Hebrew

Fly

זְבוּבStrong’s H2070

zevuv (ze-vuv)

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Zevuv is the Hebrew word usually translated “flies of” and “fly”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.

“Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.”

Ecclesiastes 10:1 KJV

Meaning

How it's translated

flies of 1
for the fly 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

Ecclesiastes 1
Isaiah 1

2 books in all.

Related words

Explore in Scripture

Isaiah 7:18And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.

Hebrew dictionary

זְבוּב zevuv · fly

fly

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “fly” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

FLY, verb intransitive

To move through air by the aid of wings, as fowls.
To pass or move in air, by the force of wind or other impulse; as, clouds and vapors fly before the wind.
To rise in air, as light substances, by means of a current of air or by having less specific gravity than air, as smoke.“Man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward” Job 5:7
To move or pass with velocity or celerity, either on land or water.

All definitions and other forms of “fly”

To move rapidly, in any manner; as, a top flies about.
To pass away; to depart; with the idea of haste, swiftness or escape.
To pass rapidly, as time.
To part suddenly or with violence; to burst, as a bottle.
To spring by an elastic force.
To pass swiftly, as rumor or report.
To flee; to run away; to attempt to escape; to escape.
To flutter; to vibrate or play; as a flag in the wind.
To fly in the face, to insult.
To assail; to resist; to set at defiance; to oppose with violence; to act in direct opposition.
To fly off, to separate or depart suddenly.
To revolt.
To fly out, to rush out; also, to burst into a passion.
To break out into license.
To start or issue with violence from any direction.
To let fly to discharge; to throw or drive with violence; as, to let fly a shower of darts.
In seamanship, to let go suddenly.

FLY, verb transitive

[This is used for flee, and from is understood after fly so that it can hardly be called a transitive verb.]

To shun; to avoid; to decline; as, to fly the sight of one we hate.
To quit by flight.
To attack by a bird of prey. [Not used.]
To cause to float in the air.

FLY, noun

In zoology, a winged insect of various species, whose distinguishing characteristic is that the wings are transparent.
In mechanics, a cross with leaden weights at the ends, or a heavy wheel at right angles with the axis of a windlass, jack or the like.
That part of a vane which points and shows which way the wind blows.
The extent of an ensign, flag or pendant from the staff to the end that flutters loose in the wind.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.