The meaning of “עוֹף”
Understanding ʻôwph reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
bird, that flieth, flying, fowl. - a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collective...
עוֹף
bird, that flieth, flying, fowl. - a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively 1) flying creatures, fowl, insects, birds 1a) fowl, birds 1b) winged insects
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 7:8 | “Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,” Word: עוֹף (ʻôwph) | |
| Deuteronomy 14:20 | “But of all clean fowls ye may eat.” Word: עוֹף (ʻôwph) | |
| 2 Samuel 21:10 | “And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.” Word: עוֹף (ʻôwph) | |
| Job 28:21 | “Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.” Word: עוֹף (ʻôwph) | |
| Ecclesiastes 10:20 | “Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter. ” Word: עוֹף (ʻôwph) |
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