עוּף

Strong’s Definition

to fly; also (by implication of dimness) to faint (from the darkness of swooning)

Etymology & 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.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.(v) to fly, fly about, fly away
• 2.(qal)
• 3.(hiphil) to cause to fly, light upon
• 4.(qal) to cover, be dark
• 5.(n f) gloom
• 6.(polel)
• 7.(hithpolel) to fly away

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: ʻûwph; Pronunciation: oof