47 occurrences in 13 translations

'Fly' in the Bible

And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds that fly, and to each of earth's animals, but there was not found a strength corresponding to him,

All the living creatures of the earth will be filled with fear and terror of you from now on, including all the creatures that fly in the sky, everything that crawls on the ground, and all the fish of the ocean. They've been assigned to live under your dominion.

Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the LORD?

And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.

He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.

a place where birds of prey never fly, and the eyes of the falcon have never seen.

Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?

Or does [the] eagle fly high at your command and construct its nest high?

Flaming torches shoot from his mouth;fiery sparks fly out!

He gave the word, and there came the dog-fly, and insects over all the land.

If I were to fly away on the wings of the dawn, and settle down on the other side of the sea,

One dead fly makes the perfumer's ointment give off a rancid stench, so a little folly can outweigh much wisdom.

Do not curse the king, even in your thoughts. Do not curse the rich, even in your bedroom. For a bird will fly by and tell what you say, or something with wings may talk about it.

Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.

And 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.

But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.

Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?

They use their tongues like a bow. Lies rather than truth fly throughout the land. They progress from one evil to another, and they don't know me," declares the LORD.

Give wings unto Moab, that she may fly and get her away: and her cities shall become a desolation, without any to dwell therein.

For thus saith the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab.

Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his wings over Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men of Edom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.

Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against your pillows, wherewith ye there hunt the souls to make them fly, and I will tear them from your arms, and will let the souls go, even the souls that ye hunt to make them fly.

Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.

""The southern king will fly into a rage and march out to fight the northern king. He'll gather a large army, but that army will be handed over to him.

What the worm did not make a meal of, has been taken by the locust; and what the locust did not take, has been food for the plant-worm; and what the plant-worm did not take, has been food for the field-fly.

I will give back to you the years which were food for the locust, the plant-worm, the field-fly, and the worm, my great army which I sent among you.

You have increased your merchants more than the stars of heaven; [like] the locust they will shed [their skin] and fly away.

Your courtiers are like locusts, your officials are like a swarm of locusts! They encamp in the walls on a cold day, yet when the sun rises, they fly away; and no one knows where they are.

Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat.

Then the Lord will appear over them,and His arrow will fly like lightning.The Lord God will sound the trumpetand advance with the southern storms.

You blind guides, who take out a fly from your drink, but make no trouble over a camel.

And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.

And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
H82
אבר 
'abar 
fly
Usage: 1

דּאה 
Da'ah 
fly
Usage: 4

זבוּב 
Z@buwb 
fly
Usage: 2

יעף 
Ya`aph 
Usage: 9

עוּף 
`uwph 
Usage: 28

עוף 
`owph 
Usage: 71

עיט 
`iyt 
fly , rail
Usage: 2

פּרח 
Parach 
Usage: 37

πέτομαι πετάομαι πτάομαι 
Petomai 
Usage: 5

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