Strong’s H7779 · Hebrew
שׁוּף
shûwph · shoof
Origin a primitive root;
Meaning properly, to gape, i.e. snap at; figuratively, to overwhelm
In the King James Version break, bruise, cover.
In 3 verses of the King James Version
- Genesis 3:15And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
- Job 9:17For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
- Psalms 139:11If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.