Rachaph רָחַף

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Rachaph (Hebrew רָחַף, Strong's H7363) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to hover”. It occurs 3 times in 3 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

(Piel) to hover

(Qal) to grow soft, relax, weak

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

KJV	moved (1), fluttereth (1), shake (1)
BSB	was hovering (1), hovers (1), tremble (1)

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

Genesis 1:2
And the earth was without form and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.

Deuteronomy 32:11
As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings:As an eagle stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, He spread His wings to catch them and carried them on His pinions.

Jeremiah 23:9
Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of the Lord, and because of the words of his holiness.As for the prophets: My heart is broken within me, and all my bones tremble. I have become like a drunkard, like a man overcome by wine, because of the LORD, because of His holy words.

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.
English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).