Hebrew · Strong’s H5774
עוּף
ʻûwph/oof/
to fly; also (by implication of dimness) to faint (from the darkness of swooning)
Derivation:
a primitive root; to cover (with wings or obscurity); hence (as denominative from H5775 (עוֹף))
30
Times used
30
Old Testament
0
New Testament
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Words derived from it
- H5775עוֹף ʻôwpha bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively
- H6079עַפְעַף ʻaphʻaphan eyelash (as fluttering); figuratively, morning ray
- H5890עֵיפָה ʻêyphâhobscurity (as if from covering)
- H4588מָעוּף mâʻûwphdarkness
- H4155מוּעָף mûwʻâphproperly, covered, i.e. dark; abstractly, obscurity, i.e. distress
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Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890), public domain. Verse list from the Strong’s-tagged King James Version.