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נוּף H5130

H5130 is the Hebrew word נוּף, transliterated nûwph and said noof. The King James Version most often renders it wave.

Word: נוּףTransliteration: nûwphSaid: noofLanguage: HebrewIn the KJV: 34 verses

What it means

to quiver (i.e. vibrate up and down, or rock to and fro); used in a great variety of applications (including sprinkling, beckoning, rubbing, bastinadoing, sawing, waving, etc.).

Where it comes from

a primitive root.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 30 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

wave 10×waved 5×offer 3×shake 3×offered 2×if thou lift up 1×move 1×lift up 1×no man hath lift up 1×strike 1×if i have lifted up 1×didst send 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: lift up, move, offer, perfume, send, shake, sift, strike, wave.

Verses using נוּף

All 34 verses, quoted in full.

Exodus 20:25 · KJV

And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.

Exodus 29:24 · KJV

And thou shalt put all in the hands of Aaron, and in the hands of his sons; and shalt wave them for a wave offering before the LORD.

Exodus 29:26 · KJV

And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of Aaron’s consecration, and wave it for a wave offering before the LORD: and it shall be thy part.

Exodus 29:27 · KJV

And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the shoulder of the heave offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of the consecration, even of that which is for Aaron, and of that which is for his sons:

Exodus 35:22 · KJV

And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted, and brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets, all jewels of gold: and every man that offered offered an offering of gold unto the LORD.

Leviticus 7:30 · KJV

His own hands shall bring the offerings of the LORD made by fire, the fat with the breast, it shall he bring, that the breast may be waved for a wave offering before the LORD.

Leviticus 8:27 · KJV

And he put all upon Aaron’s hands, and upon his sons’ hands, and waved them for a wave offering before the LORD.

Leviticus 8:29 · KJV

And Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave offering before the LORD: for of the ram of consecration it was Moses’ part; as the LORD commanded Moses.

Leviticus 9:21 · KJV

And the breasts and the right shoulder Aaron waved for a wave offering before the LORD; as Moses commanded.

Leviticus 10:15 · KJV

The heave shoulder and the wave breast shall they bring with the offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave offering before the LORD; and it shall be thine, and thy sons’ with thee, by a statute for ever; as the LORD hath commanded.

Leviticus 14:12 · KJV

And the priest shall take one he lamb, and offer him for a trespass offering, and the log of oil, and wave them for a wave offering before the LORD:

Leviticus 14:24 · KJV

And the priest shall take the lamb of the trespass offering, and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the LORD:

Leviticus 23:11 · KJV

And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.

Leviticus 23:12 · KJV

And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the LORD.

Leviticus 23:20 · KJV

And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits for a wave offering before the LORD, with the two lambs: they shall be holy to the LORD for the priest.

Numbers 5:25 · KJV

Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the woman’s hand, and shall wave the offering before the LORD, and offer it upon the altar:

Numbers 6:20 · KJV

And the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the LORD: this is holy for the priest, with the wave breast and heave shoulder: and after that the Nazarite may drink wine.

Numbers 8:11 · KJV

And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD for an offering of the children of Israel, that they may execute the service of the LORD.

Numbers 8:13 · KJV

And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for an offering unto the LORD.

Numbers 8:15 · KJV

And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them for an offering.

Numbers 8:21 · KJV

And the Levites were purified, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them as an offering before the LORD; and Aaron made an atonement for them to cleanse them.

Deuteronomy 23:25 · KJV

When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbour, then thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbour’s standing corn.

Deuteronomy 27:5 · KJV

And there shalt thou build an altar unto the LORD thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them.

Joshua 8:31 · KJV

As Moses the servant of the LORD commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones, over which no man hath lift up any iron: and they offered thereon burnt offerings unto the LORD, and sacrificed peace offerings.

2 Kings 5:11 · KJV

But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.

Job 31:21 · KJV

If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:

Psalm 68:9 · KJV

Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.

Proverbs 7:17 · KJV

I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

Isaiah 10:15 · KJV

Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.

Isaiah 10:32 · KJV

As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.

Isaiah 11:15 · KJV

And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod.

Isaiah 13:2 · KJV

Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.

Isaiah 30:28 · KJV

And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err.

Zechariah 2:9 · KJV

For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me.

Common questions

What does Strong's H5130 mean?

H5130 is the Hebrew word נוּף (nûwph), meaning to quiver (i.e. vibrate up and down, or rock to and fro); used in a great variety of applications (including sprinkling, beckoning, rubbing, bastinadoing, sawing, waving, etc.).

How is H5130 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it wave (10 times), waved (5 times), offer (3 times), shake (3 times), offered (2 times), among others.

How many times does H5130 appear in the Bible?

נוּף (nûwph) is tagged in 34 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H5130 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.

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