Strong's Hebrew · H2070

זְבוּב

zᵉbûwb · zeb-oob'

fly.

Definition

a fly (especially one of a stinging nature)

Derivation

from an unused root (meaning to flit);

Appears 2 times in Scripture

Isaiah 7:18

On that day the LORD will whistle to the flies at the farthest streams of the Nile and to the bees in the land of Assyria.

Ecclesiastes 10:1

As dead flies bring a stench to the perfumer’s oil, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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