H7779: שׁוּף
shûwph · pronounced shoof · “to bruise”
Definition
properly, to gape, i.e. snap at; figuratively, to overwhelm
KJV translates it as: break, bruise, cover.
Word origin: a primitive root;
Extended definition
1) to bruise, crush, gape upon, desire?, seize?, strike out?
1a) (Qal) to fall upon, bruise
1a) (Qal) to fall upon, bruise
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H7779 is translated
- me ×2
- you ×1
- him ×1
Bible verses with H7779 (shûwph)
Shûwph appears in 3 verses.
- Genesis 3:15
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
- Job 9:17
For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
- Psalms 139:11
If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.