Strong's Definition
to fly; also (by implication of dimness) to faint (from the darkness of swooning)
Derivation: a primitive root; to cover (with wings or obscurity); hence (as denominative from H5775 (עוֹף))
KJV Usage: brandish, be (wax) faint, flee away, fly (away), [idiom] set, shine forth, weary.
TWOT Reference: 1582,1583,c
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
עוּף (uph) — to fly. v 1) to fly, fly about, fly away 1a)(Qal) 1a1) to fly, hover 1a2) to fly away 1b) (Hiphil) to cause to fly, light upon 1c) (Polel) 1c1) to fly about or to and fro 1c2) to cause to fly to and fro, brandish 1d) (Hithpolel) to fly away 2) (Qal) to cover, be dark
תְּעֻפָה (te.u.phah) — gloom. gloom
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · עֹוף · עֵיפַי · עַפְעַפַּיִם
Move | verb qal
to fly = process by which an object moves through the air
2SA 22:11 · JOB 5:7 · PSA 18:11 · PSA 91:5 · ISA 60:8 · ZEC 5:1 · ZEC 5:2
Move | verb qal, verb pi
to fly = action by which a winged living creature moves through the air by flapping its wings
GEN 1:20 · DEU 4:17 · PSA 55:7 · PRO 23:5 · PRO 26:2 · ISA 6:2 · ISA 6:6 · ISA 14:29 · ISA 30:6 · ISA 31:5 · NAM 3:16
Move | verb qal
to swoop down literally: to fly; hence: = action by which humans move with great speed ◄ like a bird
See | verb hif
Collocation: עַיִן עוף
to see literally: (one's) eye flies (on something); hence: = process by which humans perceive with their eyes
Non-Exist | verb qal
to fly away > to vanish literally: to fly away; hence: = process by which humans disappear from existence ◄ like a bird that flies away and vanishes from sight
End | verb hit
to fly away > to vanish literally: to fly away; hence: = process by which an event stops happening ◄ like a bird that flies away and vanishes from sight
1 PRO 23:5 MT-K ועיף | MT-Q יָעוּף 2 PRO 23:5 MT-K התעוף | MT-Q הֲתָעִיף 3 JOB 11:17 MT NJPS "you will shine" | RSV NIV NRSV REB ESV "darkness" GNT "darkest hours" = תְּעוּפָה
verb
Move
to brandish = causative action by which humans wave an object before someone else's face, often in a menacing way; ≈ associated with threats
noun f
1 JOB 11:17 RSV NIV NRSV REB ESV "darkness" GNT "darkest hours" | NJPS "you will shine"
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
עוּף vb. fly Qal
fly, of birds
hover (protectingly)
fly away
Hiph. dost thou cause thine eyes to fly
Pō‛l. fly about, to and fro
cause to fly to and fro, brandish
Hithpō‛l. like a bird their glory shall fly away
base
תְּעֻפָה n.f. id. [מוּעָף];—Jb 11:17 ref