Definition

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

Etymology

a primitive root; to cover (with wings or obscurity); hence (as denominative from H5775 (עוֹף))

Word family

• עוֹף ʻôwph

How the KJV renders it

• brandish
• be (wax) faint
• flee away
• fly (away)
• set
• shine forth
• weary

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.