Strong's Hebrew · H5130

H5130 nûwph

נוּף

noof

to sprinkle

Looking for Greek G5130 toútōn? It has the same number in Strong's Greek lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of H5130. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.

nûwph appears 37 times in Scripture, including Exodus 20:25 and Leviticus 7:30. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

to quiver (i.e. vibrate up and down, or rock to and fro); used in a great variety of applications (including sprinkling, beckoning, rubbing, bastinadoing, sawing, waving, etc.)

In the King James Version

lift up, move, offer, perfume, send, shake, sift, strike, wave.

Derivation

a primitive root;

Appears 37 times in Scripture

Leviticus 8:29

“He also took the breast—Moses’ portion of the ram of ordination—and waved it before the LORD as a wave offering, as the LORD had commanded him.”

Exodus 29:27

“Consecrate for Aaron and his sons the breast of the wave offering that is waved and the thigh of the heave offering that is lifted up from the ram of ordination.”

Exodus 20:25

“Now if you make an altar of stones for Me, you must not build it with stones shaped by tools; for if you use a chisel on it, you will defile it.”

Leviticus 14:24

“The priest shall take the lamb for the guilt offering, along with the log of olive oil, and wave them as a wave offering before the LORD.”

Leviticus 7:30

“With his own hands he is to bring the food offerings to the LORD; he shall bring the fat, together with the breast, and wave the breast as a wave offering before the LORD.”

Exodus 29:24

“Put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons and wave them before the LORD as a wave offering.”

Exodus 29:26

“Take the breast of the ram of Aaron’s ordination and wave it before the LORD as a wave offering, and it will be your portion.”

Leviticus 8:27

“He put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons and waved them before the LORD as a wave offering.”

Leviticus 10:15

“They are to bring the thigh of the contribution and the breast of the wave offering, together with the fat portions of the food offerings, to wave as a wave offering before the LORD. It will belong permanently to you and your children, as the LORD has commanded.””

Exodus 35:22

“So all who had willing hearts, both men and women, came and brought brooches and earrings, rings and necklaces, and all kinds of gold jewelry. And they all presented their gold as a wave offering to the LORD.”

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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