עֹפֶרʻôpher

young hart, stag (Song of Solomon 4:5; Song of Solomon 2:9; Song of Solomon 2:17; Song of Solomon 8:14; Song of Solomon 7:4)

Pronunciation: o'-fer · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6082

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 5 times in the Bible.

  • Song of Solomon 2:9 My lover is like a swift gazelle or a young stag. Look, there he is behind the wall, looking through the window, peering into the room.
  • Song of Solomon 2:17 Before the dawn breezes blow and the night shadows flee, return to me, my love, like a gazelle or a young stag on the rugged mountains.
  • Song of Solomon 4:5 Your breasts are like two fawns, twin fawns of a gazelle grazing among the lilies.
  • Song of Solomon 7:3 Your breasts are like two fawns, twin fawns of a gazelle.
  • Song of Solomon 8:14 Young Woman Come away, my love! Be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).