Occurrences
ʻûwph occurs 28 times in 27 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Deuteronomy (1), Judges (1), 2 Samuel (2), Job (3), Psalms (4), Proverbs (2), Isaiah (7), Ezekiel (1), Hosea (1), Nahum (1), Habakkuk (1), Zechariah (2)
- Genesis 1:20 — And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly (יְעוֹפֵ֣ף) above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
- Deuteronomy 4:17 — The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth (תָּע֖וּף) in the air,
- Judges 4:21 — 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.
- 2 Samuel 21:15 — 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 — And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly (וַיָּעֹ֑ף): and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.
- Job 5:7 — Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly (עֽוּף) upward.
- Job 11:17 — And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth (תָּ֝עֻ֗פָה), thou shalt be as the morning.
- Job 20:8 — He shall fly away (יָ֭עוּף) as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
- Psalms 18:10 — And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly (וַיָּעֹ֑ף): yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
- Psalms 55:6 — And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away (אָע֥וּפָה), and be at rest.
- Psalms 90:10 — The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away (וַנָּעֻֽפָה).
- Psalms 91:5 — Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth (יָע֥וּף) by day;
- Proverbs 23:5 — Wilt thou set (יָע֥וּף) thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
- Proverbs 23:5 — Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away (הֲתָ֤עִיף) as an eagle toward heaven.
- Proverbs 26:2 — As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying (לָע֑וּף), so the curse causeless shall not come.
- Isaiah 6:2 — Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly (יְעוֹפֵֽף).
- Isaiah 6:6 — Then flew (וַיָּ֣עָף) 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 — But they shall fly (וְעָפ֨וּ) 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 — 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 (מְעוֹפֵֽף).
- Isaiah 30:6 — 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 (מְעוֹפֵ֔ף), 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 — As birds flying (עָפ֔וֹת), so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.
- Isaiah 60:8 — Who are these that fly (תְּעוּפֶ֑ינָה) as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?
- Ezekiel 32:10 — Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for thee, when I shall brandish (בְּעוֹפְפִ֥י) 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 — As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away (יִתְעוֹפֵ֣ף) like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception.
- Nahum 3:16 — Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and flieth away (וַיָּעֹֽף).
- Habakkuk 1:8 — 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 (יָעֻ֕פוּ) as the eagle that hasteth to eat.
- Zechariah 5:1 — Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying (עָפָֽה) roll.
- Zechariah 5:2 — And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying (עָפָ֔ה) roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.