What does עוּף mean in the Bible?
עוּף is a Hebrew word meaning "to fly ; also (by implication of dimness) to faint (from the darkness of swooning)".
Hebrew · H5774
עוּף
To fly ; also (by implication of dimness) to faint (from the darkness of swooning)
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עוּף H5774
What does עוּף mean in the Bible?
עוּף is a Hebrew word meaning "to fly ; also (by implication of dimness) to faint (from the darkness of swooning)".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H5774?
The BSB source-word alignment has 26 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include a flying (2), and flew (2), fly (2), and a flying (1), and flies (1).
Where does עוּף appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 1:20. Its strongest book concentrations include Isaiah (7), Psalms (4), Job (3), Proverbs (3).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It a flying 2× Zechariah 5:1, Zechariah 5:2
and flew 2× 2 Samuel 22:11, Psalms 18:10
fly 2× Genesis 1:20, Job 5:7
and a flying 1× Isaiah 14:29
and flies 1× Proverbs 23:5
and flies away 1× Nahum 3:16
and flying 1× Isaiah 30:6
and we fly away 1× Psalms 90:10
flew 1× Isaiah 6:6
flies 1× Deuteronomy 4:17
He will fly away 1× Job 20:8
hovering overhead 1× Isaiah 31:5
I would fly away 1× Psalms 55:6
its darkness 1× Job 11:17
or darting 1× Proverbs 26:2
that flies 1× Psalms 91:5
They fly 1× Habakkuk 1:8
they were flying 1× Isaiah 6:2
They will swoop down 1× Isaiah 11:14
when I brandish 1× Ezekiel 32:10
When you glance 1× Proverbs 23:5
who fly 1× Isaiah 60:8
will fly away 1× Hosea 9:11
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 1:20 יְעוֹפֵ֣ף to fly Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Deuteronomy 4:17 תָּע֖וּף to flies Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular 2 Samuel 22:11 וַיָּעֹ֑ף to and flew Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Job 5:7 עֽוּף׃ to fly Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Job 11:17 תָּ֝עֻ֗פָה to its darkness Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - third person feminine singular Job 20:8 יָ֭עוּף to He will fly away Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Psalms 18:10 וַיָּעֹ֑ף to and flew Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Psalms 55:6 אָע֥וּפָה to I would fly away Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular Psalms 90:10 וַנָּעֻֽפָה׃ to and we fly away Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common plural | third person feminine singular Psalms 91:5 יָע֥וּף to that flies Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 1:20
Aligned rows 26
Books represented 12
Genesis 1 Deuteronomy 1 2 Samuel 1 Job 3 Psalms 4 Proverbs 3 Isaiah 7 Ezekiel 1 Hosea 1 Nahum 1 Habakkuk 1 Zechariah 2
Source forms
וַיָּעֹ֑ף 2x way·yā·‘ōp̄ 2 Samuel 22:11, Psalms 18:10
אָע֥וּפָה 1x ’ā·‘ū·p̄āh Psalms 55:6
בְּעוֹפְפִ֥י 1x bə·‘ō·wp̄·p̄î Ezekiel 32:10
הֲתָעוּף 1x hă·ṯå̄·ʿūp̄ Proverbs 23:5
וַיָּ֣עָף 1x way·yā·‘āp̄ Isaiah 6:6
וַיָּעֹֽף׃ 1x way·yā·‘ōp̄ Nahum 3:16
וַנָּעֻֽפָה׃ 1x wan·nā·‘u·p̄āh Psalms 90:10
וְעָיֵף 1x wə·ʿå̄·yēp̄ Proverbs 23:5
Parsing patterns
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular 4x 2 Samuel 22:11, Psalms 18:10, Isaiah 6:6, Nahum 3:16
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular 3x Job 20:8, Psalms 91:5, Proverbs 23:5
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular 2x Genesis 1:20, Isaiah 6:2
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular 2x Isaiah 14:29, Isaiah 30:6
Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular 2x Zechariah 5:1, Zechariah 5:2
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural 1x Isaiah 11:14
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common plural | third person feminine singular 1x Psalms 90:10
Preposition-b | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | first person common singular 1x Ezekiel 32:10
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. to fly ; also (by implication of dimness) to faint (from the darkness of swooning)
Source Gloss
to fly ; also (by implication of dimness) to faint (from the darkness of swooning)
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
to fly; also (by implication of dimness) to faint (from the darkness of swooning) BDB: fly Usage: brandish, be (wax) faint, flee away, fly (away), × set, shine forth, weary.
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 3 Aligned forms 16
Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 11×
Imperfect Job 20:8 · Prov 23:5 · Ps 91:5 · Deut 4:17 · Hab 1:8 · Isa 60:8 6×
Participle active Isa 31:5 · Zech 5:1 · Zech 5:2 3×
Infinitive construct Job 5:7 1×
Cohortative Ps 55:7 1×
Polel 4×
Imperfect Gen 1:20 · Isa 6:2 2×
Participle active Isa 14:29 · Isa 30:6 2×
Hithpolel 1×
Imperfect Hos 9:11 1×
Word Origins
עוּף is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain