נוּף nuph

Hebrew word for “to wave” · Strong’s H5130 · used 37 times in 35 verses

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Meaning

1) to move to and fro, wave;

Senses in the lexicon

• to wave (35)
• to sprinkle (2)

How it is translated

Glosses given for nuph in context, with how often each is used:

• will wave 13
• waved 6
• wave 4
• will wield 2
• have wielded 1
• anyone has wielded 1
• brandished 1
• one who wields 1
• wields 1
• will shake 1
• will brandish 1
• brandishing 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Numbers 8 (4), Exodus 29 (3), Leviticus 23 (3), Leviticus 8 (2), Leviticus 14 (2), Isaiah 10 (2), Exodus 20 (1), Exodus 35 (1), Leviticus 7 (1), Leviticus 9 (1)

Forms

• והניף 9
• והנפת 4
• הניף 3
• תניף 3
• להניף 2
• וינף 2
• מניף 2
• הנפת 1
• הונף 1
• ויניפהו 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with nuph more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• תְּנוּפָה tenuphah “wave offering” 18
• חָזֶה chazeh “breast” 7
• אַהֲרֹן aharon “Aaron” 8
• שׁוֹק shoq “leg” 4
• מִלֻּא millu “setting” 3
• כֶּבֶשׂ keves “lamb” 4
• כֹּהֵן kohen “priest” 6
• לֵוִי leviyyi “Levi” 4
• תְּרוּמָה terumah “contribution” 3
• מִזְבֵּחַ mizbeach “altar” 4
• לֹג log “log” 2
• לָקַח laqach “to take” 5

Key verses

The verses using nuph that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 35:22 — And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted, and brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets, all jewels of gold: and every…
• Leviticus 7:30 — His own hands shall bring the offerings of the LORD made by fire, the fat with the breast, it shall he bring, that the breast may be waved for a wave offering…
• Numbers 6:20 — And the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the LORD: this is holy for the priest, with the wave breast and heave shoulder: and after that the…
• 2 Kings 5:11 — But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and…
• Job 31:21 — If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
• Isaiah 10:15 — Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself…
• Isaiah 10:32 — As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
• Isaiah 11:15 — And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the…
• Isaiah 13:2 — Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.
• Isaiah 19:16 — In that day shall Egypt be like unto women: and it shall be afraid and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the LORD of hosts, which he shaketh over it.
• Isaiah 30:28 — And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in…
• Zechariah 2:9 — For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.