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עוּף H5774

H5774 is the Hebrew word עוּף, transliterated ʻûwph and said oof. The King James Version most often renders it fly.

Word: עוּףTransliteration: ʻûwphSaid: oofLanguage: HebrewIn the KJV: 26 verses

What it means

to fly; also (by implication of dimness) to faint (from the darkness of swooning).

Where it comes from

a primitive root; to cover (with wings or obscurity); hence (as denominative from H5775 (עוֹף)).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 29 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

fly 7×fly away 5×flying 5×flieth 2×faint 2×wilt thou set 2×weary 1×waxed faint 1×shine forth 1×flew 1×brandish 1×behold a flying 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: brandish, be (wax) faint, flee away, fly (away), [idiom] set, shine forth, weary.

Verses using עוּף

All 26 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 1:20 · KJV

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 · KJV

The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air,

Judges 4:21 · KJV

Then Jael Heber’s wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.

1 Samuel 14:28 · KJV

Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food this day. And the people were faint.

1 Samuel 14:31 · KJV

And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were very faint.

2 Samuel 21:15 · KJV

Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines: and David waxed faint.

2 Samuel 22:11 · KJV

And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.

Job 5:7 · KJV

Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

Job 11:17 · KJV

And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday: thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.

Job 20:8 · KJV

He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.

Psalm 18:10 · KJV

And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.

Psalm 55:6 · KJV

And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.

Psalm 91:5 · KJV

Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;

Proverbs 23:5 · KJV

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 · KJV

As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.

Isaiah 6:6 · KJV

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 · KJV

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 · KJV

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 · KJV

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 · KJV

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 · KJV

Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?

Ezekiel 32:10 · KJV

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 · KJV

As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception.

Habakkuk 1:8 · KJV

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 · KJV

Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll.

Zechariah 5:2 · KJV

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.

Common questions

What does Strong's H5774 mean?

H5774 is the Hebrew word עוּף (ʻûwph), meaning to fly; also (by implication of dimness) to faint (from the darkness of swooning).

How is H5774 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it fly (7 times), fly away (5 times), flying (5 times), flieth (2 times), faint (2 times), among others.

How many times does H5774 appear in the Bible?

עוּף (ʻûwph) is tagged in 26 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H5774 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root; to cover (with wings or obscurity); hence (as denominative from H5775 (עוֹף)).

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