זְבוּב Fly
Every verse in which this word stands — 2 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the places the lexicon carries under this word's own entry, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.
The zevuv — whistled up from Egypt's streams in Yeshayahu 7:18; dead flies turn the perfumer's oil in Kohelet. Baal-Zevuv of Ekron carries the word in an idol's name, under its own entry.
וְהָיָה בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא יִשְׁרֹק יְהוָה לַזְּבוּב אֲשֶׁר בִּקְצֵה יְאֹרֵי מִצְרָיִם וְלַדְּבוֹרָה אֲשֶׁר בְּאֶרֶץ אַשּֽׁוּר
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.
זְבוּבֵי מָוֶת יַבְאִישׁ יַבִּיעַ שֶׁמֶן רוֹקֵחַ יָקָר מֵחָכְמָה מִכָּבוֹד סִכְלוּת מְעָֽט
Dead flies make the ointment of the perfumer fetid and putrid; So doth a little folly outweigh wisdom and honour.
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Quick answers
What is the Hebrew word for fly?
Fly in Hebrew is זבוב, with a gematria of 17 in the standard method.
How many times is the fly mentioned in the Tanakh?
The word stands 2 times in the Tanakh, first at Isaiah 7:18.
A spelling is not a word. The bare letters זבוב stand 4 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell a name or another word entirely, and the creature written with a particle attached is a spelling that search never returns. It is here, as itself.
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