Word

אוֹפָן

ʼôwphân · H212 · Hebrew · 35 occurrences

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WheelTransportation28 verses

Meanings

a wheel

A ring or round disk with an axle through its center, either solid wood or a hub with spokes joined to an outer rim, made of wood and sometimes partly iron, used to help vehicles move and occasionally for other purposes such as threshing grain

Examples
Exodus 14:25 He caused their chariot wheels to swerve, and He made them drive with difficulty; so the Egyptians each said, “Let me flee from Israel, for the LORD is fighting for them against the Egyptians.”
1 Kings 7:30 Now each stand had four bronze wheels with bronze axles, and its four feet had supports; beneath the basin were cast supports with wreaths at each side.
1 Kings 7:32 The four wheels were underneath the borders, and the axles of the wheels were on the stand. And the height of a wheel was a cubit and a half.

How it’s used In 9 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

5 occurrences in 4 groups

מֶרְכָּבָהchariot 2
נְחֹשֶׁתbronze, copper 1
עֲגָלָהcart 1
הֶםtheir 1

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

7 occurrences in 2 groups

אֶחָדone 4
אַרְבַּעfour 3

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 1 groups

הֵםthey, them 1

What it doesIt is the subject

9 occurrences in 4 groups

נָשָׂאto lift up, to carry, to bear 3
הָיָהto be, to become 2
הָלַךְto go, to walk 2
סָבַבto turn, to go around, to surround 2

What is done to itIt is the object

2 occurrences in 2 groups

סוּרto turn aside, to depart, to remove 1
שׁוּבto return, to turn back 1

What it is said to bePredicate

10 occurrences in 7 groups

כְּרוּבcherub 3
עֻמָּהbeside 2
מְכוֹנָהstand, base 1
מָלֵאfull, filled 1
מִסְגֶּרֶתrim, frame, stronghold 1
אֶרֶץland, earth, ground 1

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

2 occurrences in 1 groups

רוּחַspirit, wind 2

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

4 occurrences in 3 groups

אֵצֶלbeside 2
בin/on/with 2
לto/for 1

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

10 occurrences in 7 groups

מַעֲשֶׂהwork, deed 2
מַרְאֶהappearance, sight, vision 2
תָּוֶךְmiddle 2
יָדhand, power 1
קוֹלvoice, sound 1
קוֹמָהheight 1

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

גַּלְגַּל galgal · H1534 · wheel, pulley: Both denote a wheel; גַּלְגַּל (galgal, H1534) also has a broader range (including "heaven" and "rolling thing"), but its "wheel" sense overlaps directly with אוֹפָן (ʼôwphân, H212), which denotes only a wheel.
גִּלְגָּל gilgâl · H1536 · wheel: Both denote the same concrete object, a wheel, and share essentially identical glosses.

In the other Testament 1 word

τροχός trochós · G5164 · course, pattern, cycle: Greek τροχός serves as the standard LXX rendering of Hebrew אוֹפָן across contexts describing literal wheels (chariot wheels, vision wheels), establishing direct cross-linguistic translation equivalence for the core 'wheel' concept.

Semantic domains 1 entry

Vehicles001003001001019: אוֹפָן names a wheel, as the chariot wheels that swerved when the LORD fought for Israel at the sea.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H212. ophan אוֺפָן אוֺפַן noun masculineEze 1:20 wheel. — absolute אוֺפַן 1Ki 7:32 +;…

H212. ophan
אוֺפָן אוֺפַן noun masculineEze 1:20 wheel. — absolute אוֺפַן 1Ki 7:32 +; אוֺפָן Exo 1:16 +; cstr אוֺפַן 1Ki 7:33; Isa 28:27 אוֺפָן Exo 14:25 plural אוֺפַנִּים 1Ki 7:32+; construct אוֺפַנֵּי 1Ki 7:30; אוֺפַנֵּיהֶם Eze 10:12, etc. —
a. wheel of chariot (מֶרְכָּבָה) Exo 14:25; 1Ki 7:33; Nah 3:2; of (threshing) cart (עֲגָלָה) Isa 28:27 compare Pro 20:26 (as instrument of punishment).
b. wheels in Ezekiel's vision Eze 1:15-16, (twice in verse); verse); 1.19; Eze 1:19-20, (twice in verse); Eze 1:21. (strike out Co) 21; Eze 3:13; Eze 10:6, Eze 10:9 (3 t. in verse); Eze 10:10 (twice in verse); Eze 10:12 (3 t. in verse); Eze 10:13, Eze 10:16 (twice in verse); Eze 10:19; Eze 11:22.
c. wheels of the ten bases beneath the lavers in Solomon's temple 1Ki 7:30, 1Ki 7:32 (3 t. in verse); 1Ki 7:33.

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

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Vehicles32 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

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