ʻôwph — H5775

H5775 · Hebrew — עוף

Pronunciation: ofe

Definition

masculine noun

a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively

  1. flying creatures, fowl, insects, birds
    1. fowl, birds
    2. winged insects

Usually translated as

fowl, bird, flying, that flieth

Origin

from H5774

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

ʻôwph occurs 71 times in 70 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (22), Leviticus (9), Deuteronomy (3), 1 Samuel (2), 2 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (4), Job (3), Psalms (4), Ecclesiastes (1), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (9), Ezekiel (6), Hosea (4), Zephaniah (1)