עוּף
ʻûwph · oof
to fly; also (by implication of dimness) to faint (from the darkness of swooning)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root; to cover (with wings or obscurity); hence (as denominative from H5775 (עוֹף))
to fly; also (by implication of dimness) to faint (from the darkness of swooning)
- to fly
- also, (by implication of dimness) to faint (from the darkness of swooning)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: brandish, be (wax) faint, flee away, fly (away), [idiom] set, shine forth, weary.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › to fasten and establish › to speak, the word
To see and know that works to fasten and establish that works to speak, the word.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עוּף above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
26 occurrences · 26 OT · 0 NT · 24 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- flying3 · 10%
- that flieth2 · 6%
- and did fly2 · 6%
- wilt thou set2 · 6%
- they fly away2 · 6%
- that may fly1 · 3%
- and weary1 · 3%
- were faint1 · 3%
- faint1 · 3%
- waxed faint1 · 3%
- fly1 · 3%
- thou shalt shine forth1 · 3%
- he shall fly away1 · 3%
- for then would i fly away1 · 3%
- and we fly away1 · 3%
- by flying1 · 3%
- he did fly1 · 3%
- then flew1 · 3%
- but they shall fly1 · 3%
- who are these that fly1 · 3%
- for thee, when i shall brandish1 · 3%
- shall fly away1 · 3%
- and flieth away1 · 3%
- they shall fly1 · 3%
- and behold a flying1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.