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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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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 30 times in 29 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:20 - Then God H430 said, H559 “Let the waters H4325 [fn]teem H8317 with swarms H8318 of living H2416 creatures, H5315 and let birds H5775 fly H5774 above H5921 the earth H776 [fn]in the open H6440 [fn]expanse H7549 of the heavens.” H8064

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:17 - the likeness H8403 of any H3605 animal H929 that is on the earth, H776 the likeness H8403 of any H3605 winged H3671 bird H6833 that flies H5774 in the sky, H8064

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:21 - But Jael, H3278 Heber’s H2268 wife, H802 took H3947 a tent H168 peg H3489 and [fn]seized H7760 a hammer H4717 in her hand, H3027 and went H935 secretly H3909 to him and drove H8628 the peg H3489 into his temple, H7541 and it went H6795 through H6795 into the ground; H776 for he was sound H7290 asleep H7290 and exhausted. H5888 So he died. H4191

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:28 - Then one H376 of the people H5971 said, H559 “Your father H1 strictly H7650 put H7650 the people H5971 under H7650 oath, H7650 saying, H559 ‘Cursed H779 be the man H376 who H834 eats H398 food H3899 today.’” H3117 And the people H5971 were weary. H5888

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:31 - They struck H5221 among the Philistines H6430 that day H3117 from Michmash H4363 to Aijalon. H357 And the people H5971 were very H3966 weary. H5888

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:15 - Now when the Philistines H6430 were at war H4421 again H5750 with Israel, H3478 David H1732 went H3381 down H3381 and his servants H5650 with him; and as they fought H3898 against H854 the Philistines, H6430 David H1732 became H5888 weary. H5888

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:11 - “And He rode H7392 on a cherub H3742 and flew; H5774
And He [fn]appeared H7200 on the wings H3671 of the wind. H7307

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:7 - For man H120 is born H3205 for trouble, H5999
As sparks H1121 H7565 fly H5774 upward. H1361

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:17 - “Your [fn]life H2465 would be [fn]brighter H6965 than H4480 noonday; H6672
Darkness H5774 would be like the morning. H1242

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:8 - “He flies H5774 away H5774 like a dream, H2472 and they cannot H3808 find H4672 him;
Even like a vision H2384 of the night H3915 he is chased H5074 away. H5074

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:10 - He rode H7392 upon a cherub H3742 and flew; H5774
And He sped H1675 upon the wings H3671 of the wind. H7307

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:6 - I said, H559 “Oh, H4310 H5414 that I had H5414 wings H83 like a dove! H3123
I would fly H5774 away H5774 and [fn]be at rest. H7931

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:10 - As for the days H3117 of our [fn]life, H8141 [fn]they contain seventy H7657 years, H8141
Or if H518 due to strength, H1369 eighty H8084 years, H8141
Yet their pride H7296 is but labor H5999 and sorrow; H205
For soon H2440 it is gone H1468 and we fly H5774 away. H5774

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:5 - You will not be afraid H3372 of the terror H6343 by night, H3915
Or of the arrow H2671 that flies H5774 by day; H3119

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:5 - [fn]When you set H5774 your eyes H5869 on it, it is gone. H369
For wealth certainly H6213 makes H6213 itself wings H3671
Like an eagle H5404 that flies H5774 toward the heavens. H8064

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:2 - Like a sparrow H6833 in its [fn]flitting, H5110 like a swallow H1866 in its flying, H5774
So H3651 a curse H7045 without H2600 cause H2600 does not [fn]alight. H935

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:2 - Seraphim H8314 stood H5975 above H4605 Him, each H259 having six H8337 wings: H3671 with two H8147 he covered H3680 his face, H6440 and with two H8147 he covered H3680 his feet, H7272 and with two H8147 he flew. H5774

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:6 - Then one H259 of the seraphim H8314 flew H5774 to me with a burning H7531 coal H7531 in his hand, H3027 which he had taken H3947 from the altar H4196 with tongs. H4457

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:14 - They will swoop H5774 down H5774 on the slopes H3802 of the Philistines H6430 on the west; H3220
Together H3162 they will plunder H962 the sons H1121 of the east; H6924
[fn]They will possess H4916 H3027 Edom H123 and Moab, H4124
And the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 will be [fn]subject H4928 to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:29 - “Do not rejoice, H8055 O Philistia, H6429 all H3605 of you,
Because H3588 the rod H7626 that struck H5221 you is broken; H7665
For from the serpent’s H5175 root H8328 a viper H6848 will come H3318 out,
And its fruit H6529 will be a flying H5774 serpent. H8314

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:6 - The [fn]oracle H4853 concerning the beasts H929 of the Negev. H5045
Through a land H776 of distress H6869 and anguish, H6695
From [fn]where H1992 come lioness H3833 and lion, H3918 viper H660 and flying H5774 serpent, H8314
They carry H5375 their riches H2428 on the [fn]backs H3802 of young H5895 donkeys H5895
And their treasures H214 on camels’ H1581 humps, H1707
To a people H5971 who cannot H3808 profit H3276 them;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:5 - Like [fn]flying H5774 birds H6833 so H3651 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 will protect H1598 Jerusalem. H3389
He will protect H1598 and deliver H5337 it;
He will pass H6452 over H6452 and rescue H4422 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:8 - “Who H4310 are these H428 who fly H5774 like a cloud H5645
And like the doves H3123 to their [fn]lattices? H699

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:10 - “I will make H8074 many H7227 peoples H5971 appalled H8074 at you, and their kings H4428 will be horribly H8178 afraid H8175 of you when I brandish H5774 My sword H2719 before H5921 H6440 them; and they will tremble H2729 every moment, H7281 every H376 man H376 for his own life, H5315 on the day H3117 of your fall.” H4658

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:11 - As for Ephraim, H669 their glory H3519 will fly H5774 away H5774 like a bird H5775—
No H4480 birth, H3205 no H4480 pregnancy H990 and no H4480 conception! H2032

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:16 - You have increased H7235 your traders H7402 more H4480 than H4480 the stars H3556 of heaven H8064—
The creeping H3218 locust H3218 [fn]strips H6584 and flies H5774 away. H5774

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:8 - “Their horses H5483 are swifter H7043 than H4480 leopards H5246
And [fn]keener H2300 than H4480 wolves H2061 in the evening. H6153
Their [fn]horsemen H6571 come H935 galloping, H6335
Their horsemen H6571 come H935 from afar; H7350
They fly H5774 like an eagle H5404 swooping H2363 down to devour. H398

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:1 - Then I lifted H5375 up my eyes H5869 again H7725 and looked, H7200 and behold, H2009 there was a flying H5774 scroll. H4039

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:2 - And he said H559 to me, “What H4100 do you see?” H7200 And I answered, H559 “I see H7200 a flying H5774 scroll; H4039 its length H753 is twenty H6242 [fn]cubits H520 and its width H7341 ten H6235 cubits.” H520
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