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves; and their horsemen press proudly on: yea, their horsemen come from far; they fly as an eagle that hasteth to devour.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:1 - Then again I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, a flying roll.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:2 - And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.
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