עוּף uph

Hebrew word for “to fly” · Strong’s H5774 · used 26 times in 25 verses

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Meaning

v; 1) to fly, fly about, fly away;

Senses in the lexicon

• to fly (25)
• gloom (1)

How it is translated

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

• flying 6
• fly 4
• flew 4
• will fly away 2
• flies 1
• want to fly away 1
• flew away ! 1
• which it will fly 1
• ¿ do you cause to fly 1
• flies away 1
• will fly 1
• when brandish i 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Isaiah 6 (2), Zechariah 5 (2), Genesis 1 (1), Deuteronomy 4 (1), 2 Samuel 22 (1), Job 5 (1), Job 11 (1), Job 20 (1), Psalms 18 (1), Psalms 55 (1)

Forms

• ויעף 4
• יעוף 3
• יעופף 2
• מעופף 2
• עפה 2
• תעוף 1
• עוף 1
• אעופה 1
• ונעפה 1
• התעיף 1

Words used with it

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

• שָׂרָף saraph “serpent” 4
• כָּנָף kanaph “wing” 5
• צִפּוֹר tsippor “bird” 3
• שָׁמַיִם shamayim “heaven” 4
• מְגִלָּה megillah “scroll” 2
• נֶשֶׁר nesher “eagle” 2
• יוֹנָה yonah “dove” 2
• עָמָל amal “trouble” 2
• כָּתֵף kateph “shoulder” 2
• כְּרוּב keruv “cherub” 2
• עוֹף oph “bird” 2
• רָכַב rakhav “to ride” 2

Key verses

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

• Genesis 1:20 — And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
• Psalms 18:10 — And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
• 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…
• Psalms 91:5 — Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
• Proverbs 23:5 — Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
• 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.
• Isaiah 6:6 — Then flew 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 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…
• 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…
• 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, they…
• Hosea 9:11 — As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception.
• 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…

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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.