עוֹף
ʻôwph · ofe
{a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively}
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H5775 (עוֹף)
{a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively}
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: fowl.
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 עוֹף 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
2 occurrences · 2 OT · 0 NT · 2 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and the fowls1 · 50%
- of a fowl1 · 50%
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.