Word

גַּף

gaph · H1611 · Aramaic · 3 occurrences

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Meanings

wing

Part of body; of bird; used for flying

Examples
Daniel 7:4 “The first was like a lion but had the wings of an eagle. I kept looking until its wings were plucked, and it was lifted up from the ground and set up on two feet like a man; a human mind also was given to it.
Daniel 7:6 “After this I kept looking, and behold, another one, like a leopard, which had on its back four wings of a bird; the beast also had four heads, and dominion was given to it.

How it’s used In 4 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

הּher 1

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

2 occurrences in 3 groups

נְשַׁרeagle 1
עוֹףfowl 1
אַרְבַּעfour 1

What it doesIt is the subject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

מְרַטbe plucked 1

What it is said to bePredicate

2 occurrences in 1 groups

הָher 2

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 2 words

כָּנָף kânâph · H3671 · wing, corner, hem: The most common Hebrew noun for wing; semantically overlaps with גַּף as both denote wing/extremity, though כָּנָף has much broader usage (birds, cherubim, garment edges, earth's extremities)
אֶבְרָה ʼebrâh · H84 · wing: Hebrew noun for pinion or wing-feather, used poetically for wing; distinct lexeme but semantically close to wing terminology

In the other Testament 1 word

πτέρυξ ptéryx · G4420 · wing: Standard Greek noun for wing (of bird or cherub); the primary Greek translation equivalent for Hebrew wing terminology in LXX

Semantic domains 1 entry

People001001003: Daniel 7:4 recounts Daniel's vision, “the first was like a lion but had the wings of an eagle. I kept looking until its wings were plucked.”

Word family 2 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

גַּף gaph · H1610 · body, top · 4×גַּףgaph · H1611

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H1611. gaph [גַּף] noun feminine: Dan 7:4 wing of bird (גַּנְמָּא גַּמְּא, גַּף, ᵑ7 (?…

H1611. gaph
[גַּף] noun feminine: Dan 7:4 wing of bird (גַּנְמָּא גַּמְּא, גַּף, ᵑ7 (? DWB 79), Syriac ; akin to Biblical Hebrew אֲגַף, Assyrian aggapu ? according to NöM 77 (compare Mandean גַּדְמָּא ᵑ7 גאדפא,), IdGGA, 1884, 1019, √ גִדף, Arabic , fly, row (but this loan-word Frä227)); — plural absolute wings, גַּמִּין Dan 7:4, Dan 7:6; suffix גַּמִּיהּ Dan 7:4 Kt (Qr singular נַּמַּהּ).

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0