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HebrewH7363Verb

רָחַף

ra.chaph

3Occurrences
H7363Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to brood; by implication, to be relaxed

a primitive root;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
(Qal) to grow soft, relax, weak

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

H:V

Full Description

Hebrew Verb

Occurrences

רָחַף appears 3 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Deuteronomy
1
Genesis
1
Jeremiah
1

Key Passages

Deuteronomy 32:11BSB

As an eagle stirs up its nestand hovers over its young,He spread His wings to catch themand carried them on His pinions.

Genesis 1:2BSB

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.

Jeremiah 23:9BSB

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.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.