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Wave offering

תְּנוּפָהStrong’s H8573

tenuphah (te-nu-phah)

Appears in 28 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Tenuphah is the Hebrew word usually translated “wave-offering”, “wave-offering of” and “wave-offerings of”. It appears in 28 verses of the Old Testament.

“And thou shalt put all in the hands of Aaron, and in the hands of his sons; and shalt wave them for a wave offering before the LORD.”
Exodus 29:24 KJV
Meaning
  1. Swinging, waving, wave offering, offeringa swinging, brandishing · waving, wave-offering (technical term of sacrifice) · offering (of gold or brass)
How it's translated
  • a wave-offering 16
  • the wave-offering 9
  • a wave-offering of 1
  • to a wave-offering 1
  • wave-offerings of 1
  • brandishing of 1
  • brandishing 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Leviticus 13
  • Numbers 7
  • Exodus 6
  • Isaiah 2

4 books in all.

Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary

תְּנוּפָה tenuphah · wave offering

1) swinging, waving, wave offering, offering 1a) a swinging, brandishing 1a1) of God's hand, weapons 1b) waving, wave-offering (technical term of sacrifice) 1c) offering (of gold or brass)

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

BRAND'ISH, verb transitive

  1. To move or wave, as a weapon; to raise, and move in various directions; to shake or flourish; as, to brandish a sword or a cane.
  2. To play with; to flourish; as, to brandish syllogisms.

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.