Uph עוּף

Uph (Hebrew עוּף, Strong's H5774) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to fly”. It occurs 26 times in 25 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H5774A: to fly

H5774B: gloom

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

Translated as

Verses

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

Genesis

• Genesis 1:20
  And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.And God said, “Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 4:17
  The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air,of any beast that is on the earth or bird that flies in the air,

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 22:11
  And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.

Job

• Job 5:7
  Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.
• Job 11:17
  And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.Your life will be brighter than noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.
• Job 20:8
  He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night.

Psalms

• Psalm 18:10
  And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.
• Psalm 55:6
  And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest.
• Psalm 90:10
  The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.The length of our days is seventy years— or eighty if we are strong— yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.
• Psalm 91:5
  Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day,

Proverbs

• Proverbs 23:5
  Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
• Proverbs 26:2
  As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 6:2
  Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.Above Him stood seraphim, each having six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying.
• Isaiah 6:6
  Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:Then one of the seraphim flew to me, and in his hand was a glowing coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar.
• Isaiah 11:14
  But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.They will swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines to the west; together they will plunder the sons of the east. They will lay their hands on Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites will be subject to them.
• Isaiah 14:29
  Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent’s root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.Do not rejoice, all you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken. For a viper will spring from the root of the snake, and a flying serpent from its egg.
• Isaiah 30:6
  The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.This is the burden against the beasts of the Negev: Through a land of hardship and distress, of lioness and lion, of viper and flying serpent, they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people of no profit to them.
• Isaiah 31:5
  As birds flying, so will the Lord of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.Like birds hovering overhead, so the LORD of Hosts will protect Jerusalem. He will shield it and deliver it; He will pass over it and preserve it.”
• Isaiah 60:8
  Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?Who are these who fly like clouds, like doves to their shelters?

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 32:10
  Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for thee, when I shall brandish my sword before them; and they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of thy fall.I will cause many peoples to be appalled over you, and their kings will shudder in horror because of you when I brandish My sword before them. On the day of your downfall each of them will tremble every moment for his life.’

Hosea

• Hosea 9:11
  As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception.Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a bird, with no birth, no pregnancy, and no conception.

Nahum

• Nahum 3:16
  Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and flieth away.You have multiplied your merchants more than the stars of the sky. The young locust strips the land and flies away.

Habakkuk

• Habakkuk 1:8
  Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat.Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves of the night. Their horsemen charge ahead, and their cavalry comes from afar. They fly like a vulture, swooping down to devour.

Zechariah

• Zechariah 5:1
  Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll.Again I lifted up my eyes and saw before me a flying scroll.
• Zechariah 5:2
  And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.“What do you see?” asked the angel. “I see a flying scroll,” I replied, “twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide.”

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).