H5774: עוּף
ʻûwph · pronounced oof · “to fly”
Definition
to fly; also (by implication of dimness) to faint (from the darkness of swooning)
KJV translates it as: brandish, be (wax) faint, flee away, fly (away), [idiom] set, shine forth, weary.
Word origin: a primitive root; to cover (with wings or obscurity); hence (as denominative from H5775 (עוֹף))
Extended definition
1) to fly, fly about, fly away
1a)(Qal)
1a1) to fly, hover
1a2) to fly away
1b) (Hiphil) to cause to fly, light upon
1c) (Polel)
1c1) to fly about or to and fro
1c2) to cause to fly to and fro, brandish
1d) (Hithpolel) to fly away
2) (Qal) to cover, be dark
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H5774 is translated
- flying ×6
- he flew ×4
- they fly ×2
- let it fly ×1
- it flies ×1
- to fly ×1
- it will be dark ×1
- he will fly away ×1
- i want to fly away ×1
- ! ×1
- which it will fly ×1
- do you cause to fly ×1
Bible verses with H5774 (ʻûwph)
ʻûwph appears in 25 verses.
- Genesis 1:20
And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
- Deuteronomy 4:17
The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air,
- 2 Samuel 22:11
And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.
- Job 5:7
Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
- Job 11:17
And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
- Job 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.
- Psalms 18:10
And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
- Psalms 55:6
And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.
- Psalms 90:10
The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
- Psalms 91:5
Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
- Proverbs 23:5
Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
- Proverbs 26:2
As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.
- Isaiah 6:2
Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
- Isaiah 6:6
Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:
- Isaiah 11:14
But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.
- Isaiah 14:29
Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent’s root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.
- Isaiah 30:6
The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.
- Isaiah 31:5
As birds flying, so will the Lord of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.
- Isaiah 60:8
Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?
- Ezekiel 32:10
Yea, I will make many people 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.
- Hosea 9:11
As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception.
- Nahum 3:16
Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and flieth away.
- Habakkuk 1:8
Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat.
- Zechariah 5:1
Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll.
- Zechariah 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.