Words

ἐπιφέρω G2018

Home gloss

bear upon; be borne (passive)

Instead of (KJV / RSV)

move / be carried along

Note

Carried over something, not hovering (1:2). Active "bring upon" (Rom 3:5; Jude 9) is the same verb with an object

Rulings

2

Declared to share English with

• G5088 — false clash: bear upon / bear (a child) (144h)

Occurrences (2)

Genesis 1 (Septuagint)

• 1:2 Now the land was unseen and unfurnished, and darkness was above the Abyss; and a wind of God was borne above the water.

Genesis 7 (Septuagint)

• 7:18 And the water prevailed and was very much multiplied on the land; and the chest was borne above the water.