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עוֹף
ʻôwph · Hebrew · Strong's H5775 · 71 occurrences
The KJV renders 5 different Hebrew and Greek words as “bird”
What it means
a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively
from H5774 (עוּף);
How the KJV renders it
bird, that flieth, flying, fowl
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“bird”
“fowl”
Answers that weigh this word
- Are any foods forbidden to Christians today?
- Are head coverings commanded in worship?
- Was humanity vegetarian before the flood?
- Are the clean and unclean food laws of Leviticus 11 binding on Christians?
- Does the Bible forbid eating pork?
- Does Peter's vision in Acts 10 abolish the food laws?
Where it appears
71 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Kings 4:33 · HTd/Ncmsa
He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even to the hyssop that grows out of the wall; he also spoke of animals, of birds, of creeping things, and of fish.
1 Kings 14:11 · HNcmsc
The dogs will eat whoever belongs to Jeroboam who dies in the city; and the birds of the sky will eat whoever dies in the field, for Yahweh has spoken it.”’
1 Kings 16:4 · HNcmsc
The dogs will eat Baasha’s descendants who die in the city; and he who dies of his in the field, the birds of the sky will eat.”
1 Kings 21:24 · HNcmsc
The dogs will eat whoever dies of Ahab in the city; and the birds of the sky will eat whoever dies in the field.”
1 Samuel 17:44 · HR/Ncmsc
The Philistine said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the sky and to the animals of the field.”
1 Samuel 17:46 · HR/Ncmsc
Today, Yahweh will deliver you into my hand. I will strike you and take your head from off you. I will give the dead bodies of the army of the Philistines today to the birds of the sky and to the wild animals of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel,
2 Samuel 21:10 HNcmscDeuteronomy 14:19 HTd/NcmsaDeuteronomy 14:20 HNcmsaDeuteronomy 28:26 HNcmscEcclesiastes 10:20 HNcmscEzekiel 29:5 HC/R/NcmscEzekiel 31:6 HNcmscEzekiel 31:13 HNcmscEzekiel 32:4 HNcmscEzekiel 38:20 HC/NcmscEzekiel 44:31 HTd/NcmsaGenesis 1:20 HC/NcmsaGenesis 1:21 HNcmsaGenesis 1:22 HC/Td/NcmsaGenesis 1:26 HC/R/NcmscGenesis 1:28 HC/R/NcmscGenesis 1:30 HNcmscGenesis 2:19 HNcmscGenesis 2:20 HC/R/NcmscGenesis 6:7 HNcmscGenesis 6:20 HR/Td/NcmsaGenesis 7:3 HR/NcmscGenesis 7:8 HTd/NcmsaGenesis 7:14 HTd/NcmsaGenesis 7:21 HRd/NcmsaGenesis 7:23 HNcmscGenesis 8:17 HRd/NcmsaGenesis 8:19 HTd/NcmsaGenesis 8:20 HTd/NcmsaGenesis 9:2 HNcmscGenesis 9:10 HRd/NcmsaGenesis 40:17 HC/Td/NcmsaGenesis 40:19 HTd/NcmsaHosea 2:18 HNcmscHosea 4:3 HC/R/NcmscHosea 7:12 HR/NcmscHosea 9:11 HRd/NcmsaIsaiah 16:2 HR/NcmsaJeremiah 4:25 HNcmscJeremiah 5:27 HNcmsaJeremiah 7:33 HR/NcmscJeremiah 9:10 HR/NcmscJeremiah 12:4 HC/NcmsaJeremiah 15:3 HNcmscJeremiah 16:4 HR/NcmscJeremiah 19:7 HR/NcmscJeremiah 34:20 HR/NcmscJob 12:7 HC/NcmscJob 28:21 HC/R/NcmscJob 35:11 HC/R/NcmscLeviticus 1:14 HTd/NcmsaLeviticus 7:26 HRd/NcmsaLeviticus 11:13 HTd/NcmsaLeviticus 11:20 HTd/Ncmsa
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.