Nuph נוּף

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Nuph
נוּף
Transliterationnuph
Strong's numberH5130 (H5130B, H5130A)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechverb
Glossto wave
Occurrences37 in 35 verses
Most frequent inLeviticus (10)

Nuph (Hebrew נוּף, Strong's H5130) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to wave”. It occurs 37 times in 35 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H5130B: to wave

1) to move to and fro, wave
1a) (Qal) to move
1b) (Polel) to wave, brandish (in threat)
1c) (Hiphil) to swing, wield, wave
1c1) to wield
1c2) to wave or shake (the hand)
1c2a) to wave (hand)
1c2b) to shake or brandish against
1c2c) to swing to and fro
1c3) to wave (an offering), offer
1c4) to shed abroad
1d) (Hophal) to be waved

H5130A: to sprinkle

1) to sprinkle
1a) (Qal) to besprinkle, sprinkle

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVwave (11), waved (5), shake (5), up (4), offer (3), offered (2), shaketh (2), move (1), strike (1), send (1), perfumed (1), sift (1)
BSBwave (8), presented (3), waved (3), you use (1), is waved (1), he must wave (1), he shall wave (1), is to wave it (1), you wave (1), is to wave (1), shall then wave (1), is to present (1), and 13 other renderings

Verses

Every verse with Nuph, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Exodus

Leviticus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Joshua

2 Kings

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

Isaiah

Zechariah

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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