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HebrewH7779Verb

שׁוּף

shuph

3Occurrences
H7779Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

properly, to gape, i.e. snap at; figuratively, to overwhelm

a primitive root;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. to bruise, crush, gape upon, desire?, seize?, strike out? 1a) (Qal) to fall upon, bruise

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

H:V

Full Description

Hebrew Verb

Occurrences

שׁוּף appears 3 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Genesis
1
Job
1
Psalms
1

Key Passages

Genesis 3:15BSB

And I will put enmity between you and the woman,and between your seed and her seed.He will crush your head,and you will strike his heel.”

Job 9:17BSB

For He would crush me with a tempestand multiply my wounds without cause.

Psalms 139:11BSB

If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me,and the light become night around me”—

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