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Lexicon :: Strong's H7363 - rāḥap̄

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רָחַף
Transliteration
rāḥap̄
Pronunciation
raw-khaf'
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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.
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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 - Now the eretz was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep. God's Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:11 - As an eagle that stirs up her nest, That flutters over her young, He spread abroad his wings, he took them, He bore them on his feathers.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:9 - Concerning the prophets. My heart within me is broken, all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine has overcome, because of the LORD, and because of his holy words.
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