Hebrew noun (masculine) · H5775
עוֹף
ophofe
bird
71 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʻôwph
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5775is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 14 of 39Old Testament books
- 36spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H5775
a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively
The King James renders it: bird, that flieth, flying, fowl.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
oph is rendered "bird". It stands 71 times in the Hebrew text, across fourteen books.
- Twenty-two of the uses stand in Genesis, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 1:20And God said, “Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”
- The Greek text spells it thirty-six different ways.
The first use
And God said, “Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”
Genesis 1:20וְעוֹף֙
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Twenty-two of the word's seventy-one uses are in Genesis.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- bird of13
- the bird10
- the bird of9
- to bird of4
- among the bird3
- and the bird3
- for bird of3
- the wing3
- and bird2
- and bird of2
- and over bird of2
- and to bird of2
and 14 more, 71 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| עוֹף | oph | bird | Uses2 |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 71, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
36 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ע֣וֹף11
- הָע֔וֹף8
- לְע֥וֹף6
- ע֥וֹף5
- וּבְע֣וֹף3
- בָּע֧וֹף2
- הָע֣וֹף2
- הָע֛וֹף2
- וּמֵע֖וֹף2
- ע֤וֹף2
- ע֨וֹף2
- עוֹף־2
and 24 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)22HNcmsc
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular14HTd/Ncmsa
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)10HR/Ncmsc
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)7HC/R/Ncmsc
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular5HRd/Ncmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular3HC/Td/Ncmsa
- noun · masculine singular3HNcmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular2HC/Ncmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HC/Ncmsc
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular1HC/Rd/Ncmsa
- preposition + noun · masculine singular1HR/Ncmsa
- preposition + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular1HR/Td/Ncmsa
Genesis
twenty-two uses
And God said, “Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”
- וְעוֹף֙veofconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and bird
So God created the great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters teemed according to their kinds, and every bird of flight after its kind. And God saw that it was good.
- ע֤וֹףofnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: bird of
Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters of the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”
- וְהָע֖וֹףvehaofconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and the bird
Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.”
- וּבְע֣וֹףuveofconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and over bird of
God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”
- וּבְע֣וֹףuveofconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and over bird of
And to every beast of the earth and every bird of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth—everything that has the breath of life in it—I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.
- ע֨וֹףofnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: the bird of
And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and He brought them to the man to see what he would name each one. And whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.
- ע֣וֹףofnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: the bird of
The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.
- וּלְע֣וֹףuleofconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and to bird of
So the LORD said, “I will blot out man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—every man and beast and crawling creature and bird of the air—for I am grieved that I have made them.”
- ע֣וֹףofnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: bird of
Two of every kind of bird and animal and crawling creature will come to you to be kept alive.
- מֵהָע֣וֹףmehaofpreposition + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: of the bird
and seven pairs of every kind of bird of the air, male and female, to preserve their offspring on the face of all the earth.
- מֵע֧וֹףmeofpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: of bird of
The clean and unclean animals, the birds, and everything that crawls along the ground
- הָע֔וֹףhaofthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the bird
they and every kind of wild animal, livestock, crawling creature, bird, and winged creature.
- הָע֣וֹףhaofthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the bird
And every living thing that moved upon the earth perished—birds, livestock, animals, every creature that swarms upon the earth, and all mankind.
- בָּע֤וֹףbaofpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: among the bird
And every living thing on the face of the earth was destroyed—man and livestock, crawling creatures and birds of the air; they were blotted out from the earth, and only Noah and those with him in the ark remained.
- ע֣וֹףofnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: bird of
Bring out all the living creatures that are with you—birds, livestock, and everything that crawls upon the ground—so that they can spread out over the earth and be fruitful and multiply upon it.”
- בָּע֧וֹףbaofpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: among the bird
Every living creature, every creeping thing, and every bird—everything that moves upon the earth—came out of the ark, kind by kind.
- הָע֔וֹףhaofthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the bird
Then Noah built an altar to the LORD. And taking from every kind of clean animal and clean bird, he offered burnt offerings on the altar.
- הָע֣וֹףhaofthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the bird
The fear and dread of you will fall on every living creature on the earth, every bird of the air, every creature that crawls on the ground, and all the fish of the sea. They are delivered into your hand.
- ע֣וֹףofnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: the bird of
and with every living creature that was with you—the birds, the livestock, and every beast of the earth—every living thing that came out of the ark.
- בָּע֧וֹףbaofpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: among the bird
In the top basket were all sorts of baked goods for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head.”
- וְהָע֗וֹףvehaofconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and the bird
Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head and hang you on a tree. Then the birds will eat the flesh of your body.”
- הָע֛וֹףhaofthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the bird
Leviticus
ten uses
If, instead, one’s offering to the LORD is a burnt offering of birds, he is to present a turtledove or a young pigeon.
- הָע֛וֹףhaofthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the bird
You must not eat the blood of any bird or animal in any of your dwellings.
- לָע֖וֹףlaofpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: of the bird
Additionally, you are to detest the following birds, and they must not be eaten because they are detestable: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,
- הָע֔וֹףhaofthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the bird
All flying insects that walk on all fours are detestable to you.
- הָע֔וֹףhaofthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the wing
However, you may eat the following kinds of flying insects that walk on all fours: those having jointed legs above their feet for hopping on the ground.
- הָע֔וֹףhaofthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the wing
All other flying insects that have four legs are detestable to you.
- הָע֔וֹףhaofthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the wing
This is the law regarding animals, birds, all living creatures that move in the water, and all creatures that crawl along the ground.
- וְהָע֔וֹףvehaofconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and the bird
And if any Israelite or foreigner living among them hunts down a wild animal or bird that may be eaten, he must drain its blood and cover it with dirt.
- ע֖וֹףofnoun · masculine singulartagged: a bird
You are therefore to distinguish between clean and unclean animals and birds. Do not become contaminated by any animal or bird, or by anything that crawls on the ground; I have set these apart as unclean for you.
- הָע֥וֹףhaofthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the bird
- וּבָע֗וֹףuvaofconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: and by the bird
Deuteronomy
three uses
All flying insects are unclean for you; they may not be eaten.
- הָע֔וֹףhaofthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the insect
But you may eat any clean bird.
- ע֥וֹףofnoun · masculine singulartagged: insect
Your corpses will be food for all the birds of the air and beasts of the earth, with no one to scare them away.
- ע֥וֹףofnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: the bird of
1 Samuel
two uses
“Come here,” he called to David, “and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field!”
- לְע֥וֹףleofpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to bird of
This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand. This day I will strike you down, cut off your head, and give the carcasses of the Philistines to the birds of the air and the creatures of the earth. Then the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel.
- לְע֥וֹףleofpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to bird of
2 Samuel
one use
And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on a rock. From the beginning of the harvest until the rain from heaven poured down on the bodies, she did not allow the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
- ע֨וֹףofnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: bird of
1 Kings
four uses
He spoke of trees, from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop growing in the wall, and he taught about animals, birds, reptiles, and fish.
- הָע֔וֹףhaofthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the bird
Anyone belonging to Jeroboam who dies in the city will be eaten by dogs, and anyone who dies in the field will be eaten by the birds of the air.’ For the LORD has spoken.
- ע֣וֹףofnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: bird of
Anyone belonging to Baasha who dies in the city will be eaten by dogs, and anyone who dies in the field will be eaten by the birds of the air.”
- ע֥וֹףofnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: bird of
Anyone belonging to Ahab who dies in the city will be eaten by dogs, and anyone who dies in the field will be eaten by the birds of the air.”
- ע֥וֹףofnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: bird of
Job
three uses
But ask the animals, and they will instruct you; ask the birds of the air, and they will tell you.
- וְע֥וֹףveofconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and bird of
It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing and concealed from the birds of the air.
- וּמֵע֖וֹףumeofconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and from bird of
who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’
- וּמֵע֖וֹףumeofconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and more than bird of
Psalms
four uses
I know every bird in the mountains, and the creatures of the field are Mine.
- ע֣וֹףofnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: bird of
He rained meat on them like dust, and winged birds like the sand of the sea.
- ע֣וֹףofnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: bird of
They have given the corpses of Your servants as food to the birds of the air, the flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth.
- לְע֣וֹףleofpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to bird of
The birds of the air nest beside the springs; they sing among the branches.
- עוֹף־ʾof-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: bird of
Ecclesiastes
one use
Do not curse the king even in your thoughts, or curse the rich even in your bedroom, for a bird of the air may carry your words, and a winged creature may report your speech.
- ע֤וֹףofnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: the bird of
Isaiah
one use
Like fluttering birds pushed out of the nest, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon:
- כְעוֹף־kheof-preposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: like a bird
Jeremiah
nine uses
I looked, and no man was left; all the birds of the air had fled.
- ע֥וֹףofnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: the bird of
Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich.
- ע֔וֹףofnoun · masculine singulartagged: bird
The corpses of this people will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to scare them away.
- לְע֥וֹףleofpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: for bird of
I will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains, a dirge over the wilderness pasture, for they have been scorched so no one passes through, and the lowing of cattle is not heard. Both the birds of the air and the beasts have fled; they have gone away.
- מֵע֤וֹףmeofpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from bird of
How long will the land mourn and the grass of every field be withered? Because of the evil of its residents, the animals and birds have been swept away, for the people have said, “He cannot see what our end will be.”
- וָע֔וֹףvaofconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and bird
I will appoint over them four kinds of destroyers, declares the LORD: the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, and the birds of the air and beasts of the earth to devour and destroy.
- ע֧וֹףofnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: bird of
“They will die from deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried, but will lie like dung on the ground. They will be finished off by sword and famine, and their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and beasts of the earth.”
- לְע֥וֹףleofpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: for bird of
And in this place I will ruin the plans of Judah and Jerusalem. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, by the hands of those who seek their lives, and I will give their carcasses as food to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.
- לְע֥וֹףleofpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to bird of
I will deliver into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives. Their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.
- לְע֥וֹףleofpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: for bird of
Ezekiel
six uses
I will leave you in the desert, you and all the fish of your streams. You will fall on the open field and will not be taken away or gathered for burial. I have given you as food to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the air.
- וּלְע֥וֹףuleofconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and to bird of
All the birds of the air nested in its branches, and all the beasts of the field gave birth beneath its boughs; all the great nations lived in its shade.
- ע֣וֹףofnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: the bird of
All the birds of the air nested on its fallen trunk, and all the beasts of the field lived among its boughs.
- ע֣וֹףofnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: the bird of
I will abandon you on the land and hurl you into the open field. I will cause all the birds of the air to settle upon you, and all the beasts of the earth to eat their fill of you.
- ע֣וֹףofnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: the bird of
The fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the beasts of the field, every creature that crawls upon the ground, and all mankind on the face of the earth will tremble at My presence. The mountains will be thrown down, the cliffs will collapse, and every wall will fall to the ground.
- וְע֨וֹףveofconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and bird of
The priests may not eat any bird or animal found dead or torn by wild beasts.
- הָע֖וֹףhaofthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the bird
Hosea
four uses
On that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that crawl on the ground. And I will abolish bow and sword and weapons of war in the land, and will make them lie down in safety.
- ע֣וֹףofnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: bird of
Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; even the fish of the sea disappear.
- וּבְע֣וֹףuveofconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and among bird of
As they go, I will spread My net over them; I will bring them down like birds of the air. I will chastise them when I hear them flocking together.
- כְּע֥וֹףkeofpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: like bird of
Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a bird, with no birth, no pregnancy, and no conception.
- כָּע֖וֹףkaofpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: like the bird
Zephaniah
one use
“I will sweep away man and beast; I will sweep away the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, and the idols with their wicked worshipers. I will cut off mankind from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD.
- עוֹף־ʾof-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: bird of
The letters
Gematria 156· 876 mispar gadol
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.