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Strong H73632 sensesרָחַף

to hover · be weak

Transliteration
râchaph
Pronunciation
raw-khaf'

The 2 senses of Strong H7363

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H7363 appears in 3 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. to hoverH7363B(Piel) to hover2 verses · Genesis, Deuteronomy
  2. be weakH7363A(Qal) to grow soft, relax, weak1 verse · Jeremiah

General definition

A primitive root; to brood; by implication to be relaxed: - {flutter} {move} shake.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • fluttereth1
  • move1
  • shake1

First verses

  1. 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.
  2. 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:
  3. 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.