H8573 תְּנוּפָה (tᵉnûwphâh) ten-oo-faw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

wave offering

Strong's Definition

a brandishing (in threat); by implication, tumult; specifically, the official undulation of sacrificial offerings

Derivation: from H5130 (נוּף);

KJV Usage: offering, shaking, wave (offering).

TWOT Reference: 1330b

Outline of Biblical Usage

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)

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G536 G1390

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

תְּנוּפָה (te.nu.phah) — 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)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

תְּנוּפָה (H8573)

noun f · נוף

Sacrifice

to wave, to present (an offering) = action by which humans hold an object in their hands and move it to and fro, ► probably in order to signal to a deity that the object in their hands is intended for them

EXO 29:24 · EXO 29:26 · EXO 29:27 · EXO 35:22 · EXO 38:24 · EXO 38:29 · LEV 7:30 · LEV 7:34 · LEV 8:27 · LEV 8:29 · LEV 9:21 · LEV 10:14 · LEV 10:15 · LEV 10:15 · LEV 14:12 · LEV 14:21 · LEV 14:24 · LEV 23:15 · LEV 23:17 · LEV 23:20 · NUM 6:20 · NUM 6:20 · NUM 8:11 · NUM 8:13 · NUM 8:15 · NUM 8:21 · NUM 18:11 · NUM 18:18

Stance

waving (one's) hand literally: waving (one's) hand; hence: = action by which deities stretch out their arm and move it, ► often as a gesture or signal

ISA 19:16 · ISA 30:32

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

תְּנוּפָה 30 n.f. a swinging, waving, wave-offering, offering base

Bible Occurrences (28)

29:24 29:26 29:27 35:22 38:24 38:29

7:30 7:34 8:27 8:29 9:21 10:14 10:15 14:12 14:21 14:24 23:15 23:17 23:20

6:20 8:11 8:13 8:15 8:21 18:11 18:18

19:16 30:32

Exodus 29:24

Put all these in the hands of Aaron...... and his sons and wave them before the LORD as a wave offering.

Exodus 29:26

Take the breast of the ram of Aaron’s ordination and wave it before the LORD as a wave offering, and it will be your portion.

Exodus 29:27

Consecrate for Aaron and his sons the breast of the wave offering that is waved and the thigh of the heave offering that is lifted up from the ram of ordination -.

Exodus 35:22

So all who had willing hearts, both men and women, came [and] brought brooches and earrings, rings and necklaces, and all kinds of gold jewelry. And they all... presented their gold as a wave offering to the LORD.

Exodus 38:24

All the gold from the wave offering used for the work...... on the sanctuary totaled... 29... talents and 730...... shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.

Exodus 38:29

The bronze from the wave offering totaled 70 talents and 2,400 shekels.

Leviticus 7:30

With his own hands he is to bring the food offerings to the LORD; he shall bring the fat, together with the breast, and wave the breast as a wave offering before the LORD.

Leviticus 7:34

I have taken from the sons of Israel the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution of their peace offerings, and I have given them to Aaron the priest and his sons as a permanent... portion from the sons of Israel.